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LA
Confidential
Release date 19th September 1997
Country : USA
Running time : 136 mins
Genre : Thriller
Starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce
Screenplay by Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland from the novel by James Ellroy
Directed by Curtis Hansen
In LA in the 1950s three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of crime.
DVD
VerdictRelease date 19th September 1997
Country : USA
Running time : 136 mins
Genre : Thriller
Starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce
Screenplay by Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland from the novel by James Ellroy
Directed by Curtis Hansen
In LA in the 1950s three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of crime.
Excellent crime thriller with more
twists than a corkscrew, it is the best film about corruption in the
police force and the dangers of celebrity in the LA of the 1950s. The
ending though it appears more appropriate with subsequent viewings
remains slightly disappointing.
Studio executives were against casting two
Australians (Crowe and Pearce) in a US period piece.
Jerry Goldsmith who wrote the score and
was nominated for an Academy Award replaced Elmer Bernstein.
DVD
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