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Being the Ricardos

Amazon Studios | Release Date: December 10, 2021

Summary: Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) are threatened by shocking personal accusations, a political smear and cultural taboos in 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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Runtime:	131 min
Rating:	Not Rated
Production:	Escape Artists
Genres:	Biography, Drama, History
Country:	US
Language:	English

Director	Credit
Aaron Sorkin	Director

Writer	Credit
Aaron Sorkin	Written By

Principal Cast	Credit
Alia Shawkat	Madelyn Pugh
Clark Gregg	Principal Cast
J.K. Simmons	William Frawley
Jake Lacy	Bob Carroll Jr.
Javier Bardem	Desi Arnaz
John Rubinstein	Older Jess Oppenheimer
Linda Lavin	Older Madelyn Pugh
Nicole Kidman	Lucille Ball
Nina Arianda	Vivian Vance
Robert Pine	Principal Cast
Ronny Cox	Older Bob Carroll
Tony Hale	Jess Oppenheimer

Cast	Credit
Christopher Denham	Donald Glass
Clark Gregg	Howards Wenke - CBS
Dan Sachoff	David Levy - CBS
Dana Lyn Baron	Miss Rosen
Jamie Miller	Patty
Jeff Holman	Roger Otter - Phillip Morris
John Rubinstein	Cast
Jonah Platt	Tip Tribby
Linda Lavin	Cast
Nelson Franklin	Joe Strickland - CBS
Ronny Cox	Older Bob Carroll

Producer	Credit
David J. Bloomfield	Executive Producer
David Williams	Co-Executive Producer
Desi Arnaz Jr.	Producer
Jason Blumenthal	Producer
Jenna Block	Producer
Lauren Lohman	Executive Producer
Lucie Arnaz	Producer
Peter Oberth	Coordinating Producer
Steve Tisch	Producer
Stuart M. Besser	Executive Producer
Todd Black	Producer