Jimmy Hollywood
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Plot
Jimmy Alto is a failing actor living in Los Angeles. After increasing frustration with his career going nowhere and with crime in the city, Jimmy, along with his "spaced-out" best friend William, decides to take the law into his own hands.
After losing his job as a waiter, Jimmy transforms himself into "Jericho," leader of a mock-vigilante group that videotapes criminals and then turns them over to the police. Jimmy enjoys the free publicity, anonymously, but eventually the police begin to close in on him, resulting in a tense standoff at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre.
Cast
- Joe Pesci as Jimmy Alto / Jericho
- Christian Slater as William
- Victoria Abril as Lorraine De La Peña
- Robert LaSardo as ATM Robber
- Earl Billings as Police Captain
- Jason Beghe as Detective
- Rob Weiss as himself / Director of "Urban Nomad"
- Chad McQueen as himself / Audition Partner
- Barry Levinson as himself / Director of "Life Story"
- Harrison Ford as himself (uncredited)
Production
Robbie Robertson created music for the film and produced the soundtrack, with Howard Drossin providing additional music.
Reception
Rotten Tomatoes give the film a 28% approval rating from a sample of 25 reviews, with an average rating of 4.1/10.[1] Roger Ebert gave the film 2<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄2 stars out of 4. Ebert praises the actors "who find the right tone for the material", but criticize the plot, which "weighs them down". He concludes "Here are characters who might have really amounted to something, and we can see the movie dying right under their feet."[2]
Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.[3]
Script error: No such module "anchor". Produced on a budget of $30 million, the film made less than $4 million in ticket sales.[4]
References
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- Script error: No such module "If empty". at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:WikidataCheck
- Template:PAGENAMEBASE at Box Office Mojo
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- 1994 films
- 1994 comedy films
- American comedy films
- American vigilante films
- Films about actors
- Films directed by Barry Levinson
- Films scored by Robbie Robertson
- Films set in Los Angeles
- Paramount Pictures films
- 1990s vigilante films
- 1990s English-language films
- 1994 American films
- English-language comedy films