The Death and Life of Bobby Z
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| 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 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Germany, 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/German 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.
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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".
[edit] References
- ^ The Death and Life of Bobby Z at BoxOfficeMojo.com, Box Office Mojo, http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=deathandlifeofbobbyz.htm, retrieved 2009-12-22
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Death and Life of Bobby Z on IMDB". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473188/. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
- ^ "The Death and Life of Bobby Z on Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bobby_z/. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
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