Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard is a 1976 film directed by Allan Arkush and Joe Dante. It is the feature film directorial debut of both directors. This film stars Candice Rialson as an aspiring actress who has just arrived in Los Angeles, and was made as a result of a bet between Jon Davison and Roger Corman to make the cheapest ever film for New World Pictures. This was accomplished by extensive use of footage from other New World films.
Plot
In a prologue, pompous film director Eric Von Leppe (Paul Bartel) is shooting a skydiving sequence for low-budget Miracle Pictures in which an actress is killed. Candy Wednesday (Candice Rialson) arrives in Los Angeles to make it as an actor. She gets an agent, Walter Paisley (Dick Miller), but struggles to find work until she inadvertently gets involved in a bank robbery as a getaway driver. This gets her a job for Miracle Pictures as a stunt driver. She meets Eric Von Leppe, temperamental starlet Mary McQueen (Mary Woronov), sleazy producer PG (Richard Doran) and friendly scriptwriter, Pat (Jeffrey Kramer). Candy and Pat fall in love and she starts to get work as an actor, becoming friends with fellow starlets Bobbi (Rita George) and Jill (Tara Strohmeier).
More details
author | Danny Opatoshu |
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contentLocation | Los Angeles |
director | Allan Arkush Joe Dante |
editor | Amy Holden Jones |
genre | comedy thriller |
keywords | bank robbery candice rialson car accident film film director film star getaway driver hollywood sign jeffrey kramer kill philippine rescue shoot skydive stabbed to death stunt driver tara strohmeier |
musicBy | Andy Stein |
producer | Jon Davison |
publisher | New World Pictures |
theme | comedy thriller exploitation filmmaking science fiction serial killer |