- Hollywood Homicide
Infobox Film | name = Hollywood Homicide
caption = original film poster
director =Ron Shelton
producer =
writer =Robert Souza Ron Shelton
starring =Harrison Ford Josh Hartnett Lena Olin Bruce Greenwood Isaiah Washington Lolita Davidovich Master P Kurupt Lou Diamond Phillips
withDwight Yoakam
andMartin Landau
andRobert Wagner
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =Sony Pictures
released =2003
runtime = 116 min.
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0329717
mpaa_rating =PG-13 for violence, sexual situations, and language"Hollywood Homicide" is a 2003 action comedy film starring
Harrison Ford andJosh Hartnett .The film also features
Lena Olin ,Bruce Greenwood ,Isaiah Washington ,Keith David ,Gladys Knight ,Master P andAndré Benjamin in supporting roles, andEric Idle makes a cameo appearance. It was ratedPG-13 . Written by Robert Souza andRon Shelton , directed by Shelton and produced by Lou Pitt.The film is based on the true experiences of Souza, who was a homicide detective in the LAPD Hollywood Division and moonlighted as a real estate broker in his final ten years on the job.
*Tagline: "When time is running out, one shot is all you get "
Plot
Ford stars as Joe Gavilan, a financially strapped Hollywood homicide detective who moonlights as a real estate broker. He is partnered with KC Calden (Hartnett), a much younger officer who teaches yoga on the side and wants to be an actor. The duo are assigned to investigate the murders of four men, members of a rap group who were gunned down in a nightclub.
In addition, they must deal with an unscrupulous Internal Affairs detective (Greenwood) who has a personal grudge against Gavilan and is eager to frame him with phony charges.
Reception
The film was not received well by critics. On the film review website RottenTomatoes.com, it has a 29% approval rating. One of the few major critics to give it a positive notice was
Roger Ebert , who awarded the film 3 (out of 4) stars.Cast
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Harrison Ford - Sgt. Joe Gavilan
*Josh Hartnett - Det. K. C. Calden
*Lena Olin - Ruby
*Bruce Greenwood - Lt. Bennie Macko
*Isaiah Washington - Antoine Sartain
*Lolita Davidovich - Cleo Ricard
*Keith David - Leon
*Master P - Julius Armas
*Gladys Knight - Olivia Robidoux
*Lou Diamond Phillips - Wanda
*Meredith Scott Lynn - Det. Jackson
*Tom Todoroff - Det. Zino
*James MacDonald - Danny Broome
*Kurupt - Oliver "K-Ro" Robidoux
*André Benjamin - Silk Brown
*Dwight Yoakam - Leroy Wasley
*Martin Landau - Jerry DuranExternal links
* [http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/hollywoodhomicide/ The Official Website]
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*rotten-tomatoes|id=hollywood_homicide|title=Hollywood Homicide
* [http://www.moviehole.net/news/20030610_1759.html Josh Hartnett interview for Hollywood Homicide]Sound Track
Tracks 1 & 13 from Hollywood Homicide (Promo) by Alex Wurman
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