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  1. L.A. Confidential (film) L.A. Confidential. (film) 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, the third book in his L.A. Quartet series. The film tells the story of a group of LAPD officers in ...

  2. 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
  3. Rated: 4.5/5 Oct 19, 2021 Full Review Dimitris Passas PopMatters L.A. Confidential‘s representation of a long-gone era in Los Angeles is exemplary, and the 1950s are enlivened on screen in an ...

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    • Curtis Hanson
    • R
    • Kevin Spacey
  4. The pilot is a special feature on the two-disc DVD and the Blu-ray releases of the film. In 2018, CBS ordered a new pilot based on the novel. [ 7 ] The pilot would star Walton Goggins as Vincennes, [ 8 ] Mark Webber as White, [ 9 ] Brian J. Smith as Exley, [ 10 ] Sarah Jones as Lynn, [ 11 ] Alana Arenas as June, [ 9 ] and Shea Whigham as Dick Stensland.

  5. LA in the 50's: someone's killing imprisoned mob boss Mickey Cohen's gang. The police, led by Captain Dudley, convince wiseguys from Jersey, Cleveland, and elsewhere to go home. Rich developer, Pierce Patchett, runs a stable of high-class hookers who are ringers for movie stars. The plot to replace Cohen blindsides three plainclothes cops ...

  6. Sep 19, 1997 · Curtis Hanson directs and co-adapts the screenplay with Brian Helgeland from legendary pulp novelist James Ellroy's novel. It stars Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito and David Strathairn. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Dante Spinotti. It's 1950s Los Angeles and three cops of ...

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  8. Sep 19, 1997 · Crime. 138 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1997. Roger Ebert. September 19, 1997. 5 min read. Confidential was a key magazine of the 1950s, a monthly that sold millions of copies with its seamy exposes of celebrity drugs and sex. I found it on my dad’s night table and read it breathlessly, the stories of reefer parties, multiple divorces, wife-swapping and ...

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