Jimmy Hollywood Page #3

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Barry Levinson
Production: Paramount Home Video
 
IMDB:
5.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
18%
R
Year:
1994
112 min
68 Views


over and over again.

Im going to beat it.

Lorne Greene didn't happen

in his 20s or even in his 30s.

All of a sudden, boom, the guy shows

up on Bonanza he's got white hair.

He hung in there.

You know,

he was in there for the long haul.

l got to hand it to Lorne, he hung in there.

Nothing's ever going to stop me. Nothing.

Bet he was a good pitcher in his day.

What?

What do you want to do?

You want to catch a movie?

I don't know. What's playing?

I don't know.

Id like to see Gone with the Wind.

-Gone with the Wind?

-Yeah.

Gone with the Wind, you want to see?

I don't know, William.

Nothing from me rubs off on you.

I don't understand it.

From this moment on,

Hollywood stars will be recognized

as unparalleled fundraisers

and morale builders in time of war.

After the war, however,

Hollywood turns another face to the world.

In the '20s and '30s it becomes a lotus land

whose godlike inhabitants seem

sublimely above common concern.

And this is...

Oh, sh*t.

One f***ing time. Don't tell me.

Don't f***ing tell me!

One f***ing time

l leave the f***ing radio there.

One time. Son of a b*tch!

Son of a b*tch!

What?

Get out of the street.

-Son of a b*tch!

-Come on!

Come on. Get out of the street.

-Come on! Hey!

-Son of a b*tch!

Come on! Get the f*** out of the street!

Hey, what is it, what is it?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

-Get out of the street!

-Can't you see I gotta...

What are you going to do,

run me over, here?

Hey, hey!

Hey, get out of the car!

Can't you see I got a f***ing problem here?

They stole my radio!

Stupid son of a b*tch!

Jesus!

-Hi.

-Hey.

What are you guys doing?

Some lowlife scum stole my car radio.

-Oh, where?

-Right outside.

Yeah, they said there have been

six or seven stolen this past week.

That's epidemic proportions.

What is the gun

and the video camera all about?

Well, the police aren't going

to do anything about it.

They don't care.

This is a two-hour battery.

What are you guys supposed to be doing?

Im gonna catch the thief myself.

Video him.

This is a good idea.

Have you lost your mind?

Have you gone completely and totally nuts?

You know what it's like

to find your car violated, huh?

Your car radio gone.

Something you care about gone,

and nobody's going to do

anything about it?

Yeah. Jimmy, it's just a radio car.

I want something done. I want satisfaction.

You just gonna wait outside,

-Wait for someone to break into a car?

-That's right.

Im going to videotape him in the act,

arrest him, and hand him over to the police.

Some couples,

they spend their Saturday evenings

going to movies or clubs.

My boyfriend is going to be in the bushes,

looking for some thief.

Do you have any idea how absurd this is?

William, will you get that

away from my face?

Im sorry. I was just checking

the autofocus at a low light.

Im sorry. I must have lost my mind.

Hey, Will,

these blanks are not all the same size.

I wasn't taping.

-What day is this?

-The fifth.

-Its not the fourth?

-Fifth.

Wednesday the fifth?

Tuesday the 5th.

Is this the beginning of Tuesday,

or was it Tuesday?

What Im saying is, is this last night,

or is it now tomorrow, the fifth?

This day is the fifth.

It has begun the fifth, not ending the fifth.

On the sixth

I got to get my head checked out.

The accident.

It feels pretty good, though, doesn't it?

Yeah, except for the buzzing and humming,

whatever that is.

Still?

-What did the doctor say?

-When?

You said you had

an appointment on the sixth.

This is the seventh. What did he say?

I don't remember anything that important.

Up or down?

Make sure you don't get me

in the shot, okay?

Okay.

Can't see him very well yet, can you?

No, Im not focused yet.

The filthy cretin.

This is weird. I feel dizzy.

I don't know why anybody bothers to

roll up their windows.

They steal your radio, and then

you gotta have your windows redone.

Scumbags.

Okay, this is it. Come on. Let's get him.

Okay, scumball, get out of the car.

What are you, cops?

No, FBI. Come on.

Get out of the car. Get out!

Put the radio up. Put it up.

Got that?

What the hell's going on here?

Never mind. We're going to take

a little walk to the squad car.

Come on. Pick your stuff up. Come on.

Got my radio in there, too, probably? Sure.

Who do you work for, Radio Shack?

Now, where do you sell these radios?

Where do you sell these radios?

I will kill you. Don't try me.

Are you gonna f*** with me?

-1149 North Western Avenue, sir.

-That's a good boy.

Did you write the note for the police?

-Was I supposed to write the note?

-Yes.

What are you doing?

Im writing the note.

That's a labeling machine.

I know. I just don't want the police

to recognize my handwriting.

Pardon moi.

Here's an unusual story.

Hollywood police report

that a robbery suspect

was left in front of the police station

early this morning.

Two car radios, which he is accused

of stealing, were taped to his body.

That, according to a videotape and note

which accompanied the radios.

-Do you want a little conditioner?

-Yes, I do.

No further information is available.

Police say the note stated, "To the police,

"this guy stole two car radios last night.

"This is a video of his thievery.

"If you can't do the job, we can.

"Signed, the S.O.S."

There's no information

on the size of this S.O.S.

or what their intentions may be.

We'll keep you updated as more

information on this becomes available.

-In other news, a Hollywood man...

-Jimmy.

-That my phone?

-No.

Jimmy.

Hey, honey.

I just thought Id get some sun.

I read in the trades

they're looking for a newcomer

for that new movie Urban Nomad.

Get a little color on my face.

I want to talk to you.

-What?

-I want to talk to you!

Well, sit down.

Not here.

William, you, too.

-So you did it, didn't you?

-What?

The car radio guy.

Dropping him off at the police station.

You actually did it. Didn't you?

Well, it just so happens, yes.

But how did you know?

I saw it on the news.

-News? It got on the news?

-Yeah.

No kidding?

Its bad enough what the two of you did,

but did you have to leave that note?

Well, I mean, you got to understand

the circumstances.

So you guys are now the S.O.S.

What?

The note. You guys are now the S.O.S.

-What did you put in that note?

-I just signed it.

I mean, it had to come from somebody.

Yeah, but where'd you come up

with S.O.S.?

Its that movie producer guy.

What movie producer guy?

Its his initials.

The guy who did Gone with the Wind.

David O. Selznick?

David? I thought his name was Steven.

No. Steven is Spielberg.

David is O. Selznick.

I love that Gone with the Wind.

Please, this is serious.

The television believes

there's some kind of an organization,

some kind of vigilante organization.

You shouldn't have did that, William.

I mean, you shouldn't have done that.

I wanted to draw attention to the crime,

not the Steven O. Selznick gang.

Just what you need.

The police are looking

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Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor. Levinson's best-known works are comedy-drama and drama films such as Diner (1982); The Natural (1984); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Bugsy (1991); and Wag the Dog (1997). He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988) which also won the Academy Award for Best Picture. more…

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