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Release Date:
19 September 1997 (USA) moreTagline:
Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush... morePlot:
A shooting at an all night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 69 wins & 43 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(71 articles)
Lambs Named Best Thriller (From WENN. 3 June 2009, 12:00 PM, PDT)
Actor Sandeen Dies
(From WENN. 11 February 2009, 3:55 AM, PST)
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Great Detective Movie moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kevin Spacey | ... | Jack Vincennes | |
| Russell Crowe | ... | Bud White | |
| Guy Pearce | ... | Ed Exley | |
| James Cromwell | ... | Dudley Smith | |
| Kim Basinger | ... | Lynn Bracken | |
| Danny DeVito | ... | Sid Hudgens | |
| David Strathairn | ... | Pierce Patchett | |
| Ron Rifkin | ... | D.A. Ellis Loew | |
| Matt McCoy | ... | 'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase | |
| Paul Guilfoyle | ... | Mickey Cohen | |
| Paolo Seganti | ... | Johnny Stompanato | |
| Elisabeth Granli | ... | Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner | |
| Sandra Taylor | ... | Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner | |
| Steve Rankin | ... | Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen | |
| Graham Beckel | ... | Dick Stensland |
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Rated R for strong violence and language, and for sexuality.Parents Guide:
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138 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | USA:R (certificate #35218) | Philippines:R-18 | Brazil:18 | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KT | Canada:18A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 (w) | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:12 (original rating) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18Fun Stuff
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Twice the project was pitched to television: first, producer David L. Wolper wanted to produce the project as a mini-series, and later, it was being developed as a weekly series by HBO. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: During several outside shots, especially during the raid on the kidnappers' den, downtown Los Angeles can be seen in the background featuring buildings that were not completed until several years later. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Sid Hudgens: [voiceover] Come to Los Angeles! The sun shines bright, the beaches are wide and inviting, and the orange groves stretch as far as the eye can see. There are jobs aplenty, and land is cheap. Every working man can have his own house, and inside every house, a happy, all-American family. You can have all this, and who knows... you could even be discovered, become a movie star... or at least see one. Life is good in Los Angeles... it's paradise on Earth." Ha ha ha ha. That's what they tell you, anyway.
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The Lady Is a Tramp moreFAQ
Was Vincennes in on the Nite Owl murders? Was Sid?Was Sid in on everything with Dudley and Patchett?
Why did Exley do what he did at the end?
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L.A. Confidential is the most classy, intriguing, thought provoking and sexiest detective movie ever to be made in the history of detective films.
When you look back at it and see that Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey and Guy Pearce actually appeared in the same film back in 97 then you wouldn't have believed it since they have all gone on to better things but before that we had L.A. Confidential which was Crowe's and Pearce's ticket into Hollywood. Spacey had already made it with his Best Supporting Actor nod for The Usual Suspects but what puzzles me is how everybody apart from Kim Basinger didn't get any acting nominations at the Oscars. James Cromwell is the most chilled out villain you'll ever going to see in a film like this and has been criminally ignored by the Academy. Curtis Hanson was also someone who had made some good films but no masterpieces till this came along.
They all must have sold their souls to make this because when you get big cast get together to make a Hollywood film then you become a bit intrigued by it because if the cast is big then is the story any good? In L.A. Confidential's case it had both and a lot more to say the least.
I still think that this is Spacey's, Crowe's and Pearce's best film of there career. Russell Crowe as tough guy but sentimental towards women Bud White is flawless and is quite like the real Russell Crowe which is scary. Guy Pearce as the quick witted but dumb looking Ed Exley is someone one you either love or you hate as the annoying rookie. Kevin Spacey is just as cool as anything that Bogart and Mitchium could have pulled off as Jack Vincennes and there is the movie along with a great script by Brain Heagland of Mystic River fame and Curtis Hanson himself who put together a great script from James Elroy's novel.
Kim Basinger is as sexy as she is going to get and her acting is very good and well deserving of her Oscar if the boys were robbed. I liked how we had three different stories and one case that all had something to do with another but were all separate anyway till the end. It was like watching a movie with three stories based on a trio of detectives. L.A. Confidential was a treat as far as storytelling goes because it enthrals you into the film straight away as well as it being more exciting than a night out in Vegas.
We don't see Detective films like this so we should be grateful that this came along when it did.