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Directed by | George Gallo |
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Based on | The Comeback Trail by Harry Hurwitz |
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Cinematography | Lukasz Bielan |
Edited by | John M. Vitale |
Music by | Aldo Shllaku |
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Distributed by | Cloudburst Entertainment |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.
The film premiered at the 2020 Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival.
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]
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]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 30% based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10.[13]