Welcome to Hollywood

This article is about the film. For the Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z song, see Hollywood (Jay-Z song).

Welcome to Hollywood
Film cover
Directed by	Tony Markes Adam Rifkin
Written by	Tony Markes Adam Rifkin Shawn Ryan
Produced by	Tony Markes Zachary Matz
Starring	Tony Markes Adam Rifkin Dennis Hopper John Travolta
Music by	Richard Mercado Justin Reinhardt
Distributed by	Home Box Office
Release dates	October 1998 (1998-10)(AFI) October 27, 2000 (2000-10-27)(United States)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Welcome to Hollywood is a 1998 mockumentary film directed by Adam Rifkin. ^[1]

Synopsis

A young man (Tony Markes) tries to make it in Hollywood as an actor. Various attempts to get noticed for consideration for roles in film and television fail. He finally gets a break and lands a guest spot on Baywatch , but it ends with disaster when he steps on a stingray and has to be hospitalized.

Celebrity cameos

The film includes cameos from numerous actors, actresses, producers, models, athletes, and other Hollywood figures, including:

• Allison Anders
• Tom Arnold
• Halle Berry
• Sandra Bullock
• Glenn Close
• Wes Craven
• Cameron Crowe
• Cameron Diaz
• Roger Ebert
• Carmen Electra
• Angie Everhart
• Laurence Fishburne
• Peter Fonda
• Jeff Goldblum
• Cuba Gooding Jr.
• Woody Harrelson
• David Hasselhoff
• Salma Hayek
• Evander Holyfield
• Dennis Hopper
• Ron Howard
• Mike Leigh
• Matthew McConaughey
• Ewan McGregor
• Anthony Minghella
• Kelly Monaco
• Julianne Moore
• Cathy Moriarty
• Pat O'Brien
• Nancy O'Dell
• Jada Pinkett Smith
• Kelly Preston
• Fred Roggin
• Steve Schirripa
• Joel Schumacher
• Ron Shelton
• Will Smith
• Mira Sorvino
• John Travolta
• Ally Walker
• John Waters
• Irwin Winkler
• Robert Wuhl

References

1. Klady, Leonard (22 November 1998). "Welcome to Hollywood". Variety . Retrieved 10 February 2024.

External links

• Welcome to Hollywood at IMDb
• Welcome to Hollywood at Rotten Tomatoes