| Jimmy Hollywood | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Barry Levinson |
| Written by | Barry Levinson |
| Produced by | Mark Johnson Barry Levinson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Peter Sova |
| Edited by | Jay Rabinowitz |
| Music by | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million[1] |
| Box office | $3.8 million[1] |
Jimmy Hollywood is a 1994 American comedy film written and directed byBarry Levinson and starringJoe Pesci andChristian Slater. It was released on April 1, 1994, and was abox-office bomb, grossing just $3 million against its $30 million budget.
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 theGrauman's Egyptian Theatre.
Robbie Robertson created music for the film and produced the soundtrack, withHoward Drossin providing additional music.
Rotten Tomatoes give the film a 28% approval rating from a sample of 25 reviews, with an average rating of 4.1/10.[2]Roger Ebert gave the film 21⁄2 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."[3]
Audiences polled byCinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.[4]
Produced on a budget of $30 million, the film made less than $4 million in ticket sales.[1]
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