Hollywood Seagull

Hollywood Seagull (initially titled American Seagull) is a 2013 American drama film directed by Michael Guinzburg, starring Biff McGuire, Lara Romanoff, Will Poston, Barbara Williams and Jay Laisne. It is an adaptation of the play The Seagull by Anton Chekhov.

Hollywood Seagull
Directed byMichael Guinzburg
Written byMichael Guinzburg
Lara Romanoff
Produced bySteve Gould
Michael Guinzburg
Lara Romanoff
Starring
CinematographyDon E. FauntLeRoy
Edited byScott Conrad
Michael Kuge
Roger Cooper
Music byEvgeny Shchukin
Doug White
Production
company
American Seagull
Release date
27 December 2013
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast
  • Biff McGuire as Bruce Sorensen
  • Lara Romanoff as Nina Danilov
  • Will Poston as Travis Del Mar
  • Barbara Williams as Irene Del Mar
  • Jay Laisne as Barry Allen Trigger
  • Blake Lindsley as Mandy Pruitt
  • Stevie D. White as Melvin Fuller
  • Time Winters as Frank Pruitt
  • Sal Viscuso as Dr. Don Dorn
  • Christopher Callen as Pauline Pruitt

Release

The film received a limited theatrical release on 27 December 2013.[1]

Reception

Ernest Hady of The Village Voice wrote that the film is "full of unintentional humor, high-school-theater level acting, and shoddy writing."[1]

Martin Tsai of the Los Angeles Times wrote that Guizberg "retains all the dots without necessarily connecting them", and that "when a director merely goes through the motions, even Chekhov can be reduced to daytime soap."[2]

Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote that "despite retaining the basic narrative architecture of its classic source", the film "too often feels like a trite, sudsy take on privilege, ambition and angst among showbiz players and wannabes — one that seemingly exists mostly to showcase real-life C-listers, aspirants and pals in the tradition of Henry Jaglom’s films."[3]

References
  1. Hady, Ernest. "Hollywood Seagull". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  2. Tsai, Martin (26 December 2013). "Review: 'Hollywood Seagull' a modern-day mishmash of Chekhov classic". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  3. Harvey, Dennis (2 January 2014). "Film review: 'Hollywood Seagull'". Variety. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
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