Collateral Beauty
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| Directed by | David Frankel |
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| Written by | Allan Loeb |
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| Music by | Theodore Shapiro |
| Cinematography | Maryse Alberti |
| Edited by | Andrew Marcus |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $36 million |
| Box office | $82.7 million |
Collateral Beauty is a 2016 American drama film directed by David Frankel and written by Allan Loeb. The film stars an ensemble cast of Will Smith, Edward Norton, Keira Knightley, Michael Peña, Naomie Harris, Jacob Latimore, Kate Winslet and Helen Mirren. It follows a man who copes with his daughter's death by writing letters to time, death and love.
The film premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival on December 13, 2016, and was released in the United States on December 16, 2016. It was panned by critics, although it has grossed over $82 million worldwide.
Successful advertising executive Howard Inlet (Will Smith) is reduced to a clinically depressed loner after his young daughter's tragic death. His estranged friends and business partners, Whit Yardshaw (Edward Norton), Claire Wilson (Kate Winslet), and Simon Scott (Michael Peña) fear for Howard's mental health as well as their company's future, as Howard's erratic behavior has cost them numerous high-profile clients and left them on the verge of bankruptcy; as the majority shareholder, Howard has also undermined their efforts to sell the company.
The trio hires a private investigator, Sally Price (Ann Dowd), to acquire evidence that Howard is unfit to run the company, allowing them to take control. Sally intercepts Howard's letter about abstract concepts of Love, Time and Death, and presents them to Whit, Claire and Simon. They hire a trio of struggling actors - Amy (Keira Knightley), Raffi (Jacob Latimore) and Brigitte (Helen Mirren) - to masquerade as Love, Time, and Death to confront Howard about his letters. Their plan is for Sally to record these encounters and then digitally erase Amy, Raffi and Brigitte to make Howard appear mentally unbalanced, enabling them to sell the company.
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