The Comeback Trail (2020 film)

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The Comeback Trail
The Comeback Trail 2020 film poster.png
Theatrical release poster with original release date
Directed by George Gallo
Screenplay by
  • George Gallo
  • Josh Posner
Based on The Comeback Trail
by Harry Hurwitz
Produced by
  • Philip Kim
  • Patrick Hibler
  • Joy Sirott Hurwitz
  • Julie Lott Gallo
  • Richard Salvatore
  • David E. Ornston
Starring
CinematographyLukasz Bielan
Edited byJohn M. Vitale
Music byAldo Shllaku
Production
companies
  • Storyboard Media
  • March On Productions
  • Alla Prima
  • Rapid Farms Productions
  • Ingenious Media
Distributed byCloudburst Entertainment
Release date
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.4 million [1]

The Comeback Trail is a 2020 American crime comedy film directed by George Gallo and written by Gallo and Josh Posner, based on the 1982 film of the same name by Harry Hurwitz. It stars Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman, Zach Braff, Emile Hirsch, Eddie Griffin, Kate Katzman, and Blerim Destani.

Contents

The film premiered at the 2020 Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival.

Cast

Production

Congressmember Deb Haaland, shown here with Robert De Niro, visited the film set in 2019. The Comeback Trail filming in New Mexico in 2019 02.jpg
Congressmember Deb Haaland, shown here with Robert De Niro, visited the film set in 2019.

The project was announced in May 2019, with Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman cast in the film, written and directed by George Gallo. [2] Zach Braff and Eddie Griffin were added later that month. [3] [4] Emile Hirsch joined the next month. [5]

Filming began in early June 2019 and continued to July throughout New Mexico. [6]

Release

The Comeback Trail premiered at the 17th Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival on October 9, 2020. [7] It was initially scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on November 13, 2020, [8] but was delayed to July 23, 2021, [9] again to November 18, 2022, and then to 2023. [10]

On June 19, 2021, the film was released through Sky Cinema on the Sky TV and Now TV platforms in the United Kingdom. [11] [12]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 30% based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. [13]

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