44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003) on Netflix
Two men in body armor and carrying assault rifles rob a Bank of America branch in North Hollywood and take hostages. Detective Frank McGregor sets up a command post nearby.
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Plot summary
On the morning of February 28, 1997, Los Angeles police go about their routines. Detective Frank McGregor, tired of the job, prepares to retire. SWAT officer Donnie Anderson is activated, and rookie Bobby Martinez rides with Officer Jake Harris. At the North Hollywood branch of Bank of America, manager Luis Rivera clocks in. Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, wearing body armor and carrying assault rifles, wait on Laurel Canyon Boulevard for an armored transport; when it passes without stopping, they walk into the bank and take the customers and staff hostage. Officers Harris and Martinez and a passerby see the robbery, and police surround the building. McGregor establishes a command post nearby, but Anderson's SWAT team is delayed by heavy traffic. A news helicopter and local residents arrive to watch the standoff.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)
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- The filmmakers secured the life rights of the three real LAPD SWAT officers who shot bank robber Emil Mătăsăreanu, and brought them on as technical advisers for the production.
- The shootout also inspired a Megadeth song of the same name, written by frontman Dave Mustaine for the band's twelfth album Endgame and named after this film.
- The producer said the film was shot in a parking lot in La Habra, in the Los Angeles area, rather than in Canada, to improve its authenticity.
