September 7th, 2006 Hollywoodland Opening This WeekendThe drama recounts the life and mysterious death by suicide of George Reeves, star of the television series Superman
Ben Afflect plays George Reeves in newly released Hollwoodland film. The glamour of Tinseltown permanently fades for actor George Reeves by June 1959. The heroic Man of Steel on TV's "Adventures of Superman," as the actor dies in his Hollywood Hills home. Killed by a single gunshot wound, Reeves leaves behind a fiancée, aspiring starlet Leonore Lemmon and millions of fans who are shocked by his death. But it is his grieving mother, Helen Bessolo, who will not let the questionable circumstances surrounding his death go unaddressed. Helen seeks justice, or at least answers.
The Los Angeles Police Department closes the case, but Helen hires a $50 a day private detective Louis Simo. Simo soon ascertains that the torrid affair Reeves had with Toni Mannix, the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix, might hold the key to the truth. But truth and justice are not so easily found in Hollywood. Simo pursues dangerous and elusive leads in both high and low places and, in trying to turn up the heat, risks getting burned. The detective also uncovers unexpected connections to his own life as the case turns more personal and he learns more about Reeves himself. Behind the icon was a complex man who gave his life to Hollywood in more ways than one.
Drama, Romance, Thriller, Crime/Gangster and Biopic
R for language, some violence and sexual content
126 min
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