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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 .
Mickey Cohen was a real-life gangster active in Los Angeles, but his exploits in Ellroy's novels are mostly fictional. Cohen has a large supporting role in The Big Nowhere which includes his relations with Buzz Meeks, who was one of the protagonists of The Big Nowhere. He is portrayed briefly by Paul Guilfoyle in the L.A. Confidential film ...
The Bait (1973 film) Banyon; La bella y las bestias; The Big Nowhere; Black and White (1999 TV film) The Black Dahlia (film) The Black Dahlia (novel) Blacula; Blade Runner 2049; Blade Runner 2099; Blood Test (novel) Blood Work (film) The Blue Knight (TV series) Blue Streak (film) Blue Thunder; Bonesaw (film) Bonkers (American TV series ...
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).
In the history of motion pictures in the United States, many films have been set in Los Angeles respectively in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, or a fictionalized version thereof. The following is a list of some of the more memorable films set in Los Angeles, however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to ...
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]
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.