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- Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Rated R for strong violence and language, and for sexuality
Based on a book by leading crime author James Ellroy, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL recreates a Los Angeles in the 1950s where organized crime, corruption, and Hollywood culture mingled. Saga-like narrative (hard)boils down to three gutsy, basically honest but flawed LAPD officers.
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Three 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.
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- Curtis Hanson
- R
- Kevin Spacey
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.
AwardCategoryNominee (s)ResultArnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, and Michael ...NominatedCurtis HansonNominatedWonBrian Helgeland and Curtis HansonWonMay 6, 2024 · L.A. Confidential, Curtis Hanson's 1997 neo-noir crime thriller, is based on the book of the same name by James Ellroy (who, ironically enough, hated the movie). The story is set in 1953 Los Angeles, capturing the City of Angels at the intersection of police corruption and Hollywood celebrity.
Sep 19, 1997 · 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 suspicion that someone else is behind the crime.
Exley and Vincennes, for quite different reasons, testify against their fellow officers, breaking the department's code of silence. There's a massacre at the downtown Nite Owl Cafe, and a cop is one of the victims.
