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 L.A. Confidential (DVD)
Description: Genre: Action & Adventure / Theatrical Release: 1997 / Director: Curtis Hanson / Actors: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe ... more  L.A. Confidential (DVD) ... ... / DVD released 01 June, 2006 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen / In a time when it seems that every other movie makes some claim to being a film noir, LA 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 LA history and pulp fiction that has earned it comparisons to the greatest of all Technicolour 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 EmersonNewest Review: ... is a sleavy journalist who with the help of a police officer played by Kein Spacey sets up Hollywood actors and actresses so ... more ... that the cop gete the arrests and he gets the scoop for his low level paper.
Meanwhile there is a viscious gang war going on in Los Angeles and two police officers played by Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe find themsleves forming an uneasy alliance when it appears they are the only ones in the department that the other can trust. Guy Peace is excellent and I reckon this is the best performance I have seen from Crowe.
Cast List
Kevin Spacey ... Det. Sgt. Jack Vincennes
Russell Crowe ... Officer Wendell 'Bud' White...more |
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L.A. Confidential (DVD): L.A. Confidential DVD - Can't beat those 2000 prices! (1172 words)
by DVDKing - written on 01.09.00 (Very useful, 129 readings)
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L.A. Confidential (1997) Format: DVD Type: DVD 9 - Dual Layer, Single Sided. Region: 2 (UK and Europe) Case: Cardboard Snapper Country: USA Studio: Warner Brothers Genre: Crime Running Time: 132 minutes Rating: 18 (no cuts made by BBFC) Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.31:1 Anamorphic: Yes Colour: Technicolor Audio: English, French, Italian (all Dolby Digital 5.1) Subtitles: English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, English (HI), Italian (HI). Menus: English Extras: Roll Call, Production Notes, L.A. of L.A. Confidential Interactive map, Trailers, ‘Off the ...
by - written on 01.11.01
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Quite simply one of the bravest, visually stunning, entertaining pieces of cinema in modern memory. After every viewing this film mesmerises, confuses and leaves you gasping. The irony of Hollywood was once again present at the Oscars, L A Confidential being nominated for 7 Oscars only to see the woeful Titanic walk away with 11. Never has a cast been so universally brilliant, Basinger in possibly the weakest performance, yet she was the one to walk away with the coverted statuette, Spacey adding another personal best to the CV. Yet it is the two Australians who walk away with all the plaudits, Russell Crowe (pre Gladiator) has never been so ...
L.A. Confidential (DVD): L.A. Confidential (608 words)
by MagnusC - written on 24.12.00 (Very useful, 45 readings)
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This film stinks of style. It reeks of it. From the stunning period sets and costumes, to the polished soundtrack and dark, moody direction, it is quite justly compared favourably with many of the classic movies of the "Film Noir" genre. However, this film has much more. The attention to detail and gripping plot hooks betray its 90's production, while all the while serving to magnify and edify it's superb heritage. The theme of the movie is Justice. The script bashes us over the head with that word from the word go, with each speaker adding his or her own unique twist in definition to it. Officer Bud White (Russell Crowe) ...
L.A. Confidential (DVD) : classy jobfrom Clic Clac
23.06.2000
L.A. Confidential (DVD) : Classic filmfrom fuzzybear
27.06.2008
