Due Date
Due Date is a 2010 American black comedy road film directed by Todd Phillips, who wrote the screenplay with Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, and Adam Sztykiel. The film follows a man (Robert Downey Jr.) who must get across the country to Los Angeles in time for the birth of his child and is forced to road-trip with an aspiring actor (Zach Galifianakis). Michelle Monaghan, Juliette Lewis, and Jamie Foxx also star. Shot in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Atlanta, Georgia, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the film was released on November 5, 2010. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $211 million worldwide.
Plot
Peter Highman, a successful architect, is due to fly home from Atlanta to Los Angeles to be with his wife Sarah, who is about to give birth. On the way to the airport, he has a chance encounter with Ethan Tremblay with his dog Sonny, who is going to Los Angeles to be an actor and is planning to scatter his recently deceased father's ashes at the Grand Canyon. When Ethan misuses the words "terrorist" and "bomb" while talking to Peter, they are both escorted off the plane. Peter, now on the No Fly List and missing his wallet, agrees to drive with Ethan to Los Angeles.
More details
| author | Todd Phillips |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Arizona Atlanta California Los Angeles |
| director | Todd Phillips |
| editor | Debra Neil-Fisher |
| events | human pregnancy |
| genre | adventure comedy-drama |
| keywords | arrest ash baby car crash chance encounter drink end grand canyon hollywood agent marijuana mexican federal police mexico–united states border no fly list plan range rover rest stop talk television program terrorism terrorist two and a half men west western union |
| musicBy | Christophe Beck |
| producer | Dan Goldberg Todd Phillips |
| productionCompany | Classic Films, Inc. Green Hat Films Legendary Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | New Mexico |
| theme | black comedy screwball comedy |