The familiar pyramidtopped highrise, out of which the films cops appear to operate, can be seen at 200 north spring street, downtown. Starring kevin spacey, russell crowe, guy pearce, and james cromwell. Kevin spacey, russell crowe, guy pearce, kim basinger, james cromwell, danny. Sagalike narrative hardboils down to three gutsy, basically honest but flawed lapd officers. Confidential 1997 fragman, russell crowe, kevin spacey. Confidential stars kevin spacey, russell crowe, guy pearce, james cromwell the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 16 min, and received a score of 90 out of 100 on. A movie that is set in the fifties, has the wonderful feel of a 1970s detective thriller, a great modern sheen, fantastic actors, a scorching script and assured direction. Three different lapd detectives with different personalities, wifebasherbasher bud white russell crowe, straight cop edmund exley, and publicityhungry jack vincennes kevin spacey all get caught up in the case, which turns out be part of the power struggle in.
Confidential is a 1997 american neonoir crime film directed, produced and cowritten by curtis hanson. Excellent story, great plot and an around feel good movie its. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style. Look at the maltese falcon, or the third man, yeah, they are black and white, but so what. Confidential, 1997, also starring russell crowe, guy pearce, and kim basinger, from james ellroys novel view the tcmdb entry for l. The film deserves its reputation as a modern noir classic, but youll also be impressed by the classic boobies of modern starlets like. This means the year 1997 appears to have been vintage for tinseltown at the movies.
To add to those problems is the creation of the smutty tabloid. Set in the early 1950s, the film follows three lapd detectives whose paths cross during an investigation into a multiple. Cinemaball goes all stylish and dark as carolyn and ebony dissect the 1997 neonoir classic, l. A lot of guys also broke their zippers when they saw kim basinger in her role as a veronica lake clone. In this post was collected all the vehicles appearing that movie. Ed exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out. All images and subtitles are ed to their respectful owners unless stated otherwise. The magazine sank in a sea of lawsuits, but it created a genre.
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The film tells the story of a group of lapd officers in 1953, and the intersection of police corruption and hollywood celebrity. Confidential will be the greatest survivor of the films released in 1997. Bud white, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence. I found it on my dads night table and read it breathlessly, the stories of reefer parties, multiple divorces, wifeswapping and leading men who liked to wear frilly undergarments. Andersons boogie nights and quentin tarantinos jackie brown. Confidential 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Scandal sheet editor danny devito narrates the prurient opening to curtis hansons l. Confidential was a key magazine of the 1950s, a monthly that sold millions of copies with its seamy exposes of celebrity drugs and sex. Confidential 1997 stream and watch online moviefone. Sure, crooked cops and organized crime roam the streets, but the dazzle of movie premieres and a postwar economy make it.
The screenplay by hanson and brian helgeland is based on james ellroys 1990 novel of the same name, the third book in his l. After his twogrossing films the hand that rocks the cradle and wild river, he was able to get this. Our hosts wax rhapsodic about the films masterful evocation of a peculiarly hollywood glamour. Confidential 1997 starring kevin spacey and russell crowe on dvd and bluray. Based on james ellroys novel about the movie industry, corrupt cops, tabloid journalism, gangsters and sexual obsessions of every stripe, l. Confidential 1997 tt0119488 three detectives in the corrupt and brutal l. The most prominent noir thriller to emerge from the decade is 1997s l. Confidential is the 1997 crime noir film cowritten and directed by curtis hanson and was an adaptation of the novel of the same name written by james ellroy the crime novelist whose stories have been adapted for such films as the black dahlia, cop, and dark blue. Based on a book by leading crime author james ellroy, l.