Paparazzi (2004)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Paul Abascal

Writer (WGA):

Forry Smith (written by)

Release Date:

3 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

One good shot deserves another

Plot:

A rising Hollywood actor decides to take personal revenge against a group of four persistent photographers to make them pay for almost causing a personal tragedy involving his wife and son.

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Paparazzi | Actor | Coma | Movie Star

Cast

Cole Hauser	...	Bo Laramie
Robin Tunney	...	Abby Laramie
Dennis Farina	...	Detective Burton
Daniel Baldwin	...	Wendell Stokes
Tom Hollander	...	Leonard Clark
Kevin Gage	...	Kevin Rosner
Blake Michael Bryan	...	Zach Laramie (as Blake Bryan)
Tom Sizemore	...	Rex Harper
Andrea Baker	...	Emily
Jordan Baker	...	Dr. Kelley
Joe Basile	...	Police Lab Tech
Lauren Birkell	...	Allison
Wendy Braun	...	Bo's Publicist
Kelly Carlson	...	Kristin
Greg Castro	...	Policeman

Also Known As:

Paparazzi (Czech Republic) [cs]
Paparazzi (Argentina) (cable TV title) [es]
Paparazzi (Slovakia) [sk]
Paparazzi (Greece) (TV title) [el]
Scatto mortale - Paparazzi (Italy) (DVD title) [it]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense violent sequences, sexual content and language.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Indonesia:Dewasa | Germany:12 | France:U | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Australia:M | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40880) | Brazil:14

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Was inspired when Mel Gibson and some celebrities were talking about paparazzi nightmares and Gibson said, "What a great revenge film this would make." He is one of the film's producers.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): On the cover of the Paparazzi magazine, the word "accident" is spelled "accicdent".

Quotes:

Zach Laramie: Why is Daddy on a magazine with a black thing covering his peepee?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

Soundtrack:

Brothers

Paparazzi Purge

Bo Laramie (Cole Hauser) is living "The American Dream". Money, fame, fortune beyond his wildest dreams. But unfortunate for Laramie, fame comes with a price, by the name of the Paparazzi. The persistence of the paparazzi leaves Laramie in the hospital, and his son in a coma. The press will clearly do anything to get the perfect shot. Laramie decides that the only to stop his problems is to take them out one by one.

A team of four relentless paparazzi soon are the ones who become the victims. The ringleader of the gang, Rex Harper (Tom Sizemore) soon realizes that he and his gang are the ones in danger. Wendell Stokes (Daniel Baldwin), Leonard Clark (Tom Hollander) and Kevin Rosner (Kevin Gage) make up the four paparazzi that Laramie is bend on destroying.

One of the highlights of my summer was "Paparazzi". I wanted to see this since I first saw the trailer for it. Looked like a pretty interesting take on the action/thriller genres. The lead roles Cole Hauser and Tom Sizemore are quite impressive. In my opinion, Sizemore owns this movie. While it's not the role he was born to play, I can't see many others playing the role of Harper.

One thing I found interesting is that Mel Gibson along with other producers of Paparazzi were inspired to make this film upon reading articles of paparazzi attacks. Not as serious as the one in the film, but nevertheless.

The film is one of the first of its kind. That I've seen anyways. Exploiting the paparazzi. It just sounds like a fun movie to me. One that I haven't seen before. Paparazzi is other all, a very fun, enjoyable and a very entertaining flick. Check it out. You won't be disappointed. I wasn't.

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