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L.A. confidential, Warner Bros. Pictures

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MPAA rating: Rated R for strong violence, language and sexuality

L.A. confidential

DVD

247557811

Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1997

Warner Bros. Pictures

138

LA in the 50's: Notorious gangster Mickey Cohen has just been put away for tax evasion, and now a bunch of his heroin is missing. Outside wise guys would love to move in on Mickey's territory; Captain Dudley Smith of the LAPD has launched a special squad to deal with them. Violent, thuggish team member Bud White's partner is murdered during a robbery at The Nite Owl coffee shop. The responding officer is rising star Detective Lieutenant Ed Exley, whose investigation intersects with that of Detective Jack Vincennes. Their leads point to Pierce Patchett, a drug dealing pimp whose prostitutes are surgically altered to look like movie stars. Nothing is as it seems in the glittering city of Angels, which, despite its open streets and warm welcoming air, is a city constructed of secrets. As Hollywood scandal sheet editor Sid Hudgens says, some things in L.A. are always going to be "Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush."

Special features: audio commentary by Andrew Sarris, James Ellroy, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Ruth Myers, David Strathairn, Kim Basinger, Brian Helgeland, Jeannine Oppewall, Dante Spinotti, and Danny Devito ; music-only track ; trailers & tv spots (6 min.) ; Featurettes: Whatever you desire: Making "L.A. Confidential" (30 min.) -- Sunlight and shadow: The visual style of "L.A. Confidential" (21 min.) -- A true ensemble: The cast of "L.A. Confidential" (25 min.) -- "L.A. Confidential" : From book to screen (21 min.) -- Off the record (19 min.) -- Photo pitch (9 min.) -- The L.A. of "L.A. Confidential" [interactive feature] -- L.A. Confidential [TV series pilot] (46 min.)

adult

live action