Jimmy Hollywood (1994)

Director:

Barry Levinson

Writer (WGA):

Barry Levinson (written by)

Release Date:

30 March 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

One thing stands between Jimmy and stardom. Reality.

Plot:

Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crime-fighter...

Plot Keywords:

Hollywood | Character Name In Title

Cast

Joe Pesci	...	Jimmy Alto
Christian Slater	...	William
Victoria Abril	...	Lorraine de la Peña
Jason Beghe	...	Detective
John Cothran Jr.	...	Detective
Hal Fishman	...	Anchorperson
Jerry Dunphy	...	Anchorperson
Andrea Kutyas	...	Anchorperson
Kerry Kilbride	...	Newscaster
Paula López	...	Newscaster
Paul Dean Jackson	...	Newscaster
Joe Avellar	...	Newscaster
Susan Campos	...	Newscaster
Claudia Haro	...	Newscaster
Audrey Morgan	...	Newscaster

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:12 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Netherlands:6 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Baltimore Pictures

Trivia:

Victoria Abril's first American film.

Quotes:

Jimmy: What are ya gonna do? Kill me? Everybody dies.

Movie Connections:

References Death Wish (1974)

Soundtrack:

Spanish Theme

Very underrated, Pesci at his best & one of Levinson's best !

I admire Barry Levinson's work very much, he's done some great movies and when "Jimmy Hollywood" was airing in my TV, I thought, remembering a complete turkey which was "Bandits" (with Willis and Thornton, directed by Levinson) that this buddy-movie won't be better and I was totally, positively disappointed. Most simple is to say, that it's a one man-show by Joe Pesci, who simply IS Jimmy Alto, a "wanna-be" actor, who continuously looking for his chance in the film capitol of the World-Hollywood. The movie is funny, well-written, good-feeling, has great acting and... cameo of one of the biggest stars of today's cinema at the end. I was very surprised by Christian Slater's role, who always plays dynamic characters, and here it's a complete opposite performance. Also Victoria Abril, known from Almodovar movies, gives here very good acting as Pesci's fiancee. If you saw the poster to this movie, I can only tell that the movie is as COOL as Pesci and Slater cool-looking while sunbathing at the pool. I just can't imagine, how such great movie could earn only $3,6 mlns!!! That's a shame for american audience. I recommend it for everyone who searches for some intelligent entertainment and for all Joe Pesci fans.