44 minutes - North Hollywood Hell
| Movie | |
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| German title | 44 minutes - North Hollywood Hell |
| Original title | 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
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| Director | Yves Simoneau |
| script | Tim Metcalfe |
| production | Daniel Schneider |
| music | George S. Clinton |
| camera | David Franco |
| cut | William B. Stich |
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44 minutes - Hell of North Hollywood (also The North Hollywood Shootout ) is an American action film directed by Yves Simoneau from the year 2003 . The film is based on the true story of the North Hollywood shootout in February 1997.
action
Two heavily armed men raid Bank of America in North Hollywood . Upon entering the bank, however, the two of them are seen by an LAPD patrol who then calls for reinforcements. The two wear balaclavas, full-body armor, black clothing and are armed with fully automatic assault rifles. They ask the bank employees to open the vault and fire wildly to emphasize the demand. With the loot, the perpetrators then leave the building, which is already surrounded by the police, and open fire. Several police officers and passers-by are injured. One of the perpetrators succeeds in putting their vehicle into operation in front of the bank and escaping at walking pace, his accomplice accompanying the vehicle on foot and keeping the police at bay. Although more than 50 officers have already intervened in the battle, they fail to stop the fugitives. Suddenly the offender who was on foot leaves the vicinity of the getaway vehicle and single-handedly engages in a fight with the police, killing him. His accomplice tries to change the getaway car, but is unable to operate it and begins a firefight with a SWAT team, in which he is seriously injured and later bleeds to death.
criticism
"After a cautious start, the action film steers inexorably towards the firefight after authentic events, whereby it does not spare the human side of the police operation."
background
The film is a film adaptation of the North Hollywood bank robbery on February 28, 1997. On that day, two heavily armed men, Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr. (26) and Emil Dechebal Mătăsăreanu (30), attacked the Bank of America at the intersection of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Archwood Street. The two wore balaclavas and full-body bulletproof armor and were armed with automatic weapons. As they left the bank, there was the most violent shooting in the history of the LAPD, filmed from several helicopters and televised live. After 44 minutes, the shooting ended, in which twelve police officers and eight passers-by were seriously injured and the two perpetrators were killed.
Trivia
In a scene in which SWAT Officer Don Anderson picks up a box from his late father, a portrait of the real officer Don Anderson is shown.
Web links
- 44 minutes - Hell of North Hollywood in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 44 minutes - North Hollywood Hell in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed April 4, 2012