Hollywood North (film)

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Hollywood North
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Directed by Peter O'Brian
Written by Barry Healey
John Hunter
Tony Johnston
Produced by John Gillespie
Starring Matthew Modine
Alan Bates
Jennifer Tilly
Fab Filippo
Deborah Kara Unger
Cinematography Barry Stone
Edited by Lisa Grootenboer
Music by Terence Gowan
Blair Packham
Distributed by Franchise Pictures
Release dates
  • September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05)(Toronto International Film Festival)
  • January 12, 2004 (2004-01-12)(Canada)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Hollywood North is a 2003 film starring Matthew Modine and Jennifer Tilly. It is a mockumentary detailing the struggles of two Canadian movie producers in Toronto circa 1979. [1]

Contents

The title is a reference to the colloquialism "Hollywood North".

Reception

Critical reception

Rotten Tomatoes reported that 44% of 9 sampled critics gave the film positive reviews and that it received a rating average of 5.41/10. [2]

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References

  1. "Movie Details: Hollywood North (2004)". Yahoo! Canada Inc. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
  2. "Hollywood North (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 2019-10-19.