Top Five
Release date: December 12, 2014
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Director: Chris Rock
MPAA Rating: R (for strong sexual content, nudity, crude humor, language throughout and some drug use)
Screenwriter: Chris Rock
Cast: Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Hart, Gabrielle Union, J.B. Smoove, Sherri Shepherd, Karlie Redd, Hayley Marie Norman, Ben Vereen, Cedric the Entertainer, Tracy Morgan, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Romany Malco, Hassan Johnson, Jay Pharoah, Leslie Jones, Michael Che, Adam Sandler, Whoopi Goldberg, Jerry Seinfeld
In Top Five, Rock plays Andre Allen, a successful comedian and movie star who,having had his work recently savaged by a New York Times critic, is now in need of a hit. His fiancé (Gabrielle Union) wants him to help boost her reality TV show, while his agent, played by the rocket-fuelled Kevin Hart, tries to guide him to the next blockbuster. But what Andre really wants to do is make a serious, important film about the Haitian revolution. So he lets the Times back into his life, hoping to revitalize his image with a profile written by a whip-smart, irresistible journalist (Rosario Dawson). It’s the beginning of a beautiful sparring match.
The film is produced by Scott Rudin and Eli Bush. The Co-Producers are Shawn “Jay Z” Carter and Kanye West; the Executive Music Producer is Questlove. Barry Diller and Scott Rudin’s IACF financed the film.
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