44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (TV 2003)

After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.

Director:

Yves Simoneau

Writer:

Tim Metcalfe

Stars:

Michael Madsen, Ron Livingston, Ray Baker

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Madsen	...	Frank McGregor
Ron Livingston	...	Donnie Anderson
Ray Baker	...	Harris
Douglas Spain	...	Bobby Martinez
Andrew Bryniarski	...	Larry Eugene Phillips Jr.
Oleg Taktarov	...	Emil Matasareanu
Clare Carey	...	Frank's Wife
Alex Meneses	...	Nicole
Dale Dye	...	SWAT Lieutenant
Katrina Law	...	Kate
J.E. Freeman	...	Police Commander
Mario Van Peebles	...	Henry Jones
Jullian Dulce Vida	...	Luis Rivera
Alex Madison	...	Maria (as Gail Monian)
JoNell Kennedy	...	Cathy (as Jo Nell Kennedy)

Storyline

On 28 February 1997, two men heavily armed with AK-47 try to heist the Bank of America of North Hollywood, but their plan fails and they are kept under siege by the LAPD. Along forty-four minutes, Los Angeles witnesses live on television one of the greatest shoot-out of the American history.

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Plot Keywords:

police | bank of america | swat | shootout | los angeles police department | 

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Taglines:

The most intense shoot-out in LAPD history

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and bloody images

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 June 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

44 Minuten - Die Hölle von Nord Hollywood

Filming Locations:

La Habra, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Cypress Point Productions, Fox Television Network

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min 120 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Some statistics:

• Number of location shooting days: 24
• Number of cameras used: 8
• Number of extras used: 900
• Number of real LAPD Officers used as extras: 35
• Number of rounds of blank ammunition fired: 40,000
• Number of bullet hole squibs used: 5,000
• Number of blood squibs used: 100-150
• Amount of theatrical blood used: 10 gallons
• Number of police cars destroyed: 30

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Goofs

When the dead Larry Phillips Jr. is turned over, you can visibly see his eyes go from closed to open.

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Quotes

Henry Jones: Luck is preparation meets opportunity.

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Connections

References L.A. Confidential (1997)

User Reviews

Pretty Good Movie

Since I was only about two miles away from the real shootout and saw the footage on the news about 100 times, I was quite interested in seeing the movie to see how accurately it would depict the real event. The film was not only accurate (with very few exceptions) but it was also riveting (with the shootout edited together with documentary-style testimonials from the policemen characters) and peppered with some FX-style swearing and graphic moments. Of the actors, Michael Madsen and Mario Van Peebles were the best (and most well known) and Ron Livingston was good too, but seemed a bit out of place as a hard-edged, SWAT team member. Interesting tidbits were that the gunmen's full names were never mentioned (one was referred to as Larry a few times, but nothing else) and the gunmen characters looked nothing like the real gunmen (the wrong one had long hair and one of the real guys was about 100 pounds heavier than the other). Also, Michael Madsen, who is often confused with Tom Sizemore, who was in the 1995 film Heat, brings up Al Pacino's character from Heat in one of his testimonials. Heat is often mentioned in the same breath as the real North Hollywood incident, because of the similar shootouts and the fact that the real gunmen used the movie as an informal training video for robbing banks. The real gunmen also were nicknamed the 'High Incident Bandits' and the shootout was also the basis for the final episode of the 1996-97 ABC cop show 'High Incident' starring Blair Underwood. Good film.