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After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
- Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 4 nominations total
Alex Madison
- Maria
- (as Gail Monian)
JoNell Kennedy
- Cathy
- (as Jo Nell Kennedy)
Chris Jacobs
- Rick
- (as Christopher Jacobs)
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- Writer
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- TriviaSome statistics:
- Number of location shooting days: 24
- Number of cameras used: 8
- Number of extras used: 900
- Number of real LAPD Officers used as extras: 35
- Number of rounds of blank ammunition fired: 40,000
- Number of bullet hole squibs used: 5,000
- Number of blood squibs used: 100-150
- Amount of theatrical blood used: 10 gallons
- Number of police cars destroyed: 30
- GoofsWhen the police are acquiring AR-15s from the gun store, and transporting them in the shopping cart it's easy to see the bayonet lugs. The real North Hollywood Shootout took place in 1997, three years into the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, which, among other things, banned the sale of new firearms with attached bayonet lugs and other cosmetic features. There's no way these guns would have bayonet lugs like they do in the movie.
- Quotes
Bobby Martinez: [shooting at Phillips] I'm hitting them, but they're not going down!
Harris: They've got Kevlar! Head shots!
Bobby Martinez: Aim for the head!
Harris: Aim high!
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Screen Junkies Show: Greatest Movie Bank Robbery Ever (2011)
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That Really Was A Great Gunfight.
This movie is surrounding the events of February 28, 1997 in Los Angeles. More specifically, a bank robbery gone wrong. Although I have heard of many inaccuracies in this movie, it was still an enjoyable action flick, despite the fact it was based on a true story.
The shootout between the two bank robbers, Larry and Emil, and what seemed to be just about the entire LAPD lasted 44 minutes. This is a huge amount of time in real life and is probably the longest gunfight I have seen in the movies as well. I can't think of a longer one right now anyways. So after getting to know the characters just a little bit, it's on with the action, and it was gripping. The sight of the robbers, decked out in armor and standing in the line of fire and just taking hits and keeping it going was awesome. It reminded me of video games where you just keep shooting the bad guys but they never die. In fact, if I had one complaint about the movie, it would be that all the officers on the scene either could not figure out to shoot at their heads or were not capable. I guess the overwhelming firepower on the thieves behalf was just too much for them to think straight.
Standouts in the cast are, of course, Michael Madsen, who can make anything fun to watch, even though his role here was limited. Mario Van Peebles played the deeply religious officer who tried to straighten up kids before it was too late. His character was very likable. Andrew Bryniarski and Oleg Taktarov were great villains, as always, but not much to them. Ron Livingston did good for his role but I don't know if it's just me, and thought he was a bit miscast, or am I just never going to get Peter Gibbons from Office Space out of my head. That's one of my favorite comedies and going from that to a hard nosed SWAT team cop wasn't doing it for me.
Good movie, none the less. If nothing else, I can recommend it for the gunfight. 8/10
The shootout between the two bank robbers, Larry and Emil, and what seemed to be just about the entire LAPD lasted 44 minutes. This is a huge amount of time in real life and is probably the longest gunfight I have seen in the movies as well. I can't think of a longer one right now anyways. So after getting to know the characters just a little bit, it's on with the action, and it was gripping. The sight of the robbers, decked out in armor and standing in the line of fire and just taking hits and keeping it going was awesome. It reminded me of video games where you just keep shooting the bad guys but they never die. In fact, if I had one complaint about the movie, it would be that all the officers on the scene either could not figure out to shoot at their heads or were not capable. I guess the overwhelming firepower on the thieves behalf was just too much for them to think straight.
Standouts in the cast are, of course, Michael Madsen, who can make anything fun to watch, even though his role here was limited. Mario Van Peebles played the deeply religious officer who tried to straighten up kids before it was too late. His character was very likable. Andrew Bryniarski and Oleg Taktarov were great villains, as always, but not much to them. Ron Livingston did good for his role but I don't know if it's just me, and thought he was a bit miscast, or am I just never going to get Peter Gibbons from Office Space out of my head. That's one of my favorite comedies and going from that to a hard nosed SWAT team cop wasn't doing it for me.
Good movie, none the less. If nothing else, I can recommend it for the gunfight. 8/10
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- Jan 27, 2005
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- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003) officially released in India in English?
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