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Article: Hollywoodland.(Film)(Movie review)
- Article from:
- O, The Oprah Magazine
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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EVEN BY HOLLYWOOD standards, the 1959 death of George Reeves, television's first Superman (no relation to Christopher Reeve, who played the Man of Steel on film), was the stuff of legend and scandal. When the 45-year-old actor was found in his home, shot through the head, the LAPD ruled it a suicide. But suspicions of foul play shrouded his violent end then and now, making his story the perfect setup for a good old-fashioned detective flick. Cue Hollywoodland, a new take on Reeves's death from director Allen Coulter (The Sopranos, Six Feet Under). The film is a West Coast noir in the tradition of Chinatown and L.A. Confidential, and its cast ...
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... ... from Oscar winner to laughing stock in less than five years, Ben Affleck knows all about being built up and torn down in Hollywood ... stars Adrien Brody as a private eye trying to prove murder and Diane Lane as Reeves' scorned mistress. Bob Hoskins plays a powerful ...
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