Hollywood, on the lam, had eluded the best efforts of the F.B.I. ![]() Four of the five men indicted were behind bars. Cassavetes had reason to think he was on stable ground. When he set out to chronicle the life and alleged crimes of Jesse James Hollywood, a San Fernando Valley man who prosecutors say kidnapped and ordered the execution of Nicholas Markowitz, 15, in 2000, Mr. 17 - Nick Cassavetes is loath to label his new movie - "Alpha Dog," about a group of suburban, teenage gangster wannabes who corner themselves into committing cold-blooded murder - a mere cautionary tale about wayward youth and missing-in-action parents.Īt the very least, though, it's a cautionary tale for writer-directors thinking of tackling a breaking news story as their next subject.
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