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Sep 19, 1997 · L.A. Confidential: Directed by Curtis Hanson. With Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell. As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Curtis Hanson
- 1997-09-19
L.A. Confidential is a 1997 American neo-noir crime film directed, produced, and co-written by Curtis Hanson. The screenplay by Hanson and Brian Helgeland is based on James Ellroy 's 1990 novel of the same name, the third book in his L.A. Quartet series. The film tells the story of a group of LAPD officers in 1953, and the intersection of ...
AwardCategoryNominee (s)ResultArnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, and Michael ...NominatedCurtis HansonNominatedWonBrian Helgeland and Curtis HansonWonThree policemen, each with his own motives and obsessions, tackle the corruption surrounding an unsolved murder at a downtown Los Angeles coffee shop in the early 1950s. Detective Lieutenant Exley...
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- Curtis Hanson
- R
- Kevin Spacey
"L.A. Confidential" (1997) shows the current era of sensationalism being born. The first voice heard from the screen comes from the confiding, insinuating publisher of Hush-Hush magazine, Sid Hudgens ( Danny DeVito ).
The plot involves a series of crimes that take place in the early days of the new year. Associates of Mickey Cohen, the L.A. mob boss, become victims of gangland-style executions. There's a massacre at an all-night coffee shop; one of the victims is a crooked cop, and three black youths are immediately collared as suspects, although there's ...
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Summaries. As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. 1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the ...
