Hollywood Homicide
Short description
Hollywood Homicide follows two Los Angeles police detectives who are far more invested in their side jobs than in police work. Joe Gavilan, a veteran of the homicide division, sells real estate on the side and is struggling financially after three divorces. His younger partner, K.C. Calden, teaches yoga and dreams of an acting career. Assigned to investigate a multiple murder at a music club tied to the rap industry, the pair must balance the case against their outside ambitions while suspicion falls on a powerful record label boss and his security chief.
Ron Shelton directed and co-wrote the film with Robert Souza, producing alongside Lou Pitt. It sits between Dark Blue and Just Getting Started in Shelton's filmography. Harrison Ford plays Gavilan, with Josh Hartnett as Calden; Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington and Lolita Davidovich appear in supporting roles.
Released in June 2003, the film was a major box office disappointment. Made for about 75 million USD, it returned roughly 51 million USD worldwide, a significant loss for Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios. Its critical reception was poor: critics rated it 4.9/10 across 160 reviews, and audiences agreed, giving it 5.4/10 on IMDb from around 41,000 votes and 5.2/10 on TMDB from roughly 721 votes. These figures point to a broadly negative consensus rather than a divided one.
What's left behind the scenes
- The lead actors, Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett, did not get along very well with each other either during filming or during the promotional campaign.
- The character of Joe Gavilan is based on Robert Souza, a detective from the Los Angeles Police Department's homicide division, who worked as a real estate agent in the last 10 years of his service. An incident in which a handcuffed criminal pulled a police pistol from his belt and started shooting in a parking lot actually occurred during Souza's years of service.
- Director and screenwriter Ron Shelton claimed, referring to the source material on which the script was based, that the situation in which Josh Hartnett's character leaves the script under Jerry Duran's door actually happened (albeit in a slightly different form). Once, a police officer and aspiring screenwriter went to an address to investigate a crime. Learning that a producer lived at that address, the officer immediately handed him the script he was working on.
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