L.A. Confidential
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James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential is film-noir crime fiction akin to Chinatown, Hollywood Babylon, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and Jim Thompson. It's about three tortured souls in the 1950s L.A.P.D.: Ed Exley, the clean-cut cop who lives shivering in the shadow of his dad, a legendary cop in the same department; Jack Vincennes, a cop who advises a Police Squad- like TV show and busts movie stars for payoffs from sleazy Hush-Hush magazine; and Bud White, a detective haunted by the sight of his dad murdering his mom. Ellroy himself was traumatized as a boy by his party-animal mother's murder. (See his
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Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Release date: 1 September 1997
ISBN-10 : 0446674249 | ISBN-13: 9780446674249
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Release date: 1 September 1997
ISBN-10 : 0446674249 | ISBN-13: 9780446674249
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Oscars 1998 Winners (My Version) (24 movies items)
"Best Film Editing! Winner: L.A. Confidential! Nominees: Air Force One As Good as It Gets Good Will Hunting Titanic"