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Hollywood Boulevard

1976 · 83 min

A gleefully trashy, fast-paced satire of low-budget filmmaking that mixes slapstick, sleaze, and sudden violence into a chaotic, self-aware ride.

Tagline
The street where starlets are made!
Overview
A Midwestern ingenue arrives in Hollywood to try her luck as an actress. An incompetent agent hooks her up with a production company which specializes in low budget B-movie fare, which starts being plagued by strange, deadly accidents.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • corruption
  • violence
  • identity
  • exploration
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror4
Humour7
Realism5
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Joe Dante, Allan Arkush
Written by
Danny Opatoshu
Starring
Candice Rialson, Mary Woronov, Rita George, Jeffrey Kramer, Dick Miller, Richard Doran, Tara Strohmeier, Paul Bartel
Music
Andy Stein
Cinematography
Jamie Anderson
Runtime
83 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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