The Hollywood Sign (film)
The Hollywood Sign | |
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Directed by | Sönke Wortmann |
Written by | Leon de Winter |
Produced by | Leon de Winter Gerhard Meixner Angela Roessel[1] |
Starring | Tom Berenger Rod Steiger Burt Reynolds Jacqueline Kim |
Cinematography | Wedigo von Schultzendorff[1] |
Edited by | Edgar Burcksen[2] |
Music by | Peter Wolf[3] |
Distributed by | Indies Entertainment Group (NL)[2] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
Countries | United States Netherlands Germany[3] |
Language | English[2] |
The Hollywood Sign is a 2001 comedy/suspense drama film directed by Sönke Wortmann and written by Leon de Winter. It stars Tom Berenger, Rod Steiger and Burt Reynolds as three washed-up actors risking their lives to make a comeback, as well as Jacqueline Kim.[2]
The screenplay is based on the book 'De hemel van Hollywood' by Leon de Winter.[5]
Plot
[edit]When three great, has-been actors meet at the funeral of a legendary Hollywood agent, their alcoholic reunion leads them to visit the Hollywood Sign. There they find the body of a man – leading them to uncover an in-progress scam for stealing millions from a Las Vegas casino – which originated as a movie plot written by one of the actors' ex-girlfriends – who could not get her script produced. Desperate to make a comeback, the three risk their lives for production capital ... by writing themselves into the "script."
Cast
[edit]- Tom Berenger as Tom Greener[1]
- Jacqueline Kim as Paula Carver[1]
- Rod Steiger as Floyd Benson[1]
- Burt Reynolds as Kage Mulligan[1]
- Al Sapienza as Rodney[1]
- Dominic Keating as Steve[1]
- Eric Bruskotter as Muscle[1]
- David Proval as Charlie[1]
- Kay E. Kuter as Robbie Kant[1]
- Rafael Mauro as Lenny Lena[1]
- Kathleen Gati as Deb[1]
- Roz Witt as Deli Waitress[1]
- Adria Tennor as Kant's Receptionist[1]
- Amy Leland as Rocco Hostess[6]
- Mark Gantt as Party Boy[6]
- Garry Marshall as Director[1]
- Mark Phinney as First AD[1]
- Jeff Gardner as Camera Assistant[1]
- Andy Milder as Studio Exec.[1]
- Gregory Phelan as Studio Exec.[1]
- Larry Wrentz as Second AD[1]
- Theresa Hill as Wendy[1]
- Whoopi Goldberg as Woman at funeral (uncredited)[7]
- Alex Veadov as Cabbie[5]
- Christian J. Fletcher as Kage's Son[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "The Hollywood Sign - Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d "The Hollywood Sign". Nederlands Film Festival. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ a b "The Hollywood Sign". PORT.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "The Hollywood Sign (2001)". Cult Critic. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Hollywood sign, The". Nederlandse Filmdatabase (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Alle acteurs in The Hollywood Sign (2001)". Film Vandaag (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "The Hollywood Sign (2001)". moviemeter.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 September 2024.
External links
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