L.A. Confidential (1997)
Genre:
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller (more)
Tagline: Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush... (more)
Plot Outline: A shooting at an all night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways. (more) (view trailer)
User Comments:
Everything in this film is fantastic.
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User Rating:
 
8.4/10 (79,909 votes)
top 250: #55
Runtime:
138 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
DTS / Dolby Digital
Certification:
Argentina:16 / Australia:MA / Belgium:KT / Brazil:14 / 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:18 / USA:R
Trivia:
Co-Stars Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe won back-to-back Best Actor honors. Spacey for American Beauty (1999) and Crowe for Gladiator (2000).
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Goofs:
Anachronisms: In early 1953 (before March 15), characters watch Roman Holiday (1953), which actually premiered in late summer.
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Quotes:
[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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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars.
Another 67 wins
&
43 nominations
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User Comments:
38 out of 47 people found the following comment useful:-
Everything in this film is fantastic., 11 January 2000
Author:
Giuseppe Giuseppe from Anaheim, CA
L.A. Confidential is, without a doubt, the best film of the 1990s, and
quite
possibly one of the best films ever made.
As with any great film, it all starts with the writing. The story is
riveting, the dialogue is smart and quite funny, and the characters are
written in three dimensions.
The acting is phenomenal. Perhaps a bigger tragedy than L.A.
Confidential's
loss to Titanic in the Best Picture race is that none of the three lead
actors even garnered nominations. Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, and Kevin
Spacey are absolutely phenomenal; it is their characters that drive this
fascinating story about police corruption in 1950s Los Angeles. We get to
know these people, to understand who they are and why they do what they do,
and to root for them to overcome their imperfections.
The directing is fantastic. Curtis Hanson doesn't shove anything in the
audience's face; instead, he allows the audience to discover the film's
nuances on their own. (That makes this an excellent film for repeat
viewings, you truly catch something new every time). 1950s Los Angeles is
reproduced beautifully. The editing is quick and seamless, the music is
perfect for the film (Hanson should teach other directors how to do a
montage effectively), and the cinematography is great.
I can't find a negative thing to say about this film. It's truly a
masterpiece.
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