44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003) (TV)
Movie: 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003) (TV)
“On 28 February 1997, two men heavily armed with AK-47 try to heist the Bank of America of North Hollywood, but their plan fails and they are kept under siege by the LAPD. Along forty-four minutes, Los Angeles witnesses live on television one of the greatest shoot-out of the American history. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”
- Director: Yves Simoneau
- Release Date: 5 June 2003 (USA)
- Run Time: 103 min | Argentina:105 min | Finland:82 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)
- Country: USA
- Genre: Crime , Drama , Action
- MPAA: Rated R for strong violence and bloody images.
Tagline: The most intense shoot-out in LAPD history
Trivia: Scenes on the residential streets where the robbers tried escaping from the bank were filmed on the actual locations behind the real bank.
Goofs: Factual errors: In the movie, an officer states he will never forget the sound of a Chinese-made AK-47. That may be, but the weapons being used by the two robbers are Romainian AIMS assault rifles.