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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   2,446 votes
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Director:

Yves Simoneau

Writer (WGA):

Tim Metcalfe (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

5 June 2003 (USA) more

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Action more

Tagline:

The most intense shoot-out in LAPD history

Plot:

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

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 nominations more

User Comments:

Solid cable movie more (34 total)


Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:

44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout (USA) (alternative spelling)
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MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and bloody images.

Runtime:

103 min | Finland:82 min | USA:120 min (including commercials) | Argentina:105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

La Habra, California, USA more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The Bank Of America in the real robbery is in North Hollywood, the one used in the film was a vacant bank in a strip mall in La Habra, California. more

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the police are acquiring AR-15s from the gun store, and transporting them in the shopping cart it's easy to see the bayonet lugs. The real North Hollywood Shootout took place in 1997, three years into the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, which, among other things, banned the sale of new firearms with attached bayonet lugs and other cosmetic features. There's no way these guns would have bayonet lugs like they do in the movie. more

Quotes:

Donnie Anderson: Do you get scared? Yeah. You stay scared? Better not. more

Movie Connections:

References L.A. Confidential (1997) more


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22 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Solid cable movie, 22 April 2004
7/10
Author: snake77 from Portland, OR

I watched this on cable the other night and was very pleasantly surprised. It's well done, with solid acting from old pros Madsen and Van Peebles and very tight directing. The documentary style works well, and unlike most cops vs. robbers movies it shows the motivation and thoughts of the bad guys without glorifying them. It's obviously a bit of a PR piece for the LAPD, but it also makes some really good points about the availability of assault weapons and the failings of the justice and political system in keeping crooks from getting them. The locations used in the movie were the actual locations where the shootout took place, and this added immeasurably to the realism of the story. This film is a real cut above most cable fare and is really worth watching.

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