Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
One thing stands between Jimmy and stardom. Reality.
Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crime-fighter, aided by his sidekick William, who has suffered a head wound and has problems with short-term memory. Jimmy's vigilante alter ego soon becomes a media wonder--but Jimmy remains a total unknown and his long-suffering girl friend Lorraine is getting fed up with the whole situation.
- Date of release
- 1994-03-30
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (76)
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Barry Levinson
Casting
- Joe Pesci — Jimmy Alto
- Christian Slater — William
- Victoria Abril — Lorraine de la Peña
- Jason Beghe — Detective
- John Cothran — Detective
- Robert LaSardo — ATM Robber
- Richard Kind — Angry Driver
- Marcus Giamatti — BMW Preppie
- Barry Levinson — Director of 'Life Story'
- James Pickens Jr. — Cook
- Lou Cutell — Meyerhoff
- Thomas Rosales Jr. — Tough Guy
Interesting facts
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.
Production
Robbie Robertson created music for the film and produced the soundtrack with Howard Drossin providing additional music.
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