《好莱坞庄园》：明星光环的背后
分类: 影视英语
好莱坞庄园》是一部关于明星George Reeves（乔治－李夫斯）名声和身份的侦察的影片。据说源于真实题材。1959年6月19日，《超人的冒险》的男主角李夫斯死在了Hollywood Hills的家里，现场显示是枪杀。乔治·李夫斯的死让他的未婚妻和爱戴他的观众感到震惊。但是最难过的还是他的妈妈，她雇来了私人侦探西蒙以探个究竟。西蒙排除万难得到的结果让所有的人感到震惊……
Hollywoodland is a uniquely compelling exploration of fame and identity, inspired by one of Hollywood's most infamous real-life mysteries. June 16, 1959. The glamour of Tinseltown permanently fades for actor George Reeves, the heroic Man of Steel on TV's Adventures of Superman, as the actor dies in his Hollywood Hills home. Felled by a single gunshot wound, Reeves leaves behind a fiancée - aspiring starlet Leonore Lemmon - and millions of fans who are shocked by his death. 
But it is his grieving mother, Helen Bessolo, who will not let the questionable circumstances surrounding his demise go unaddressed. Helen seeks justice, or at least answers. The Los Angeles Police Department closes the case, but Helen hires - for $50 a day - private detective Louis Simo. Simo soon ascertains that the torrid affair Reeves had with Toni Mannix, the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix, might hold the key to the truth.
But truth and justice are not so easily found in Hollywood. Simo pursues dangerous and elusive leads in both high and low places and, in trying to turn up the heat, risks getting burned. The detective also uncovers unexpected connections to his own life as the case turns more personal and he learns more about Reeves himself. Behind the icon was a complex man who gave his life to Hollywood in more ways than one.
重点词汇
compelling adj 引人注目的
infamous adj. 声名狼籍的
permanently adv 永存地, 不变地
fell vt.击倒, 致于...死地
fiancée (法语)未婚妻
questionable adj 令人可疑的
unaddressed adj 不被知道的，不写地址的
hold the key to 掌握/控制……的关键
get burned 变得恶化
icon n 偶像
Hollywoodland is a uniquely compelling exploration of fame and identity, inspired by one of Hollywood's most infamous real-life mysteries. June 16, 1959. The glamour of Tinseltown permanently fades for actor George Reeves, the heroic Man of Steel on TV's Adventures of Superman, as the actor dies in his Hollywood Hills home. Felled by a single gunshot wound, Reeves leaves behind a fiancée - aspiring starlet Leonore Lemmon - and millions of fans who are shocked by his death. But it is his grieving mother, Helen Bessolo, who will not let the questionable circumstances surrounding his demise go unaddressed. Helen seeks justice, or at least answers. The Los Angeles Police Department closes the case, but Helen hires - for $50 a day - private detective Louis Simo. Simo soon ascertains that the torrid affair Reeves had with Toni Mannix, the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix, might hold the key to the truth.
But truth and justice are not so easily found in Hollywood. Simo pursues dangerous and elusive leads in both high and low places and, in trying to turn up the heat, risks getting burned. The detective also uncovers unexpected connections to his own life as the case turns more personal and he learns more about Reeves himself. Behind the icon was a complex man who gave his life to Hollywood in more ways than one.
重点词汇
compelling adj 引人注目的
infamous adj. 声名狼籍的
permanently adv 永存地, 不变地
fell vt.击倒, 致于...死地
fiancée (法语)未婚妻
questionable adj 令人可疑的
unaddressed adj 不被知道的，不写地址的
hold the key to 掌握/控制……的关键
get burned 变得恶化
icon n 偶像