The most prominent noir thriller to emerge from the decade is 1997s l. 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. Andersons boogie nights and quentin tarantinos jackie brown. As with any great film, it all starts with the writing. Jun 11, 2019 every working man can have his own house, and inside every house, a happy, allamerican family. Three cops, a call girl, a mysterious millionaire, a tabloid journalist fuel a labyrinthine plot rife with mystery, ambition, romance and. Confidential was given a 1997 film adaptation directed by curtis hanson. There are a whopping 80 speaking parts in the movie, and each person is a great hire that builds a richer film. Sagalike narrative hardboils down to three gutsy, basically honest but flawed lapd officers. In this post was collected all the vehicles appearing that movie. Confidential, 1997, also starring russell crowe, guy pearce, and kim basinger, from james ellroys novel. The police, led by captain dudley, convince wiseguys from jersey, cleveland, and elsewhere to go home.
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. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style. This means the year 1997 appears to have been vintage for tinseltown at the movies. All the archetypes are there, the femme fatale, the bad cop, the corrupt politician, but the amazing cast brings so much life into these characters. Confidential has the lowdown, the true gen, the inside skinny all right, but not merely behind the news. 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. 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.
The epigraph is a glory that costs everything and means nothing steve erickson. Bud white, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence. Three policemen one straitlaced, one brutal, and one sleazy, use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an allnight diner in this. Confidential 1997 at wikia recent changes all pages subpages connections editing tutorial refresh welcome to the l. Tri potpuno razlicita policajca tragaju za istinom, svaki na svoj nacin.
The sun shines bright, the beaches are wide and inviting, and the. If youve picture id, you can take a trip up the the observation deck on the 27th floor to get a panoramic view over the. Confidential is, without a doubt, the best film of the 1990s, and quite possibly one of the best films ever made. Confidential, 1997, also starring russell crowe, guy pearce, and kim basinger, from james ellroys novel view the tcmdb entry for 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. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
Now, while investigating a brutal murder, three very different police detectives will rediscover a common bond of integrity in the blockbuster film noir thriller l. Confidential 1997 curtis hanson on allmovie a polished policier in the tradition of chinatown. 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. Starring kevin spacey, guy pearce, danny devito, james cromwell. The familiar pyramidtopped highrise, out of which the films cops appear to operate, can be seen at 200 north spring street, downtown. You can use the box below to create new pages for this miniwiki. Set in the early 1950s, the film follows three lapd detectives whose paths cross during an investigation into a. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. Starring kevin spacey, russell crowe, guy pearce, and james cromwell. Rich developer, pierce patchett, runs a stable of highclass hookers who are ringers for movie stars. Look at the maltese falcon, or the third man, yeah, they are black and white, but so what. Ed exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out. The story is riveting, the dialogue is smart and quite funny, and the characters are written in three dimensions.
The screenplay by hanson and brian helgeland is based on james ellroy s 1990 novel of the same name, the third book in his l. Just beneath the glamorous veneer of hollywood gossip and movie stars lies a crimeridden city corrupt to its core. Misdaad thriller film geregisseerd door curtis hanson. You can have all this, and who knows, you could even be discovered, become a movie star or at least see one. Confidential 1997 proved that it was still possible to fashion an actordriven detective yarn in 1990s hollywood. Confidential is a 1997 american neonoir crime film directed, produced and cowritten by. The magazine sank in a sea of lawsuits, but it created a. Lees ons privacybeleid voor meer informatie over hoe moviemeter met je. Confidential 1997 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Confidential 20th anniversary edition blu ray curtis hanson and brian hegeland along with dante spinotti behind cameras adapted one of the best novels of james ellroy to one of the finest hollywood film of the nineties. Confidential internet movie firearms database guns. Instant celebrities, actors walking down the boulevard, celebrity cops doing drug busts, tabloid pieces and the like. Confidential 1997 full movie blu ray stream stream l. Confidential, was inspired by several real life events, including the gang warfare for control of the citys rackets which erupted after mob boss mickey cohen was jailed, and bloody christmas the notorious reprisal beatings of a bunch of hispanic prisoners by lapd cops.
Confidential 1997 stream and watch online moviefone. Based on a book by leading crime author james ellroy, l. Confidential is an exciting homage to pulp noire and it was just as entertaining upon rewatch as the first time i saw it. Jan 30, 2020 the most prominent noir thriller to emerge from the decade is 1997s l.
Confidential 1997 starring kevin spacey and russell crowe on dvd and bluray. Confidential 1997 tt0119488 three detectives in the corrupt and brutal l. Three cops, a call girl, a mysterious millionaire, a tabloid journalist fuel a labyrinthine plot rife with mystery, ambition, romance and humor. Confidential 1990 is a neonoir novel by james ellroy, and the third of his l. A polished policier in the tradition of chinatown 1974, with a plot as convoluted as film noir chestnut the big sleep 1946, l. Confidential is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider.
Scandal sheet editor danny devito narrates the prurient opening to curtis hansons l. Also in the cast are kim basinger, james cromwell, danny devito, and david strathairn. Trailer for curtis hansons film starring kevin spacey,russell crowe,guy pearce,kim basinger,danny devito,david strathairn,james. Bud white russell crowe spreman je zaobici pravila zbog pravde, ali rijetko uspijeva kontrolirati svoju nasilnu stranu. Kevin spacey, russell crowe, guy pearce, james cromwell en kim basinger. Confidential is a 1997 american neonoir crime film directed, produced and cowritten by curtis hanson. The screenplay by hanson and brian helgeland is based on james ellroys 1990 novel of the same name, the third book in his 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.
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