Today’s movie is a true crime drama with a scene that
happens on February 28. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
44 MINUTES: THE NORTH HOLLYWOOD SHOOTOUT
On February 28, 1997 [1:18 to 1:39:08] while various LAPD
officers prepare for their day, Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu
prepare to commit a bank robbery. Donnie Anderson messes up during a SWAT raid
and he is told to take some time off.
Detective Frank McGregor has been tracking these exceptionally violent
two robbers for the last six months. Officer Nicole Gomez and Officer Henry
Jones respond to a domestic violence call.
The robbers enter the bank, but are spotted by a squad car. Other
officers including Donnie Anderson rapidly arrive, while the robbers shoot up
the ceiling of the bank. The bank is soon surrounded. The robbers empty the
vault and lock all the employees and customers inside. The two robbers come out and open up on the
police with their AK-47 machine guns. Henry Jones is wounded. Frank McGregor
risks his life and drives a car to picks up the injured Jones. The police have
to resort to getting machine guns from a gun store. The robbers leave the bank,
with one driving and one walking along side their car. Frank McGregor kills the
robber who was on foot. The second robber tries to commander another vehicle
just as SWAT arrives with their machine guns. With Donnie Anderson playing a
major part, the police arrest the other robber. As a result morale soars on the
force as the citizens, at least for a while appreciate the police.
A based on fact docudrama. Lots
and lots of violence. Keeps the melodrama to a minimum and concentrates on the
real story.
Los Angeles Times (Saturday, March 1, 1997) at pages 1, 19-20 and
film at 1:20 give the date of the incident
Producer - Michael R. Goldstein
Director - Yves Simoneau
Screenplay - Tim Metcalfe
Runtime – 1 hour 43 minutes
Released – June 5, 2003
Starring –
Michael Madsen as Detective Frank
McGregor
Ron Livingston as Officer Donnie
Anderson
Douglas Spain as Officer Bobby
Martinez
Andrew Bryniarski as Larry Eugene
Phillips Jr.
Oleg Taktarov as Emil Mătăsăreanu
Alex Meneses as Officer Nicole
Gomez
Mario Peebles as Officer Henry
Jones
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