Based on the movie poster, I always assumed Kim Bassinger was the main character. Guy Pearce gets the same amount of poster space as Kim's boobs, and Russell Crowe gets even less. I never even noticed that was him because I have never looked at the cover with a magnifying glass, and I worked in movie stores for 11 years.
L.A. Confidential
Everything is suspect... Everyone is for sale... And nothing is what it seems.
Rating
4.0 (1)
Release Date
9/19/1997Runtime
138 minsOverview
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$35,000,000Revenue
$126,216,940Homepage
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A sharp, morally corroded mystery that moves with propulsive intelligence through layers of institutional rot and personal compromise. The city itself becomes a character, one that corrupts everyone who touches it.
Mood
TenseParanoidBleakAngry
Themes
CorruptionJusticePowerIdentity
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Propulsive
Look
High-contrastDesaturatedFormalist
Structure
Nonlinear
Heads up
Graphic violenceSexual content
Guy Pearce
Edmund 'Ed' Exley
Russell Crowe
Wendell 'Bud' White
Kevin Spacey
Jack Vincennes
Kim Basinger
Lynn Bracken
Danny DeVito
Sid Hudgens
James Cromwell
Dudley Smith
David Strathairn
Pierce Patchett
Ron Rifkin
D.A. Ellis Loew
Matt McCoy
'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase
Paul Guilfoyle
Mickey Cohen
Paolo Seganti
Johnny Stompanato
Elisabeth Granli
Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
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