Gods Behaving Badly (film)

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Gods Behaving Badly
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Directed by Marc Turtletaub
Written by Marie Phillips
Josh Goldfaden
Based on Gods Behaving Badly
by Marie Phillips
Produced by Peter Saraf
Marc Turtletaub
Caroline Jaczbo
Starring Alicia Silverstone
Christopher Walken
Sharon Stone
John Turturro
Edie Falco
Oliver Platt
Rosie Perez
Cinematography Tak Fujimoto
Edited by Alan Heim
Joe Landauer
Music by Christopher Young
Production
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Release date
  • November 13, 2013 (2013-11-13)(Rome Film Festival)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Gods Behaving Badly is a 2013 film adaptation of Marie Phillips' 2007 satire novel Gods Behaving Badly . The film is the feature-length directorial debut of Marc Turtletaub, who is better known as a film producer. [1]

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Plot

The film is about a young mortal couple (Alicia Silverstone and Ebon Moss-Bachrach) who encounter a group of Greek gods living in New York City. [2]

Cast

Production

The film was shot during mid-2011. [3] The setting of the story was changed from contemporary London to modern day New York City. [4]

Release

The film was shot in 2011 and premiered at the 2013 Rome Film Festival, [5] where it received negative reviews, [6] [7] and was never officially released.

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