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L.A. Confidential (Blu-ray)
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 2 hours, 18 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 14, 1998
- Originally Released: 1997
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey & Guy Pearce | |
Performer: | Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell & David Strathairn | |
Directed by | Curtis Hanson | |
Edited by | Peter Honess | |
Screenwriting by | Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson | |
Composition by | Jerry Goldsmith | |
Produced by | Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson & Curtis Hanson | |
Director of Photography: | Dante Spinotti |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1997 -
Best Adapted Screenplay: Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson
Academy Awards 1997 -
Best Supporting Actress: Kim Basinger
Entertainment Reviews:
There are so many things to enjoy here. Director Curtis Hanson... keeps a complex story coherent and absorbing -- if bloody at the end.
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Washington Post
Rating: 4/4 --
At the center of the movie are three mismatched cops with separately fueled ambitions, ferociously played by Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce. Their combined charisma almost smashes through the screen.
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New York Daily News
[T]he style is delicately ironic. Curtis Hanson directed a flawless cast...
Wall Street Journal
The story is so complicated that the movie can't quite make it clear, but the picture has impressive energy and high-intensity performances from Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce.
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Christian Science Monitor
...Savory color schemes provide a vibrant backdrop for L.A. Confidential....Spacey puts the pride in snide and is a joy to watch... -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
USA Today
Like Chinatown before it, this twisted and twisting tale of cops, crime, corruption and hangers-on in 1950s Los Angeles artfully evokes the flip side of the City of Dreams.
People Magazine
...L.A. Confidential brings the rancid thrill of corruption crackingly alive...
Entertainment Weekly
Product Description:
Director Curtis Hanson captures the duality of 1950s Los Angeles in this striking film noir adaptation of James Ellroy's novel. The City of Angels might be sunny, inviting, and glamorous to the rest of the world, but it's also filled with corrupt cops, elegant hookers, murder cover-ups, and manipulative paparazzi, all of which are just the tip of the iceberg. It's impossible to know exactly who's trustworthy and who's not as three detectives (Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, and Guy Pearce) each use their own tactics to investigate a coffee-shop massacre.
The script by Hanson and Brian Helgeland maintains the fragile framework of human relationships developed in the novel, while 45 different shooting locations give the film a solidly unique tone and feeling of integrity, immersing the viewer in 1950s Los Angeles. The entire cast is first-rate, with compelling performances from Spacey, Crowe, Pearce, James Cromwell, Danny DeVito, Kim Basinger, and David Strathairn.
The script by Hanson and Brian Helgeland maintains the fragile framework of human relationships developed in the novel, while 45 different shooting locations give the film a solidly unique tone and feeling of integrity, immersing the viewer in 1950s Los Angeles. The entire cast is first-rate, with compelling performances from Spacey, Crowe, Pearce, James Cromwell, Danny DeVito, Kim Basinger, and David Strathairn.
Keywords:
Detectives
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Prostitution
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Murder
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Cops
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Film Noir
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Blackmail
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Recommended
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Big City
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Corruption
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Theatrical Release
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Essential Cinema
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 112,461
- UPC: 883929103133
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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