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Mood:
- GloomyAtmosphericStylizedSuspensefulTense
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Plot:
- Private DetectiveInvestigationUncover TruthArtists and ShowbizCrimesActor's LifeMurderShowbiz more...
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Genres:
- CrimeDramaMysteryNeo NoirPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century50s
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Place:
- CaliforniaHollywoodLos AngelesUSA
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedPrestigious AwardsVenice Festival Winner
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Style:
- Talky
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Based on:
- Based on True Story
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- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Hollywoodland, 2006
English, Spanish
USA
Profile of Hollywoodland
The mood of Hollywoodland is gloomy, tense, and atmospheric. The plot centers around a private detective, uncovering the truth, and artists and showbiz. It is a drama, crime, and mystery movie. Stylistically, Hollywoodland is neo-noir and is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Hollywoodland is set in Hollywood. It happens in the 1950s. It is originally a true story. Hollywoodland is known for being critically acclaimed and a Venice Festival winner. Note that it includes sexual content, profanity, and violent content.
Summary of Hollywoodland
Playing Superman on TV brought aspiring film actor George Reeves stardom, but it also held him back as far as more serious acting roles went. When a 45-year-old Reeves was found dead in his home in 1959, his death was ruled a suicide, and attributed to this B-level frustration. The result of a single bullet wound, Reeves's death caused controversy in and around Hollywood, where popular theories related his death to either his starlet fiancé, Leonore Lemmon (Robin Tunney), or his famously ongoing and unique relationship with Toni Mannix (a fabulous Diane Lane), the wife of mob-connected MGM head Eddie Mannix (Bob Hoskins).
HOLLYWOODLAND explores Reeves's life and tragic end from the perspective of Louis Simo (Adrien Brody), a private investigator hired by Reeves's mother shortly after his death. Cutting back and forth between scenes of Reeves's life and Simo's detective work, the film draws parallels between two men kept from appreciating the present by dreams of future grandeur. Ben Affleck returns to form as Reeves, a man whose hindering celebrity status may have reminded the actor of his own: despite breaking onto the scene with an Academy Award for writing GOOD WILL HUNTING in 1997, Affleck's career was at one point overshadowed by a romance as familiar to the public as Superman's cape. With close attention to detail, first-time director Allen Coulter creates two distinct worlds specific to their time, Simo's noir-ish and seedy L.A. forming a bleak contrast to the glamorous, formal Tinseltown Reeves so longed to be embraced by. An accomplished act for a first time director, HOLLYWOODLAND offers viewers a believable look into Hollywood's most glamorous bygone era. Strong performances and stylish filmmaking help fuel a mystery without a solution.
Details
| Language: | English, Spanish |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 8 September 2006 |
| Runtime: | 126 min |
Cast and Crew
as Louis Simo
as George Reeves
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Critics Reviews
Rolling Stone
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- by: Peter Travers
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Users Reviews
- 04.December.2011
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- by: j3nesis
- j3nesis rated this movie
8/10Great
- 27.August.2009
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- by: Greg Nordlund
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