Sopranos director Allen Coulter's feature-film debut weaves a dark, stylish tale of Tinseltown tawdriness out of the strange inconsistencies surrounding the death of TV Superman George Reeves. Coulter's film is really two movies in one: The first poignantly charts the career of Reeves, an ambitious but marginally talented actor whose only break simultaneously made him a star and ended his dream of becoming a serious actor. The second, which is better acted but only half as interesting, follows a fictional private eye's investigation into the fallen hero's suspicious shooting death. Responding to a call made in the wee hours of June 16, 1959, police arrive at t...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
126 mins