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Luckymama58 · 09-10-2006, 07:51 AM

My husband and I with some of our friends went to see "Hollywoodland" last night at the movie theater. As some of you know, this is a speculation film noir about the death of George Reeves... the TV Superman of the 1950's.

In the movie Adrien Brody plays a two bit PI named Louis Simo who is asked to look into the verdict of suicide. There are those who believe it might not have been. The movie doesn't do a bad job with all the speculation... I have read books on the subject.

Anyway, right after Simo is asked to look into it, he goes to visit his son, who is about 10. His ex-wife tells him that Evan is in the back yard and has been very dispondant of late. They find Evan in the back yard throwing stones at things. Simo asks his ex why the boy is like this, and she said he had been like this ever since the news that Superman killed himself. Simo wants to dismiss this reason, it was only a character in a show, but she tells him that all the kids in the neighborhood are like this.

I couldn't help thinking back to Jan of 1977 and how I felt when I heard the news of Freddie's death... and also got a sense of how all Freddie's fans were feeling at the time. It was like the way these kids reacted to the news of George's death. Call me weird, but I see so many parallels in stories of stars who also died too young or with a cloud of mystery or dispondancy around them.

One of the other parallels I saw in the movie was the way they contrasted the clean cut public persona of George with his real private life. It made me speculate about the same with Freddie. And like Freddie, George struggled with being type cast in a TV role as he tried desperately to break into movies.....

BTW for those who are considering seeing this movie, it was pretty good. I would recommend seeing it on DVD, I am not sure it was worth the $7.50 to see it in the theater... I would recommend renting it, especially if you are into Hollywood mysteries like I am. I will warn you, it isn't a happy movie, even tho they do a good job presenting the story....

09-10-2006, 07:51 AM	#76
Luckymama58 Math Geeks Unite! Senior Member Join Date: Mar 18, 2001 Location: In my rock and roll fantasy Posts: 2,553	Parallels... (Warning:possible spoilers for Hollywoodland) My husband and I with some of our friends went to see "Hollywoodland" last night at the movie theater. As some of you know, this is a speculation film noir about the death of George Reeves... the TV Superman of the 1950's. In the movie Adrien Brody plays a two bit PI named Louis Simo who is asked to look into the verdict of suicide. There are those who believe it might not have been. The movie doesn't do a bad job with all the speculation... I have read books on the subject. Anyway, right after Simo is asked to look into it, he goes to visit his son, who is about 10. His ex-wife tells him that Evan is in the back yard and has been very dispondant of late. They find Evan in the back yard throwing stones at things. Simo asks his ex why the boy is like this, and she said he had been like this ever since the news that Superman killed himself. Simo wants to dismiss this reason, it was only a character in a show, but she tells him that all the kids in the neighborhood are like this. I couldn't help thinking back to Jan of 1977 and how I felt when I heard the news of Freddie's death... and also got a sense of how all Freddie's fans were feeling at the time. It was like the way these kids reacted to the news of George's death. Call me weird, but I see so many parallels in stories of stars who also died too young or with a cloud of mystery or dispondancy around them. One of the other parallels I saw in the movie was the way they contrasted the clean cut public persona of George with his real private life. It made me speculate about the same with Freddie. And like Freddie, George struggled with being type cast in a TV role as he tried desperately to break into movies..... BTW for those who are considering seeing this movie, it was pretty good. I would recommend seeing it on DVD, I am not sure it was worth the $7.50 to see it in the theater... I would recommend renting it, especially if you are into Hollywood mysteries like I am. I will warn you, it isn't a happy movie, even tho they do a good job presenting the story....
	__________________ We All Use Math Every Day! Everything is Numb3rs! Capt. Jack: Drink up, me hardies, Yo Ho! I reject your reality and substitute my own!-Adam Savage, Mythbuster A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds... With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. -Ralph Waldo Emerson RIP Freddie Prinze 1954-1977 You have your star now.