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Unsolved Hollywood murder inspires dark '40s noir. Read Common Sense Media's The Black Dahlia review, age rating, and parents guide.
Sep 15, 2006 · The Black Dahlia: Directed by Brian De Palma. With Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank. Two policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" Elizabeth Short murder investigation.
- Brian De Palma
- 2 min
The Black Dahlia Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Matt Brunson Film Frenzy. Until it derails while heading into its final turn, The Black Dahlia...
Sep 15, 2006 · Brian De Palma drains the life out of James Ellroy's take on the spectacularly cruel 1947 murder of a young Los Angeles woman known as the Black Dahlia.
- Brian De Palma
The Black Dahlia is a 2006 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Josh Friedman, based on the 1987 novel of the same name by James Ellroy, in turn inspired by the widely sensationalized murder of Elizabeth Short.
- $49.3 million
- Mark Isham
- $50 million
THE BLACK DAHLIA plays like campy, melodramatic soap opera. The actors try their best but are undercut by corny dialogue and the bizarre, but hilarious, performance by Fiona Shaw as Maddy's alcoholic mother.
Long mesmerized by the true life story of the horrific, and yet unsolved, murder of 22-year old wannabe actress Elizabeth “Betty” Short, I first learned of the crime thanks to an excellent 1975 telemovie starring Lucie Arnaz entitled “Who Is the Black Dahlia?”
