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Box office. $126.2 million [2] 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 ...
- Curtis Hanson
Curtis Lee Hanson (March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016) was...
- L.A. Confidential
Preceded by. The Big Nowhere (1988) Followed by. White Jazz...
- Curtis Hanson
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
Ella Taylor L.A. Weekly A masterfully smart and soulful film that bows low before genre even as it betrays it. Oct 20, 2021 Full Review Henry Sheehan Orange County Register Adapted from a novel ...
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- Curtis Hanson
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- Kevin Spacey
L.A. Confidential is a 1997 American 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 police corruption and Hollywood celebrity. The title refers to the ...
A 1990 novel by James Ellroy, L.A. Confidential was given a 1997 film adaptation directed by Curtis Hanson. Also in the cast are Kim Basinger, James Cromwell, Danny DeVito, and David Strathairn. The screenplay by Hanson and Brian Helgeland greatly condensed the plot and time frames of the book, but was widely praised for keeping almost all of ...
Sep 4, 2008 · "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 ...
