Your Highness

Your Highness (2011)

Timing: 1:42 (102 min)

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Release date

2011-04-08

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Stuber Productions

Genre

Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Action

Budget

$49 900 000

Revenue

$28 013 733

Website

http://www.yourhighnessmovie.net/

Director

David Gordon Green

Actors

Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Theroux, Toby Jones, Damian Lewis, Rasmus Hardiker, Simon Farnaby, Deobia Oparei
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Scenario

Ben Best, Danny McBride

Producer

Scott Stuber, Mark Huffam, Danny McBride, Andrew Z. Davis, Jon Mone

Operator

Tim Orr

Composer

Steve Jablonsky

Artist

Audition

Editing

Craig Alpert
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• The screenplay was written by Ben Best and Danny McBride, and the dialogue throughout the film was largely the result of improvisation. According to director David Gordon Green, the script was rarely brought to the set; only a brief summary of the plot and hastily written notes were used.
• For the role, James Franco trained in swordsmanship for nine months.
• Natalie Portman admitted that she agreed to work with David Gordon Green only because she wasn't sure if a major studio would approve Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller, *Black Swan*. She signed on to *Pineapple Express* intending to use the fee from *Black Swan* to fund the comedy if necessary. However, permission to film *Black Swan* was obtained without issue, and Portman found herself bound by contractual obligations, forcing her to participate in *Pineapple Express*.
• The idea for the film originated in a game that Danny McBride and Ben Best played while goofing around on set. One would come up with a movie title, and the other would try to immediately suggest a suitable plot, taking turns. When the title *Pineapple Express* came up, the proposed plot was: 'It's about a prince who fights dragons while high.'
• The play was largely inspired by the biography of the famous Polish mountaineer Wanda Rutkiewicz.