L.A. Confidential

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Two-Disc Special Edition

Starring: Kim Basinger, Graham Beckel, James Cromwell, Russell Crowe, Danny DeVito

Warner Home Video, 1997, DVD

Customer Rating: 323 reviews Recommend

Product Description

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/23/2008 Rating: R

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In a time when it seems that every other movie makes some claim to being a film noir, L.A. Confidential is the real thing — a gritty, sordid tale of sex, scandal, betrayal, and corruption of all sorts (police, political, press — and, of course, very personal) in 1940s Hollywood. The Oscar-winning screenplay is actually based on several titles in James Ellroy's series of chronological thriller novels (including the title volume, The Big Nowhere, and White Jazz) — a compelling blend of L.A. history and pulp fiction that has earned it comparisons to the greatest of all Technicolor noir films, Chinatown. Kim Basinger richly deserved her Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a conflicted femme fatale; unfortunately, her male costars are so uniformly fine that they may have canceled each other out with the Academy voters: Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, and James Cromwell play LAPD officers of varying stripes. Pearce's character is a particularly intriguing study in Hollywood amorality and ambition, a strait-laced "hero" (and son of a departmental legend) whose career goals outweigh all other moral, ethical, and legal considerations. If he's a good guy, it's only because he sees it as the quickest route to a promotion. — Jim Emerson

Product Details

Title: L.A. Confidential (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Sales Rank: 3509 in DVD
Actor: Kim Basinger, Graham Beckel, James Cromwell, Russell Crowe, Danny DeVito
Studio: Warner Home Video, 2008-09-23, Theatrical Release: 1997
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.33:1
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 138 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches, 0.18 pounds

Customer Reviews

One of the best Modern Film Noirs: I just finished watching this for the first time in a long time. This is an EXCELLENT film noir. Its not often a modern day noir hits the jackpot but this did. Shot back in the day when Noirs were being made like crazy. The pace is swift, the acting is fantastic, all the stars were perfect in their roles.… More reviews

New Noir: This is a throwback to the Noir style of the 40's and 50's. It is carried out with style and excellent acting. A not to be missed movie if you love old fashioned movie making… More reviews

Great Movie, Great website: Bought this item for a xmas gift, so actually have not opened it, but have seen movie in the past and it was terrific, (it is really my husbands favorite movie and that is who I bought it for). More reviews

Blue Ray but not 1081: this blue ray is not what you would expect of a HD imahe because its 480 image and not 1081 image - this is a pity for a great film. More reviews

Great movie!!!: I seen this movie years ago and I still lovr it. The Blu-Ray did an excellent job cleaning it up. More reviews