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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.
L.A. Confidential (1990) is a neo-noir novel by American writer James Ellroy, the third of his L.A. Quartet series. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is dedicated to Mary Doherty Ellroy. The epigraph is "A glory that costs everything and means nothing"— Steve Erickson .
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Brian Thomas Helgeland (born January 17, 1961) [1] is an American screenwriter, film producer, and director. He is best known for writing the screenplays for the films L.A. Confidential (1998) and Mystic River (2003). [2]
What's with "L. A. Confidential"? The book cover and film title clearly list the name "L.A." without a space, as is the proper way of representing the city nickname. --Chancemichaels 20:18, 4 July 2007 (UTC)Chancemichaels . Agreed. The title is what the title is, and that trumps the naming conventions. I've moved both book and film articles back.--
Appearance: L.A. Confidential (film) "Rollo Tomasi" is the made up name of the unknown purse snatcher who killed Ed Exley's father, Preston Exley in the film version of L.A. Confidential. In the novel for L.A. Confidential, the unknown purse snatcher kills Edmund's brother, Thomas Exley, and is not given a made-up name. The name was created and ...
L.A. Confidential is either the original soundtrack, on the Restless Records label featuring mainly songs and source music, or the original film score, on Varèse Sarabande Records, of the 1997 Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning film L.A. Confidential starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Danny DeVito, and Kim Basinger (who won the Academy Award for Best ...
Hanson was born in Reno, Nevada, and grew up in Los Angeles. [1] He was the son of Beverly June Curtis, a real estate agent, and Wilbur Hale "Bill" Hanson, a teacher. [2] [3] [4] Hanson dropped out of high school, finding work as a freelance photographer and editor for Cinema magazine.