On the set of Tower Heist
n our post–Bernie Madoff, post-Enron world, the plot of the upcoming action comedy Tower Heist (Universal), in theaters November 4, sounds like it could have been ripped straight from today’s headlines. Ben Stiller leads an all-star cast in this story of disgruntled workers at a luxury Central Park condominium seeking revenge against Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda), a corrupt Wall Street billionaire who bilked them out of their retirement savings. With the help of a petty crook played by Eddie Murphy, they concoct a plan to steal a cool $20 million from Shaw’s penthouse apartment, where he is under house arrest for embezzling $2 billion from investors.
Production designer Kristi Zea and set decorator Diane Lederman—collaborators on the sets for last year’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps—devised Shaw’s opulent, art-laden residence. Zea toured some of Manhattan’s most prestigious luxury hotels and condominiums and found her muse on the top floor of the Trump Tower International Hotel & Tower on Columbus Circle.
Read more at Architectural Digest.
