Being the Ricardos (2021)
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Synopsis
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are threatened by shocking personal accusations, a political smear, and cultural taboos in Academy Award®-winning writer and director Aaron Sorkin’s behind-the-scenes drama Being the Ricardos. A revealing glimpse of the couple’s complex romantic and professional relationship, the film takes audiences into the writers’ room, onto the soundstage, and behind closed doors with Ball and Arnaz during one critical production week of their groundbreaking sitcom I Love Lucy.
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | December 10th, 2021 (Limited) by Amazon Studios |
| Video Release: | December 21st, 2021 by Amazon Studios |
| MPA Rating: | R for language. (Rating bulletin 2706 (cert #53465), 11/10/2021) |
| Running Time: | 125 minutes |
| Plot point: | Biography, Interracial Romance, Scandal |
| Social setting: | TV Industry |
| Subgenre: | Biographical Drama |
| Time period setting: | 1950s |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Escape Artists, Amazon Studios |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |
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Synopsis
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are threatened by shocking personal accusations, a political smear, and cultural taboos in Academy Award®-winning writer and director Aaron Sorkin’s behind-the-scenes drama Being the Ricardos. A revealing glimpse of the couple’s complex romantic and professional relationship, the film takes audiences into the writers’ room, onto the soundstage, and behind closed doors with Ball and Arnaz during one critical production week of their groundbreaking sitcom I Love Lucy.
Metrics
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | December 10th, 2021 (Limited) by Amazon Studios |
| Video Release: | December 21st, 2021 by Amazon Studios |
| MPA Rating: | R for language. (Rating bulletin 2706 (cert #53465), 11/10/2021) |
| Running Time: | 125 minutes |
| Plot point: | Biography, Interracial Romance, Scandal |
| Social setting: | TV Industry |
| Subgenre: | Biographical Drama |
| Time period setting: | 1950s |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Escape Artists, Amazon Studios |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |
Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.