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Hollywoodland (2006)  link to Hollywoodland on IMDb  

Number: 682

poster Hollywoodland

IMDb Rating:
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6.5/10 (30358 votes)

Country: USA, 126 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, Spanish

Genre(s): Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Director(s): Wayne Kramer

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
Struggling private investigator Louis Simo treats his work more as a means to make a living than a want to do right by what few clients he has. Through connections with the investigation firm for which he used to work, Simo is hired by Helen Bessolo to investigate the death of her son, actor George Reeves. Reeves was best known for his title role in Adventures of Superman (1952), a role which he always despised, in part since it typecast him as a "cartoon", despite it bringing him a certain fame. His June 16, 1959 death by a single gunshot wound while in his bedroom in his Los Angeles home was ruled a suicide by the police, the death which occurred when the house was filled with people. Reeves' story is told in part in flashback as Simo, who is trying to make a name for himself with this case, talks to or tries to talk to some of the players involved, most specifically the wife of MGM General Manager E.J. Mannix, Toni Mannix, with whom Reeves was having a relatively open and ...

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Cast:

photo Adrien Brody Adrien Brody Louis Simo
photo Diane Lane Diane Lane Toni Mannix
photo Ben Affleck Ben Affleck George Reeves
photo Bob Hoskins Bob Hoskins Eddie Mannix
photo Robin Tunney Robin Tunney Leonore Lemmon

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\Hollywoodland\Hollywoodland.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1