Di Di Hollywood

Di Di Hollywood

Poster
Directed by Bigas Luna
Produced by Bigas Luna
Beatriz Bodegas
Pedro Pastor[1]
Written by Carmen Chaves Gastaldo
Bigas Luna
Starring Elsa Pataky
Peter Coyote
Paul Sculfor
Music by Lluís Lu
Cinematography Albert Pascual
Edited by Regino Hernández
Jaume Martí
Production
company
El Virgili Films
La Canica Films
Malvarrosa Media
Distributed by Maya Entertainment
Release dates
  • October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15) (Spain)
Running time
 96 min[1]
Country Spain
Language Spanish
English
Budget $8,600,000[2]
Box office $1,002,398 (Spain)[3]

Di Di Hollywood is a 2010 drama film, written, directed and produced by Bigas Luna. It stars Elsa Pataky, Peter Coyote, and Paul Sculfor. It was released in Spain on 15 October 2010.

Summary

Diana Diaz (Pataky) is a bar worker that leaves Madrid for Miami. When she reaches Miami, she meets Robert (Hacha) and with him heads for Hollywood, willing to do anything to become famous. When she meets agent Michael McLean (Coyote), he changes her name to Di Di and gives her false hopes of becoming famous. But she discovers that he really just wants to use her in a cover-up relationship with secretly gay actor Steve Richards (Sculfor).[4]

Cast

Production

Filming

Filming took place in Madrid, Spain;[2] Valencia, Spain; Elche, Spain; Ciudad de la Luz;[2] and the hospital scene was shot in Benidorm, Spain. Filming was shot from October - November 2009.[2]

Soundtrack

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  1. "Where No Endings End" by Keren Ann (3:37)[6]
  2. "Time of Our Lives" by Gram Rabbit (4:06)[7]
  3. "Sad Song" by Au Revoir Simone (4:09)[8]
  4. "Loba" by Shakira (3:07)
  5. "La Vie en rose" by Louis Armstrong (3:26)
  6. "In My Book" by Gram Rabbit (3:25)[9]
  7. "Heidi's Theme" by Decoder Ring (2:37)[10]
  8. "Candy Flip" by Gram Rabbit (4:46)[7]
  9. "Azabache" by Lucas Masciano (5:48)[11]
  10. "Amor y lujo" by Mónica Naranjo (4:06)[12]
  11. "Curtain Up" by John Cacavas
  12. "Fiera inquieta" by Nicolas Uribe
  13. "If I Were A Boy" by Kym Mazelle (4:09)
  14. "One Way or Another" by Blondie (3:31)

Reviews

Variety reviewed is as "the script proves unable to make Di Di’s journey interesting or credible, while the uncharismatic Pataky is unconvincing as star material."[4]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Di Di Hollywood". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Di Di Hollywood". ScreenDaily.com. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "DI DI HOLLYWOOD". Box Office Mojo.
  4. 1 2 3 Holland, Jonathan (14 November 2010). "Review: 'DiDi Hollywood'". Variety. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Di Di Hollywood (2010) Soundtrack". RingosTrack.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Keran Ann by Keran Ann". iTunes.
  7. 1 2 "Miracles & Metaphors by Gram Rabbit". iTunes.
  8. ↑ "The Bird of Music by Au Revoir Simone". iTunes.
  9. ↑ "RadioAngel & the RobotBeat by Gram Rabbit". iTunes.
  10. ↑ "Somersault by Decoder Ring". iTunes.
  11. ↑ "Siempre y Cuando Sobre Todo by Lucas Masciano". iTunes.
  12. ↑ "Tarántula by Mónica Naranjo". iTunes.

External links

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