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He and other producers bypassed the studio and sent a print directly to the festival's selection committee, which loved it. It made $4.4 million in its second weekend then expanded to 1,625 theaters and grossed $4.7 million in its third. Confidential's Rollo Tomassi twist explained. Equally worthy of a supporting credit is whoever decided on the period-appropriate watches. While at a liquor store, White also encounters Lynn Bracken, a sex worker resembling Veronica Lake, and former cop Leland "Buzz" Meeks. When he heard that Warner Bros. had acquired the rights to L.A. Sure sounds like a setup for a franchise Spenser Confidential 2: What Is Known So Far About The Upcoming Sequel Spenser Confidential is an American riddle spoof spine chiller film from Peter Berg that released on Netflix on March 6, 2020. R | 2h 18min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 19 September 1997 (USA) 2:16 | Trailer. Follow La Confidential. Whos to say the next film wont introduce them to their Joker! It is the story of a lonely Email. Confidential in 1990, he lobbied to script the film,[8] but the studio was then talking only to well-known screenwriters. Confidential: Original Motion Picture Score, Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score, "L.A. Although she's playing a stock character, Basinger exudes a sort of chaste sultriness. "[34] Writing in Time Out New York, Andrew Johnston observed: "Large chunks of Ellroy's brilliant (and often hilarious) dialogue are preserved, and the actors clearly relish the meaty lines. Proposed sequel to the 1997 film, following characters Bud White and Ed Exley after the events of the first film. [12], Hanson did not want the film to be an exercise in nostalgia, and so had Spinotti shoot it like a contemporary film, and used more naturalistic lighting than in a classic film noir. Confidential the best film of 1997. James Ellroy is Shopping Around a TV Series Sequel to 'L.A. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected L.A. Crowe and Pearce would have reprised their roles, and the film was to have been set in 1974. [44], It was also voted the best film set in Los Angeles in the last 25 years by a group of Los Angeles Times writers and editors with two criteria: "The movie had to communicate some inherent truth about the L.A. experience, and only one film per director was allowed on the list. Synopsis : Los Angeles, annes 50. Twitter. White hates Exley due to his partner, Dick Stensland, being fired thanks to Exley's testimony. Confidential. Confidential succeeds brilliantly, right down to Jerry Goldsmiths score, which evokes his haunting theme from Chinatown without being haunted by it. Confidential de Curtis Hanson est un film policier qui se droule dans le contexte glamour de lHollywood des annes 1950. Rachel Zoe Exley and Vincennes arrest three African-American felons for the crime; they later escape from police custody and are killed by Exley in a shootout. I knew I could grow to respect and understand him. "[35], In his review for The New York Observer, Andrew Sarris wrote, "Mr. Crowe strikes the deepest registers with the tortured character of Bud White, a part that has had less cut out of it from the book than either Mr. Spacey's or Mr. Pearce's but Mr. Crowe at moments reminded me of James Cagney's poignant performance in Charles Vidor's Love Me or Leave Me (1955), and I can think of no higher praise. White begins a relationship with Lynn, and recognizes Nite Owl victim Susan Lefferts as one of Patchett's escorts. The power of Mark Wahlberg and his Boston-verse is a strong one, as it appears that his most recent action film with director Peter Berg, Spenser Confidential, is going to be getting a sequel. Vincennes later confronts Smith with evidence that Meeks and Stensland worked together under Smith's command a decade earlier, and dropped an investigation on Patchett, who had Hudgens photographing businessmen with sex workers in a blackmail scam. [2], The film was released on September 19, 1997 in 769 theaters, grossing $5.2 million in its opening weekend and finishing fourth. Exley is decorated for bravery. [44] The New York Film Critics Circle also voted L.A. According to Soompi on January 22, the sequel of the film is tentatively called Confidential Assignment 2: International. Hanson cast Crowe and Pearce because he wanted to "replicate my experience of the book. As a family heirloom handed down from his father, the Rolex all but defines Huxleys character. There might be a sequel to Spenser Confidential only if the first part gets proper recognition and popularity. Retrouvez les 462 critiques et avis pour le film L.A. Terry Rodman, Roland N. Thai, Kirk Francis, Curtis Hanson, Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson, This page was last edited on 14 April 2021, at 14:11. The plot of Spenser Confidential 2 is likely to address that cliffhanger ending of the first film, wherein Wahlberg's character gets wind of a new mystery. Fark. Confidential for preservation in the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5][6][7]. Sergeant Jack Vincennes is a narcotics detective who moonlights as a technical advisor on Badge of Honor, a TV police drama series. A third Australian actor unknown to American audiences at the time, Simon Baker, later to star in the TV series The Mentalist, was cast in the smaller but noteworthy role of Matt Reynolds, a doomed young bisexual actor. [12] L.A. Than in the Confidential the year's best film. Confidential (1997) - Domestic Weekends", "Confidentially Speaking, Noir's Gone Hollywood", "The 25 best L.A. films of the last 25 years", "The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners", https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119488/awards?ref_=tt_awd, "L.A. [45] The Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review also voted L.A. He said, "What hooked me on them was that, as I met them, one after the other, I didn't like thembut as I continued reading, I started to care about them. Franchises: L.A. The screenplay by Hanson and Brian Helgeland is based on James Ellroy's 1990 novel of the same name, the third book in his L.A. Quartet series. The movie received reviews from critics, even although it contains the spectators to entertain. "[13], Milchan was against casting "two Australians" in the American period piece (Pearce wryly noted in a later interview that while he and Crowe grew up in Australia, he is British by birth, while Crowe is a New Zealander). Smith suddenly shoots Vincennes, who dies after murmuring "Rollo Tomasi", a name that Exley told him in confidence. L.A. Confidential is a 1997 American neo-noir crime film directed, produced and co-written by Curtis Hanson. L.A. Hanson put the actor on tape doing a few scenes from the script and showed it to the film's producers, who agreed to cast him as Bud. The light, the architecture, the slang, the music a wonderful Lana Turner joke. New Zealand-born Crowe has a unique and sexy toughness; imagine Mickey Rourke without the attitude. Its a classic so well assume that youve seen it already, but just in case, the film follows three cops trying to solve a murder in 1950s LA, each with their own motives for doing so. The pictures consisted of orange groves, beaches, tract homes in the San Fernando Valley, and the opening of the Hollywood Freeway to symbolize the image of prosperity sold to the public.[8]. These films settled as a period between the 1920s and the 1950s, in time to be revisited in 1974 by Roman Polanskis Chinatown. 8. Smith recruits White to torture and frighten away out-of-town criminals trying to gain a foothold in Los Angeles. "[3] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 90 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Both work for Pierce Patchett, whose Fleur-de-Lis service runs high-end prostitutes altered by plastic surgery to resemble film stars. [12], Guy Pearce auditioned, and Hanson felt that he "was very much what I had in mind for Ed Exley. Dante Spinotti's lush cinematography and Jeanne Oppewall's crisp, meticulous production design produce an eye-popping tableau of '50s glamour and sleaze. Hanson felt that the character of Jack Vincennes was "a movie star among cops", and thought of Spacey, with his "movie-star charisma," casting him specifically against type. Ellroy's novel has four extra layers of plot and three times as many characters the writers have trimmed unwieldy muscle, not just fat, and gotten away with it. The reward for your work is dark and dirty fun. "[8], L.A. [8], Helgeland found that Hanson had been hired to direct and met with him while the filmmaker was making The River Wild. During an interrogation of Hudgens, Smith arranges for White to see photos of Lynn having sex with Exley, which sends White leaving in a rage to find him. L.A. Get the latest watch and luxury lifestyle news straight to your inbox. Its just as elegant, a touch more stylised and one of the most aesthetically-appropriate additions to the film. When he finally got a meeting, it was canceled two days before it was to occur. In addition to the film, it included two featurettes, an interactive map of Los Angeles, a music-only track, a theatrical trailer, and three TV spots. Like Roman Polanski's depiction of Los Angeles in the '30s in Chinatown, the atmosphere and detailed production design are a rich gel where the strands of narrative form. "[14], To give his cast and crew points and counterpoints to capture Los Angeles in the 1950s, Hanson held a "mini-film festival", showing one film a week: The Bad and the Beautiful, because it epitomized the glamorous Hollywood look; In a Lonely Place, because it revealed the ugly underbelly of Hollywood glamor; Don Siegel's The Lineup and Private Hell 36, "for their lean and efficient style";[12] and Kiss Me Deadly, because it was "so rooted in the futuristic '50s: the atomic age. Some sets included a six-song sampler from the film's soundtrack. I hope the film is a success by whatever barometer Netflix uses. Exley soon investigates a robbery and multiple homicide at the Nite Owl coffee shop. Plainclothes Officer Wendell "Bud" White, whom Exley considers a "mindless thug", is obsessed with viciously reprimanding woman-beaters. With crime boss Mickey Cohen imprisoned for tax evasion while his underlings are being mysteriously killed, Cpt. [3][4] It was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning two: Best Supporting Actress (Basinger) and Best Adapted Screenplay; Titanic won in every other category L.A. It is basically a police-detective crime story but it is beautifully constructed with a film noir style. [53] Both sets have the same bonus content. As a result, it is one of three films in history to sweep the "Big Four" critics' awards, alongside Schindler's List (1993) and The Social Network (2010). Against all odds, L.A. Spenser Confidential was first announced in mid-2018, making it almost two years before it was finally released on screens. He also had photographs of jazz musicians Zoot Sims, Gerry Mulligan, and Chet Baker to represent the popular music of the time. [12] The director was confident that the actor "could play the man behind that veneer, the man who also lost his soul," and when he gave him the script, he told him to think of Dean Martin while in the role. Confidential one of the best films of the last 30 years. Smith walks away, toward the newly gathered squad cars and Exley shoots Smith in the back, having finally attained the situational ethics that Smith used to tell him he lacked. Two new patterns grace the dials of the Datejust, one with a jungle flavour and another with a pure A movement update and refined case ring in 50 years of the Explorer II. In 2013, Ellroy shopped a sequel series to various networks but was unable to find it a home. Clueless, 1995. Confidential". L.A. The book was adapted for a 1997 film of the same name, directed and co-written by Curtis Hanson and starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, David Strathairn and Danny DeVito. It Film. "[31] USA Today gave the film three and a half stars out of four, writing, "It appears as if screenwriters Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson have pulled off a miracle in keeping multiple stories straight. "[8] The director purposely did not watch the actor in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, afraid that it might influence his decision. [12] As he did with Crowe, Hanson taped Pearce and showed it to the producers, who agreed he should be cast as Ed. Bracken's house is at 501 Wilcox Avenue in the affluent Hancock Park neighborhood, overlooking the Wilshire Country Club. Sid Hudgens, publisher of the Hush-Hush tabloid magazine, tips Vincennes on celebrity criminal activity so that he can make high-profile arrests for Sid's publication. "[46] In 2009, the London Film Critics' Circle voted L.A. "[40], Some authors have described L.A. Confidential had been in active development before the death of Chadwick Boseman, who would have played "this young cop named James Muncie". The proposed sequel might have been put on hold for the moment, but at least we can get excited for another filmic visit to the seedy underbelly of LA with a look at the original films pitch-perfect timepieces. After Reynolds is found murdered, a guilt-ridden Vincennes joins Exley's investigation to find the killer. Chinatown sequel The Two Jakes arrived in 1990 but despite Jack Nicholson both starring and directing it failed to reach the acclaim of the original. Although the Nite Owl case appears solved, Exley and White individually investigate further, discovering evidence of corruption all around them. [16] He found the police films more valuable because "there was a real sort of stiffness, a woodenness about these people" that he felt Exley had as well. 2 VIDEOS | 188 IMAGES. While its supposed to be an early automatic though, you can pretty clearly see it tick in the film, suspiciously like a quartz stand-in. Confidential gets just about everything right. Cissy had already compared Spenser, Hawk and Henry to Batman, Robin and Alfred, respectively. Hmmm. Confidential grossed $64.6 million in the United States, and $61.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $126.2 million. Spenser Confidential is a 2020 American action comedy film directed by Peter Berg and with a screenplay written by Sean O'Keefe and Brian Helgeland.The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger, Bokeem Woodbine, Donald Cerrone, Marc Maron, and Post Malone and marks the fifth collaboration between Wahlberg and Berg after Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon, Patriots The watch worn by Pearces Ed Huxley for example wears a nice, minimal 1940s-style Rolex Bubbleback, complete with bombe lugs and lovely silver-white dial. A sense, above all, of damaged people arriving to make new lives and getting seduced by the scent of night-blooming jasmine, the perfume of corruption. Confidential as a neo-noir film. After Cliffhanger became Stallone's biggest hit for a good while, a sequel was bandied around that would have seen his character help block a holy dam. Confidential has is its reliance on unsettling bursts of violence, both bloody shootings and intense physical beatings that give the picture a palpable air of menace. The title refers to the 1950s scandal magazine Confidential, portrayed in the film as Hush-Hush. It contains all the elements of police action, but in a sharply clipped, more economical style; the action exists not for itself but to provide an arena for the personalities". [8] He later said, "They preserved the basic integrity of the book and its main theme. [14] Pearce found the contemporary police force had changed too much to be useful for research and disliked the police officer he rode along with because Pearce felt he was racist. "[8] According to Hanson, he "wanted the audience to be challenged but at the same time I didn't want them to get lost. In October 2020, Brian Helgeland confirmed that a sequel to L.A. [21], Patchett's home is the Lovell House, a famous International Style mansion designed by Richard Neutra. "[8][12] Hanson and the film's cinematographer Dante Spinotti studied Robert Frank's 1958 photographic book The Americans and felt that the influence of his work was in every aspect of the film's visuals. But it's no idle exercise in style. Now Ellroy and New Regency are shopping an L.A. Confidential Financial Information", "2015 National Film Registry: "Ghostbusters" Gets the Call", "Complete National Film Registry Listing | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress", "Press Conference at Toronto International Film Festival", "For Location Scouts, It's All About Making The Scene", "Scene It Before: Lynn Bracken's House From L.A. In early 1950s Los Angeles, LAPD Sergeant Edmund "Ed" Exley is determined to live up to the reputation of his father, famed detective Preston Exley, who was killed by an unknown assailant whom Exley secretly nicknamed "Rollo Tomasi". "[36] Kenneth Turan, in his review for Los Angeles Times, wrote, "The only potential audience drawback L.A. "[38][39] Richard Williams, in his review for The Guardian, wrote, "L.A. The film was universally acclaimed. L.A. While he would no doubt welcome working with Berg a sixth time, he remains an extremely in-demand actor. Kevin Spaceys Jack Vincennes on the other hand sports a far more modest timepiece, yet no less stylish, in a vintage Bulova. As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. The film tells the story of a group of LAPD officers in 1953, and the intersection of police corruption and Hollywood celebrity. An aspirational meteorite dial meets the most aspirational of racing chronographs. He had seen Hanson's films The Bedroom Window and Bad Influence, and found him "a competent and interesting storyteller", but was not convinced that his book would be made into a film until he talked to the eventual director. The proposed sequel might have been put on hold for the moment, but at least we can get excited for another filmic visit to the seedy underbelly of LA with a look at the original films pitch-perfect timepieces. What beauty today could project the glamor of Hollywood's golden age? Have they ever. Outside city hall, Exley says goodbye to Lynn and White before watching them drive off to Lynn's home in Arizona. The plan was to film two sequels back-to-back and Will Smith was rumoured to be returning but the idea has since been canned. Theyre certainly not the only reason the film was critically-lauded, but it cant hurt. [8] The actor had read Ellroy's The Black Dahlia but not L.A. The disc has the same technical specifications and bonus features as the previous Blu-ray. Google+. When he read the script, Crowe was drawn to Bud White's "self-righteous moral crusade". [55], (Type "L.A. Noir movies weren't really in vogue in Hollywood during the 1990s, though the genre did offer up some selections. "[30], In his review for The Globe and Mail, Liam Lacey wrote, "The big star is Los Angeles itself. [15], Before filming took place, Hanson brought Crowe and Pearce to Los Angeles for two months to immerse them in the city and the time period. [19][20] Several famous Hollywood landmarks appropriate to the 1950s were used, including the Formosa Cafe in West Hollywood, the Frolic Room on Hollywood Boulevard, and the Crossroads of the World, an outdoor shopping mall dressed as a movie theatre where a premiere takes place at the beginning of the film. In addition to the features from the original DVD, there are four new featurettes, the 1999 pilot of the proposed TV series starring Kiefer Sutherland, and film commentary by Andrew Sarris, Ellroy, Crowe, Spacey, Pearce, Cromwell, Ruth Myers, Strathairn, Basinger, Helgeland, Oppewall, Spinotti and DeVito. Curtis Hanson had read half a dozen of James Ellroy's books before L.A. Confidential' "[12] But Hanson wanted to debut the film at a high-profile international venue. Exley and White interrogate Loew and learn that Smith and Patchett (aided by Hudgens' blackmail photos) have been taking over Mickey Cohen's criminal empire, and that the killings were because of Smith tying up loose ends. His film roles have also remained abundant, with appearances in Oscar winners (The Artist, The Queen) and tentpoles (Spider-Man 3, the upcoming Jurassic World sequel). "[29] Desson Howe's review for The Washington Post praised the cast: "Pearce makes a wonderful prude who gets progressively tougher and more jaded. I didn't want actors audiences knew and already liked."[14]. Crowe and Pearce would have reprised their roles, and the film was to have been set in 1974. By Total Film . [8] Hanson emphasized that the period detail would be in the background and the characters in the foreground. Vintage sizing and a retro bi-colour look make for a charming new take on the established Explorer Oracle Time 2021 Opulent Media Ltd. All Rights Reserved. [21] Historic Central Los Angeles neighborhoods were used for the scenes in which the police hunt down the Nite Owl suspects, including Angelino Heights, Lincoln Heights, and Koreatown. "[32], In his review for Newsweek, David Ansen wrote, "L.A. Its fairly [21], Jerry Goldsmith's score for the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score, but lost to James Horner's score for Titanic. Hanson had seen Russell Crowe in Romper Stomper and found him "repulsive and scary, but captivating". Criticism is directed towards the approach of the film that hasnt offered anything new. Confidential" in the search box), The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, L.A. StumbleUpon. Confidential Sequel Series In The Works You havent seen the last of L.A. They later find Patchett and Hudgens murdered. Confidential holds an approval rating of 99% and an average rating of 8.8/10, with 114 out of 115 reviews being positive. [25], On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, L.A. At the very earliest, itll be the spring of 2022 before we see Spenser Confidential 2. Of course, while watching Kevin Spacey on film now has a few connotations wed rather not dwell on, it was also the film that brought Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce to the mainstream, with Kim Basinger quite rightly winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. [52], The movie was released again as a two-disc Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray on September 23, 2008. Confidential sequel targeted for the small screen. Confidential. According to Deadline, James Ellroy who wrote the original 1997 film starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger and Danny DeVito is shopping a sequel TV series. "[37] In his review for The Independent, Ryan Gilbey wrote, "In fact, it's a very well made and intelligent picture, assembled with an attention to detail, both in plot and characterisation, that you might have feared was all but extinct in mainstream American cinema. It was amazing to see the physical incarnation of the characters. "[8] Ellroy's novel also made Hanson think about Los Angeles and provided him with an opportunity to "set a movie at a point in time when the whole dream of Los Angeles, from that apparently golden era of the '20s and '30s, was being bulldozed. The film's look suggests how deep the tradition of police corruption runs. Lefferts' mother tells White that Stensland was Susan's "boyfriend"; White searches the crawl space under the mother's house and finds Meeks' corpse. Confidential had been in active development before the death of Chadwick Boseman, who would have played "this young cop named James Muncie". Both are similar and both say a lot about their fictional wearers. One of the film's backers, Peter Dennett, was worried about the lack of established stars in the lead roles, but supported Hanson's casting decisions, and the director had the confidence also to recruit Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger and Danny DeVito. From the impeccable neo-noir style to the script adapted by the master of hard-boiled dialogue that is James Ellroy, LA Confidential oozes style, swagger and vintage cool. 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