The Death and Life of Bobby Z

For other uses, see Bobby Z (disambiguation).

The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Herzfeld
Produced by	Brandon Birtell Matt Luber Heidi Jo Markel Keith Samples Larry Schapiro Peter Schlessel Paul Walker
Written by	Novel: Don Winslow Screenplay: Bob Krakower Allen Lawrence
Starring	Paul Walker Laurence Fishburne Olivia Wilde Jason Lewis Joaquim de Almeida J.R. Villarreal Jason Flemyng
Music by	Tim Jones
Editing by	Bruce Cannon Alain Jakubowicz
Studio	Millennium Films
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Millennium Films
Release date(s)	May 3, 2007 (2007-05-03)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English German
Budget	$8 million
Box office	$912,754[1]

The Death and Life of Bobby Z, also known as Bobby Z and Let's kill Bobby Z, is a 2007 American action film, directed by John Herzfeld, and stars Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Olivia Wilde and Joaquim de Almeida. The film received an R rating by the MPAA for violence, some drug use, language and brief nudity.

Cast

• Paul Walker as Tim Kearney
• Laurence Fishburne as Tad Gruzsa
• Olivia Wilde as Elizabeth
• Jason Flemyng as Brian
• Keith Carradine as Johnson
• Joaquim de Almeida as Don Huertero
• J.R. Villarreal as Kit
• Jason Lewis as Bobby Z
• Jacob Vargas as Jorge Escobar
• Michael Bowen as Duke
• Josh Stewart as Monk

Novel

The film is based on a 1997 novel of the same name by Don Winslow.^[2] The novel was reviewed by several newspapers.^[3][4][5][6]

Reception

The Death and Life of Bobby Z currently holds a 5.7/10 rating on Internet Movie Database based on 4,288 ratings as of 8 July 2010.^[7] It also holds a 40% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 5 counted reviews as of 8 July 2010.^[8] In an interview to the Portuguese channel SIC, Paul Walker called it a "bad movie".

References

1. ^ The Death and Life of Bobby Z at BoxOfficeMojo.com, Box Office Mojo, http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=deathandlifeofbobbyz.htm, retrieved 2009-12-22 
2. ^ Winslow, Don (1997). The death and life of Bobby Z (1st ed. ed.). New York: Knopf. pp. 259 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN 0679454292. OCLC 36060008. LCCN 96-052202. 
3. ^ Stasio, Marilyn (May 25, 1997). "Crime (reviews of several novels, including The Death and Life of Bobby Z)". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02EFDA1438F936A15756C0A961958260&n=Top/Features/Books/Book%20Reviews. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 
4. ^ Taylor, Charles (August 5, 1997). "The Death and Life of Bobby Z". Salon. http://www.salon.com/aug97/sneaks/sneak970805.html. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 
5. ^ Chollet, Laurence (April 27, 1997). "Author Changes Tracks". The Record (Bergen County, NJ). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22394550.html. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 
6. ^ Reed, Ronald (May 11, 1997). "It's a mad, mad, mad, mad chase. Review of The Death and Life of Bobby Z". Fort Worth Star-Telegram: p. 6. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF910AF80EAB3F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 
7. ^ "The Death and Life of Bobby Z on IMDB". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473188/. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
8. ^ "The Death and Life of Bobby Z on Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bobby_z/. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 

External links

• Official website
• The Death and Life of Bobby Z at the Internet Movie Database