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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 ...
Curtis Lee Hanson (March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for directing a string of acclaimed thrillers and has received several accolades including an Academy Award as well as nominations for the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
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 ...
Shawnee Free Jones (born 1975) is an American actress and model. Jones had a successful career as an underwater fashion model, becoming the muse of photographer Howard Schatz. [1] Working with Schatz, she appeared in advertisements for Target Corporation, Sony, the MGM Grand station, Kohler Co., Wolford, Wacoal, and Palmer's Cocoa Butter.
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Another script, Highway to Hell, earned Helgeland $275,000 and got a film release in 1992. [7] In 1990, Helgeland and Manny Coto sold a script, The Ticking Man, for $1 million, but the film was never made. [8] In 1998, Helgeland won both an Academy Award (for Best Adapted Screenplay with L.A. Confidential) and a Razzie (for The Postman) the
In the movie, Deuce Perkins is cast as a Mickey Cohen drug lieutenant and killed almost immediately. In the book, Perkins is an opium-smoking musician who kills juvenile prostitutes in a brutal fashion and is heavily involved in the entire story. In the movie, the lead suspect in the Nite Owl killing is "Sugar" Ray Collins.