LA Confidential
Threat advisory: Elevated - Significant risk of entertaining activities
Movie propaganda
Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush...
1950s Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley (Guy Pearce), the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White (Russell Crowe), ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey), always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of LA crime.
Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Police crime murder corruption scandal tabloid journalism sleaze Hollywood movies
Persons of interest
- Kevin Spacey .... Detective Sergeant Jack Vincennes
- Russell Crowe .... Officer Wendell "Bud" White
- Guy Pearce .... Sergeant Edmund Jennings "Ed" Exley
- James Cromwell .... Capt. Dudley Liam Smith
- Kim Basinger .... Lynn Bracken
- Danny DeVito .... Sid Hudgens
- David Strathairn .... Pierce Morehouse Patchett
- Ron Rifkin .... District Attorney Ellis Loew
- Matt McCoy .... Brett Chase
- Paul Guilfoyle .... Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen
- Paolo Seganti .... Johnny Stompanato
- Graham Beckel .... Detective Sergeant Richard Alex "Dick" Stensland
- James Ellroy .... Author
- Brian Helgeland .... Screenwriter
- Curtis Hanson .... Screenwriter
- Curtis Hanson .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
Security censorship classification
MA 15+ (Medium level violence)
Surveillance time
138 minutes (2:18 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
DVD rental: 18 January 1999
VHS rental: 18 January 1999
Surveillance images and posters
