Jimmy Hollywood

Jimmy Hollywood
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBarry Levinson
Written byBarry Levinson
Produced byMark Johnson
Barry Levinson
Starring
CinematographyPeter Sova
Edited byJay Rabinowitz
Music byRobbie Robertson
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 1, 1994 (1994-04-01)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[1]
Box office$3.8 million[1]

Jimmy Hollywood is a 1994 American comedy film written and directed by Barry Levinson and starring Joe Pesci and Christian Slater. It was released on April 1, 1994 and was a box-office bomb, grossing just $3 million against its $30 million budget.

Plot

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 the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre.

Cast

Production

Robbie Robertson created music for the film and produced the soundtrack with Howard Drossin providing additional music.

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes gave 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 praised the actors "who find the right tone for the material", but criticize the plot, which "weighs them down". He concluded "Here are characters who might have really amounted to something, and we can see the movie dying right under their feet."[3]

Audiences polled by CinemaScore 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jimmy Hollywood (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Jimmy Hollywood (1994)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ Ebert, Roger. "Jimmy Hollywood Movie Review & Film Summary (1994) - Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com.
  4. ↑ "Home - Cinemascore". Cinemascore. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
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