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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.
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 ...
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.
Actor shares memories of making the Oscar-winning neo-noir classic, which turns 25 this month.
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 ...
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist.Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, [2] and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987) and L.A. Confidential (1990).
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Best Picture: L.A. Confidential; Runner-up: The Sweet Hereafter Best Director: Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential; Runner-up: Atom Egoyan – The Sweet Hereafter Best Actor: Robert Duvall – The Apostle