44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout

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44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout ★★½ 2003 (R)

In 1997, two heavily-armed, media-junkie bank robbers (Bryniarski, Taktarov) hold the ill-prepared LAPD at bay for 44 minutes when their heist goes wrong. Told from the point-of-view of various officers, detectives, and SWAT team members called to the scene. 120m/C VHS, DVD . Michael Madsen, Ron Livingston, Mario Van Peebles, Andrew Bryniarski, Oleg Taktarov, Ray Baker, Douglas Spain, Alex Meneses, Dale Dye, J.E. Freeman; D: Yves Simoneau; W: Tim Metcalfe; C: David Franco; M: George S. Clinton. CABLE