Cedar Rapids (film)
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $7.7 million |
Cedar Rapids is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Miguel Arteta. The script, written by Phil Johnston, was included on the 2009 Black List, a Hollywood list of the most popular unproduced screenplays of the year.[1]
Plot
Tim Lippe, a naive and idealistic
Tim's boss, Bill, pressures him to win again to keep the company afloat. At the conference, Lippe meets fellow insurance agents Ronald Wilkes, Dean Ziegler, and Joan Ostrowski-Fox. He also meets Bree, a
The next morning, Tim is guilt-ridden and calls Vanderhei to confess, before desperately asking her to marry him. After rejecting him, she suggests to Tim that he take the opportunity to start a new life. Tim returns to Joan, who attempts to comfort him by telling him what Lemke was really like: a sexual deviant who
He tells Dean about Lemke's alleged bribery and Dean swears secrecy. However, Dean encourages Tim to stand up to Helgesson during his assessment. Under pressure, Tim ends up bribing Helgesson for the award, leaving him ashamed. Distraught, Tim comes across Bree and accompanies her to a party, where he gets high on methamphetamine and inadvertently starts a fight. Ron, Joan, and Dean rescue them.
At the hotel, Bill appears at Tim's door to inform him that with the successful acquisition of another Two Diamond award, he has sold the company which will result in the branch's closure. Ron, Joan, and Dean begin calling Tim's clients in an attempt to ensure their loyalty. On the final day of the conference, Bill formally announces the sale but Tim takes over the podium and reveals that his company has unethically acquired the award every year by bribing Helgesson and confesses to doing so himself. Helgesson flees the room and a furious Bill confronts Tim, his revelations having cost Bill the sale of his company. Tim responds by announcing his intention to leave the company and start another with his clients from Brownstar, 17 of which have agreed to stay with him. Bill storms off, dumbfounded.
As the four friends say their goodbyes and prepare to see each other next year, Joan and Tim are shown happy as friends, and Dean invites Ron and Tim to stay at a wealthy cousin's cabin in Canada for the summer; both of them surprise Dean by gleefully accepting. The three of them and Joan go on to start their own company.
Cast
- Ed Helms as Tim Lippe
- John C. Reilly as Dean Ziegler
- Anne Heche as Joan Ostrowski-Fox
- Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Ronald Wilkes
- Stephen Root as Bill Krogstad
- Kurtwood Smith as Orin Helgesson
- Alia Shawkat as Bree
- Thomas Lennonas Roger Lemke
- Rob Corddry as Gary
- Mike O'Malley as Mike Pyle
- Sigourney Weaver as Macy Vanderhei
- Inga R. Wilson as Gwen Lemke
- Mike Birbiglia as Trent
- Seth Morris as Uncle Ken
Production
The failure of an
In the film, Ronald Wilkes (
Reception
The film grossed $6,861,102 in the United States and Canada, and $867,834 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $7,728,936.[5]
On the
References
- ^ "2009 Black List With Thoughts". Script Shadow. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ Cedar Rapids Gazette, archived from the originalon 29 October 2013, retrieved 24 January 2011
- CinemaBlend. Archived from the originalon February 12, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- YouTube, Fox Searchlight official channel via YouTube.com, Feb 7, 2011.
- ^ "Cedar Rapids (2011)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ "Cedar Rapids". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- Fandom, Inc.Retrieved March 11, 2022.
External links
- Cedar Rapids at IMDb
- Cedar Rapids at AllMovie