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Article: True crime? Not in 'Hollywoodland'.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 8, 2006
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Byline: Peter Rainer Film critic of The Christian Science Monitor
'Hollywoodland," which stars Adrien Brody and Ben Affleck, takes off from the 1959 newspaper headline that upset an entire generation of kids: "TV Superhero, Out of Work, Kills Self." The superhero was George Reeves, star of "Adventures of Superman," but did he really shoot himself, as officially determined, or was it an accident - or even murder?
There have been almost as many theories about Reeves's death as there have been about another notorious Hollywood case, the Black Dahlia murder. (The Dahlia story has also been turned into a movie, directed by Brian De Palma and opens next week. ...