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L.A. Confidential. (film) 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 ...
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
Rated: 4/4 Oct 20, 2021 Full Review Dimitris Passas PopMatters L.A. Confidential‘s representation of a long-gone era in Los Angeles is exemplary, and the 1950s are enlivened on screen in an ...
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- Curtis Hanson
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- Kevin Spacey
"L.A. Confidential" finished at No. 1 in a list of films shot in the last 25 years about Los Angeles culture. In a poll conducted by the Los Angeles Times, Curtis Hanson's 1997 drama topped P.T. Anderson's "Boogie Nights" and Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown." This means the year 1997 appears to have been vintage for Tinseltown at the movies: the top three films on the list all came out that ...
The film was universally acclaimed. It was nominated for nine Academy Awards; Kim Basinger won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film, while Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Television. In 2003, a television pilot of L.A. Confidential was ...
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Confidential was a key magazine of the 1950s, a monthly that sold millions of copies with its seamy exposes of celebrity drugs and sex. I found it on my dad's night table and read it breathlessly, the stories of reefer parties, multiple divorces, wife-swapping and "leading men'' who liked to wear frilly undergarments. The magazine sank in a sea of lawsuits, but it created a genre; the trash ...
Sep 19, 1997 · L.A. Confidential can be attributed to perhaps the best stage of Hollywood cinema (beautiful 90s). There is a smart plot, a great cast, a good soundtrack and camera work. One of the most striking examples of noir. A well-conveyed historical era. Clearly the best film of Curtis Hanson's career.
