I Love You Phillip Morris

I Love You Phillip Morris
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Requa Glenn Ficarra
Screenplay by	John Requa Glenn Ficarra
Based on	I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love, and Prison Breaks by Steve McVicker
Produced by	Andrew Lazar Far Shariat
Starring	Jim Carrey Ewan McGregor Rodrigo Santoro Antoni Corone Leslie Mann
Cinematography	Xavier Pérez Grobet
Edited by	Thomas J. Nordberg
Music by	Nick Urata
Production companies	EuropaCorp Mad Chance Productions
Distributed by	EuropaCorp[1]
Release dates	January 18, 2009 (2009-01-18) (Sundance) February 10, 2009 (2009-02-10) (France)
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	France United States
Language	English
Budget	$13 million[1]
Box office	$20.7 million[1]

I Love You Phillip Morris is a 2009 black comedy film^[2] based on a 1980s and 1990s real-life story of con artist, impostor and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell, as played by Jim Carrey. While incarcerated, Russell falls in love with his fellow inmate, Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). After Morris is released from prison, Russell escapes from prison four times to be reunited with Morris. The film was adapted from the 2003 book I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love, and Prison Breaks by Steve McVicker.^[3] The film is the directorial debut of John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. It grossed $20 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews from critics. For their writing, Requa and Ficarra received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.^[4] It is an international co-production of France and the United States.^[2]