Hollywood Homicide

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Hollywood Homicide
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Directed by	Ron Shelton
Written by	Robert Souza Ron Shelton
Starring	Harrison Ford Josh Hartnett Lena Olin Bruce Greenwood Isaiah Washington Lolita Davidovich Master P Kurupt Lou Diamond Phillips with Dwight Yoakam and Martin Landau and Robert Wagner
Music by	Alex Wurman
Cinematography	Barry Peterson
Editing by	Paul Seydor
Distributed by	Sony Pictures
Release date(s)	June 13, 2003
Running time	116 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$75 million
Gross revenue	$51,142,659

Hollywood Homicide is a 2003 American action comedy film starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett.

The film also features Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Keith David, Gladys Knight, Master P, and André Benjamin in supporting roles, and Eric Idle makes a cameo appearance. Written by Robert Souza and Ron 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.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 5 Box office 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Plot

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Ford stars as Joe Gavilan, a financially strapped Hollywood homicide detective who moonlights as a real estate broker. He is partnered with K. C. 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.

[edit] Cast

• Harrison Ford as Detective-Sergeant Joe Gavilan
• Josh Hartnett as Detective K. C. Calden
• Lena Olin as Ruby
• Bruce Greenwood as Lieutenant Bennie Macko
• Isaiah Washington as Antoine Sartain
• Lolita Davidovich as Cleo Ricard
• Keith David as Leon
• Master P as Julius Armas
• Gladys Knight as Olivia Robidoux
• Lou Diamond Phillips as Wanda
• Meredith Scott Lynn as Det. Jackson
• Tom Todoroff as Det. Zino
• James MacDonald as Danny Broome
• Kurupt as Oliver "K-Ro" Robidoux
• André Benjamin as Silk Brown
• Dwight Yoakam as Leroy Wasley
• Martin Landau as Jerry Duran
• Jennette McCurdy as the Van Family daughter

[edit] Production

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The roles of Gavilan and Calden were previously given to John Travolta and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, respectively.

[edit] Reception

The film was not received well by critics. On the film review website Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 30% approval rating based on 155 critics' reviews.^[1] One of the few major critics to give it a positive notice was Roger Ebert, who awarded the film 3 out of 4 stars.^[2]

[edit] Box office

The film did not perform well at the box office, covering only $51m of its $75m budget. It opened at #5 and grossed $11,112,632 in the opening weekend. The film wrapped up its box office run after 12 weeks, grossing $30,940,691 in Canada and the United States and $20,201,968 in other markets for a worldwide total of $51,142,659.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Hollywood Homicide at the Internet Movie Database
• Hollywood Homicide at Rotten Tomatoes
• Hollywood Homicide at Box Office Mojo
• Josh Hartnett interview for Hollywood Homicide

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