Entertainment: Hollywood Homicide - Harrison Ford teams up with Josh Hartnett in cop comedy
TAPE: EF03/0533
IN_TIME: 14:10:43
DURATION: 6:28
SOURCES: APTN/Columbia
RESTRICTIONS: No re-use/re-sale of film clips without clearance
DATELINE: Los Angeles, 31 May 2003
SHOTLIST
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1. Trailer - 'Hollywood Homicide'
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Los Angeles, May 31 2003
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Harrison Ford - on plot:
"He's got three alimonies and two kids in college and car payments that he can't make and 200 dollars worth of dry cleaning that he can't pick up. He's being investigated by internal affairs for reasons that become clear in the movie and he's saddled with this young partner who is completely different than he is and doesn't understand him and he doesn't understand the kid so it's rife with comic opportunities."
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3. Film clip - 'Hollywood Homicide'
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Los Angeles, May 31 2003
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Hartnett - on Harrison being his hero)
"He knows what he wants, man, he's figured out exactly what he wants from the world and he doesn't compromise it. You have to respect a guy like that. I grew up on him you know? I admire his choices because I have to because he was my idol when I was a kid. Han Solo and I had his action figure - I used to make him ride around the Millennium Falcon you know? Like that's crazy, now I'm next to him on a poster doing a movie with him - that's kind of cool."
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5. Trailer - 'Hollywood Homicide'
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Los Angeles, May 31 2003
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Hartnett - on similarities with character:
"That's what I liked about the character is that he is in his own world, he is completely enveloped by his own neurosis and his own problems and that's kind of where we're all at in our twenties, not speaking for everybody but it feels like pretty much everybody I know is trying to figure out...we're in the colt age where we're just trying to get our legs underneath us and figure out exactly where we want to run for our future."
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7. Film clip - 'Hollywood Homicide'
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Los Angeles, May 31 2003
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Lena Olin - on Harrison and Josh Hartnett:
"It''s hard to shoot with the two of them because, like when we were working with a car chase scene in an open car on Rodeo Drive with Harrison and Josh, you're there for five minutes and there's just crowds of women 'Harrison, Josh! Harrison, Josh!'. But they're great and I mean doing these love scenes with Harrison it's just great because he's so comfortable with who he is and in his own skin and he can just be there for you and the work and it's just great - it's very easy to work with someone like that."
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9. Film clip - 'Hollywood Homicide'
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Los Angeles, May 31 2003
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Russ Shelton -on filming in Hollywood:
"I wanted to use Hollywood as a real backdrop so that people around the world would go 'that's Hollywood, that's not Toronto, that's Hollywood. That's not a backlot, that's not computer graphics'. So those were very tough because there's tens of thousands of tourists showing up all the time to see this. You can't control them, you can buy out a street for a few days but you can't stop people from coming. So that was the complicated part."
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11. Film clip - 'Hollywood Homicide'
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Los Angeles, May 31 2003
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Harrison Ford - on enjoying film experience:
"You do films for different reasons. I try to do serious films and comedies to bring the audience different kinds of genres, different kinds of characters and I had a really good time making this and if I sit back and reflect on this in 10 or 20 years I think I'll just remember the good time I had."
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13. Trailer - 'Hollywood Homicide'
'HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE': RAP SLAYINGS INSPIRE HARRISON FORD COMEDY
The final credits on 'Hollywood Homicide' will strenuously deny any similarity to real person or events portrayed in the movie, but it draws heavily on a number of high-profile killings that rocked LA's gun-tottin' gangsta' rap scene, dating back to the 1995 slaying of Tupac Shakur.
Played as a comedy, 'Hollywood Homicide,' is the story of two detectives investigating the slaying of a rap group on stage that is possibly orchestrated by a notorious rap label boss.
The unlikely detective duo are the debt-ridden Joe Gavilian (Harrison Ford - 'Indiana Jones,' ) a crusty veteran who moonlights as a real estate agent, and his young trainee, New Age K.C. Calden (Josh Hartnett - 'Pearl Harbor') a yoga instructor and wannabe actor.
The producers hope the pairing of the pin-up boy Hartnett, 24, with his childhood hero, the mature heart throb Harrison, 60, will bring the ladies into the theatres, a sprinkling of action will keep the men happy, and the comedy will be enjoyed by all.
The plot sees the pair discover a trail of murdered rap artists who in the past have crossed the bad guy, 'Sartain,' played by Isaiah Washington. who has recruited as head of security a former LAPD officer - echoing a real corruption scandal involving over 40 officers allegedly linked to the payroll of Death Row Records, run by the convicted rap producer kingpin, Suge Knight.
A satire on LA showbiz culture, 'Hollywood Homicide' was filmed on location on some of the most famous streets of L.A.
With a pumping hip hop soundtrack, including contributions from gangsta rap's latest figurehead, 50 Cent, 'Hollywood Homicide' is directed by Ron Shelton ('Dark Blue,' 'White Men Can't Jump') and written by Robert Souza, a 22-year LAPD vet. It also stars Lena Olin as Harrison's love interest, Martin Landau and Dwight Yoakam.
'Hollywood Homicide' goes on general release June 13, 2003.
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