Hollywood Flies
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- Alessandro Fabbri
- Aldo Lado
- Chiara Laudani
- Roberto Scarpetti
- Luigi (Gino) Ventriglia
- Fabio Segatori
by Alessandro Fabbri
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| Directed by | Fabio Segatori |
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| Based on | Mosche a Hollywood by Alessandro Fabbri |
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| Cinematography | Curtis Petersen |
| Edited by | Cosmo Fletcher, Nick Rotundo |
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| Distributed by | Monarch Home Video |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Countries | Italy, Canada |
| Languages | English, Italian, French |
| Box office | $39,768[1] |
Hollywood Flies is 2005 film directed by Fabio Segatori, based on the novel Mosche a Hollywood. Blending elements of the road movie, crime thriller, and noir, the film follows siblings Luca (Antonio Cupo) and Martina (Bianca Guaccero) as they travel to Los Angeles, only to become entangled in a dangerous criminal plot involving casino robbers, ransom demands, and shifting alliances. The cast also includes Brad Renfro, Vinnie Jones, Caprice Bourret, and Casper Van Dien. Set largely against stark desert landscapes, Hollywood Flies combines stylised visuals with intersecting storylines.
Italian siblings Luca (Antonio Cupo) and Martina (Bianca Guaccero) travel from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, but their road trip derails when they become involved with criminals in remote desert areas. The situation escalates after casino robbers Sean (Vinnie Jones) and Jamie (Brad Renfro) kidnap Martina, forcing Luca to find the ransom money. The story follows a chain of pursuits, betrayals, and confrontations involving various figures from the criminal underworld, turning the trip into a sequence of violent events.
Cast
- Antonio Cupo as Luca
- Bianca Guaccero as Martina
- Brad Renfro as Jamie
- Vinnie Jones as Sean
- Caprice Bourret as Cherie
- Casper Van Dien as Zach
- Ian Alden as Mickey
- Conrad Coates as Ray
Background and production
Filming for Hollywood Flies began on August 5, 2003, and wrapped up in mid-September as an international co-production involving Italy, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The film was shot largely in Saskatchewan, particularly in the Moose Jaw and Regina areas, with a predominantly Canadian crew drawn from Saskatchewan and other provinces.[2] Parts of southern Saskatchewan, including the Big Muddy area and industrial sites such as the Belle Plaine potash mine tailings dump, were used to stand in for desert landscapes resembling Death Valley.[3]
Directed by Italian filmmaker Fabio Segatori and based on the Italian novel, Mosche a Hollywood (literally translated as Hollywood Flies, a term referring to underworld hangers-on), the production brought together creative and financial resources from the three countries, a collaboration described by Saskatchewan producer Stephen Onda as beneficial both for financing the project and increasing its appeal across multiple markets. Despite the multinational nature of the production and the presence of multiple languages on set, Onda noted that no creative conflicts disrupted the shooting schedule.[3]
The cast reflects the film's international scope. Canadian actor Antonio Cupo and Italian actress Bianca Guaccero star as siblings at the center of the story, while English actor and former footballer Vinnie Jones appears as an ex-convict. They are joined by supermodel-turned-actressl Caprice Bourret, cast as a small-town Louisiana girl, alongside American actors Brad Renfro and Casper Van Dien.[3] Bourret made her big-screen debut in the film, appearing as a gangster's moll.[4] In an interview, she referred to Hollywood Flies as part of a two-film Hollywood deal, and added that audiences should not expect explicit scenes, explaining, "There's no chance I'm going to do naked love scenes… I won't be doing anything gratuitous".[5]