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Genres:
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Crime /
Drama /
Mystery /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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Curtis Hanson
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Actors:
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Matt McCoy,
Paolo Seganti,
Elisabeth Granli,
Kevin Spacey,
Russell Crowe,
Guy Pearce,
James Cromwell,
Kim Basinger,
Danny DeVito,
David Strathairn,
Ron Rifkin,
Paul Guilfoyle,
Sandra Taylor,
Steve Rankin,
Graham Beckel
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Duration:
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131 min.
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Rating:
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(8.4/10)183.5
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Plot Summary:
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Three detectives in the perverted and brutal L.A. control constraint of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a stratagem behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-dusk diner in this moist tribute to firm film noir crime films. Based on the multi-layered James Ellroy novel.
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As good as the book
Because I had read the book, I did not expect to like L.A. Confidential, but I ended up loving it. The script, set, and most especially the acting were superb. Kevin Spacey combines humour and touches of sadness to his role. He knows what his success has cost other people. Spacey has always been one of my favourite actors and this movie showed that special touch only he can truly bring to a role.
Cromwell was just excellent. Fierce and creepy. Although, I kept waiting for him to say, 'That'll do pig.' He will always be the farmer to me. Kim Basinger was good and she looked the part but I felt like any actress with her look could have played the part. Her scenes with Bud (Russell Crowe) have a lot of emotional depth to them but still I did not feel like her performance de...
A film not be missed
A must-see for any person that claims to be a film fan. Set in Los Angeles in the early 1950's, L.A. Confidential is a violent but gripping thriller which examines the dark underbelly and corruption of the city of LA, at a time when it still held a beautiful movie star image. Principally, this is the story of 3 very different cops, Bud White (Russell Crowe), Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey) and Edmund Exley (Guy Pearce), who have totally different ways of getting the job done. Each with their own agenda, each with their own character and each corrupt to a differing degree, their paths cross in this intricate but brilliantly plotted movie as they seek to find 'the coffee shop killers' and solve the mystery of high class prostitutes 'cut' to look like movie stars. Brilliantl...
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