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Directed by Curtis Hanson; written by Brian Helgeland and Hanson, based on the novel by James Ellroy; director of photography, Dante Spinotti; edited by Peter Honess; music by Jerry Goldsmith; produced by Arnon Milchan, Hanson and Michael Nathanson; released by Warner Brothers. Running time: 136 minutes. This film is rated R.
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 ...
Sep 4, 2008 · Powered by JustWatch. "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 ."
Dec 12, 1997 · ''L.A. Confidential,'' the glittering film noir set in sin-soaked southern California, was voted the best film of 1997 by the New York Film Critics Circle yesterday.
May 6, 2024 · Of the 165 critics' reviews currently on Rotten Tomatoes for L.A. Confidential, only one is rotten. Plenty of praise went to how Hanson captured the steamy noir feel of the seedy underbelly of midcentury Los Angeles while also fully realizing the characters: truly, it is one of the great movies about Los Angeles .
Jan 5, 1998 · ''L.A. Confidential,'' a nouveau noir film about crime and corruption during the postwar boom years, finished its sweep of the year-end critics' awards by being named best picture by the...
Nov 28, 2023 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies The flawless ensemble..., the masterfully written story, the vibrant yet gritty vision of 1950s LA - most everything clicks in...
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