Trainwreck (film)

Trainwreck
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJudd Apatow
Written byAmy Schumer
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJody Lee Lipes
Edited by
  • William Kerr
  • Paul Zucker
Music byJon Brion
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15) (SXSW)
  • July 17, 2015 (2015-07-17) (United States)
Running time
125 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$35 million[2]
Box office$140.8 million[3]

Trainwreck is a 2015 American romantic sex comedy film directed and co-produced by Judd Apatow and written by and starring Amy Schumer along with an ensemble supporting cast that includes Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, John Cena, Vanessa Bayer, Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, Mike Birbiglia, Norman Lloyd, and NBA player LeBron James. The film is about a hard-drinking, promiscuous, free-spirited young magazine writer named Amy Townsend (Schumer) who has her first serious relationship with a prominent orthopedic surgeon named Aaron Conners (Hader). The film received positive reviews from critics, praising the performances of Schumer, Hader, James, and the screenplay.

Principal photography began on May 19, 2014, in New York City. The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 15, 2015, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 17, 2015, by Universal Pictures. The film won several awards and was nominated for numerous others, including two Golden Globe Awards (Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy) and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.

  1. ^ "TRAINWRECK (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 22, 2015. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference THR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Trainwreck (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2016.