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Hollywoodland - 2006

Movie Reviews -- week of 9/18/2006

HOLLYWOODLAND

RATING
3 out of 4 Stars
CAST & CREW
Adrien Brody, Diane Lane
THEATRICAL RELEASE
2006
MPAA RATING
R
RUNTIME
2 hour(s), 6 minutes
RELEASE COMPANY
Focus Features
GENRE
Dramas

Review: The violent demise of George Reeves (Ben Affleck), AKA Superman, leaves his many fans and all of Hollywood in a state of shock on June 16, 1959. A gunshot and a lot of unanswered questions are all that are left behind. Is it a case of suicide, or murder most foul? Few clues are left behind. Enter private detective Louis Simo (Adrian Brody) who is hired by George’s mother, Helen Bessolo (Lois Smith), to get to the bottom of George’s death.
The cast of suspects is short, but not as short as the evidence. Detective Simo keeps the case hot as he ekes out bits of newsworthy material to the Hollywood press. As the George Reeves’ story unravels, so does the secret of his long term, illicit affair with Toni Mannix, wife of studio boss Eddie Mannix, as well as his growing discontent with being typecast as a super hero.

Fine casting and acting, but a little lacking in plot, this true-crime portrayal will appeal most to those who perked their ears at the familiar T.V. intro of, “Look. Up in the air! It’s a bird, a plane. It’s Superman!”

by Mary Morgan is a member of the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association.

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