HOLLYWOODLAND
Year: 2006
USA: Focus Features
UK: Buena Vista International UK
Cast: Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Robin Tunney, Joe Spano, Molly Parker, Dash Mihok, Kathleen Robertson, Steve Adams, Jordan Barker, Donald Burda, Larry Cedar, Brad William Henke, Jeff Teravainen, Walter Rinaldi, Caroline Dhavernas, Ted Atherton, Donald Burda, Richard Fancy, Joseph Adam, Heather Allin, Lorry Ayers, Jon Cubrt, Jason Deline, Jeffrey DeMunn, Seamus Dever, Erin Gooderham, Joan Gregson, John Hanly, Ayumi Izuka, Michael Janik, Jody Jaress, Natalie Krill Charlie Lea, Austin Macdonald, Phillip MacKenzie, David J MacNeil, Zach Mills, Channing Mitchell, Shae Norris, Melissa Papay, Jennifer Sims, Jason Spevack, Dendrie Taylor, John Tobin, Veronica Watt, Eric Weinthal, Yaron Betan
Director: Allen Coulter
Country: USA
USA & UK: 126 mins
USA Rated: R for language, some violence and sexual content
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language and violence
USA Release Date: 8 September 2006
UK Release Date: 24 November 2006
UK Distributor
Synopsis
Directed by Allen Coulter (THE SOPRANOS, SEX IN THE CITY TV series) in his feature directorial debut, HOLLYWOODLAND is a uniquely compelling exploration of fame and identity. The drama, inspired by one of Hollywood's most infamous real-life mysteries, follows a 1950s private detective, Louis Simo (Academy Award winner Adrien Brody).
June 16, 1959. The glamour of Tinseltown permanently fades for actor George Reeves (Academy Award winner Ben Affleck), the heroic Man of Steel on TV's Adventures of Superman, as the actor dies in his Hollywood Hills home - shot by a single bullet. Reeves leaves behind a legion of fans in shock from his sudden death as well as fiancee Leonore Lemmon (Robin Tunney) and mother Helen Bessolo (Lois Smith).
When Reeves murder case is closed by the Los Angeles Police Department, his mother hires Louis Simo who uncovers the torrid affair George Reeves had with Toni Mannix (Diane Lane), the wife of Eddie Mannix, MGM studio executive (Bob Hoskins), which might hold the key to the truth. But truth and justice are not so easily found in Hollywood...
Simo's resulting investigation uncovers unexpected connections to his own life as the case turns ever more personal. Simo pursues dangerous and elusive leads in both high and low places and, in trying to turn up the heat, risks getting burned.