Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 09/08/06 Home Video 02/06/07 MPAA Rating Rated R for language, some violence and sexual content Running Time 2 hours 6 minutes Genre Suspense, Drama Director Allen Coulter Writer Paul Cast Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Kathleen Robertson, Steve Adams, Jordan Barker, Donald Burda, Larry Cedar, Brad William Henke, Lois Smith, Joe Spano, Jeff Teravainen, Robin Tunney Studio Focus Features |
HOLLYWOODLAND
SYNOPSIS
June 16, 1959. The glamour of Tinseltown
permanently fades for actor George Reeves, the
heroic Man of Steel on TV's Adventures of Superman,
as the actor dies in his Hollywood Hills home. Felled
by a single gunshot wound, Reeves (portrayed in
Hollywoodland by Academy Award winner Ben
Affleck) leaves behind a fiancée - aspiring starlet
Leonore Lemmon (Robin Tunney) - and millions of
fans who are shocked by his death. But it is his
grieving mother, Helen Bessolo (Lois Smith), who will
not let the questionable circumstances surrounding
his demise go unaddressed. Helen seeks justice, or
at least answers. The Los Angeles Police
Department closes the case, but Helen hires - for $50
a day - private detective Louis Simo (Academy Award
winner Adrien Brody). Simo soon ascertains that the
torrid affair Reeves had with Toni Mannix (Academy
Award nominee Diane Lane), the wife of MGM studio
executive Eddie Mannix (Academy Award nominee
Bob Hoskins), might hold the key to the truth.
But truth and justice are not so easily found in
Hollywood. Simo pursues dangerous and elusive
leads in both high and low places and, in trying to
turn up the heat, risks getting burned. The detective
also uncovers unexpected connections to his own
life as the case turns more personal and he learns
more about Reeves himself. Behind the icon was a
complex man who gave his life to Hollywood in more
ways than one.
--© Focus Features
June 16, 1959. The glamour of Tinseltown
permanently fades for actor George Reeves, the
heroic Man of Steel on TV's Adventures of Superman,
as the actor dies in his Hollywood Hills home. Felled
by a single gunshot wound, Reeves (portrayed in
Hollywoodland by Academy Award winner Ben
Affleck) leaves behind a fiancée - aspiring starlet
Leonore Lemmon (Robin Tunney) - and millions of
fans who are shocked by his death. But it is his
grieving mother, Helen Bessolo (Lois Smith), who will
not let the questionable circumstances surrounding
his demise go unaddressed. Helen seeks justice, or
at least answers. The Los Angeles Police
Department closes the case, but Helen hires - for $50
a day - private detective Louis Simo (Academy Award
winner Adrien Brody). Simo soon ascertains that the
torrid affair Reeves had with Toni Mannix (Academy
Award nominee Diane Lane), the wife of MGM studio
executive Eddie Mannix (Academy Award nominee
Bob Hoskins), might hold the key to the truth.
But truth and justice are not so easily found in
Hollywood. Simo pursues dangerous and elusive
leads in both high and low places and, in trying to
turn up the heat, risks getting burned. The detective
also uncovers unexpected connections to his own
life as the case turns more personal and he learns
more about Reeves himself. Behind the icon was a
complex man who gave his life to Hollywood in more
ways than one.
--© Focus Features
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