L.A. Confidential

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The Resource L.A. Confidential

Label: L.A. Confidential

Statement of responsibility: Regency Enterprises presents an Arnon Milchan/David L. Wolper production ; based on the novel by James Ellroy ; screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson ; produced by Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, Michael Nathanson ; directed by Curtis Hanson

L.A. confidential (Motion picture)

Contributor

Hanson, Curtis

Language

eng
fre
eng
fre
spa
eng
eng

Summary: Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slaying of the patrons at an all-night diner in this lush tribute to tough filmnoir crime films

Awards note: Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Basinger) and for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Hanson and Helgeland).

Cataloging source: LVL

Characteristic: videorecording

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Credits note: Screenplay, Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson ; director of photography, Dante Spinotti ; editor, Peter Honess ; music, Jerry Goldsmith

Dewey number: 791.4572

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Intended audience: MPAA rating: R

Language note

English or French language soundtrack (Dolby surround 5.1) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

LC call number: PN1997

LC item number: .L123 1997

PerformerNote: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito

Runtime: 138

Target audience: adult

Technique: live action

Context

Context of L.A. Confidential