L.A. Confidential

Titolo originale: L.A. Confidential
Regia: Curtis Hanson |
Anno: 1997
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Mistero Thriller Dramma
Tag: corruption | based on novel or book | call girl | shotgun | detective | femme fatale | domestic violence | whodunit | corpse | district attorney | movie star | good cop bad cop | angry | aggressive | neo-noir | zealous | 1950s | vindictive | admiring | approving | vibrant |
Cast: Kevin Spacey | Russell Crowe | Guy Pearce | James Cromwell | Kim Basinger | Danny DeVito | David Strathairn | Ron Rifkin | Graham Beckel | Amber Smith | John Mahon | Paul Guilfoyle | Matt McCoy | Paolo Seganti | Simon Baker | Elisabeth Granli | Sandra Taylor | Steve Rankin | Allan Graf | Precious Chong | Symba | Bob Clendenin | Lennie Loftin | Will Zahrn | Darrell Sandeen | Michael Warwick | Shawnee Free Jones | Matthew Allen Bretz | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Shane Dixon | Norman Howell | Brian Lally | Don Pulford | Chris Short | Tomas Arana | Michael McCleery | George Yager | Jack Conley | Ginger Slaughter | Jack Knight | John H. Evans | Gene Wolande | Brian Bossetta | Michael Chieffo | Gwenda Deacon | T.J. Kennedy | Ingo Neuhaus | Robert Harrison | Jim Metzler | Robert Barry Fleming | Jeremiah Birkett | Salim Grant | Karr Washington | Noel Evangelisti | Marisol Padilla Sánchez | Jeff Sanders | Steven Lambert | Jordan Marder | Gregory White | April Breneman | Lisa Worthy | Beverly Sharpe | Colin Mitchell | John Slade | Brenda Bakke | Kevin Maloney | Patrice Walters | Rebecca Klingler | Irene Roseen | Scott Eberlein | David St. James | Bodie Newcomb | Jeff Austin | Robert Foster | Kevin Patrick Kelly | Henry Marder | Monty McKee | Henry Meyers | Michael Ossmann | Dick Stilwell | Jess Thomas | Robert Thompson | Jody Wood | Jimmy Ortega | Nectar Rose | Rocco Salata | Dell Yount | Scott McKinley | Gilbert Rosales | J.P. Romano | Chris Palermo | April Audia | Priscilla Cory | Fred Lerner | Anne Zogby |

Nella Los Angeles degli anni 50 si intrecciano numerose storie all'interno e al di fuori del locale distretto di polizia: protagonisti i detective Jack Vincennes (un vero e proprio divo televisivo), Ed Exley, ambizioso e pronto a far dichiarazioni sui suoi colleghi, e Bud White, che indaga sui rapporti tra malavita e forze dell'ordine e incontra Lynn, una copia in carne ed ossa di Veronika Lake che lavora in un giro ben poco raccomandabile di "attrici"...

Frasi

[to Ray Collins] Ed Exley: They called you 'Sugar [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: Bud White is a valuable offi [...] D
[Dick Stensland arrives with liquor for a party] [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: You're a bit of a puzzlement [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: You'll do as I say, and ask [...] D
Ed Exley: [finding Patchett dead] Suicide note. Sa [...] D
[after securing Vincennes's cooperation, the Chief [...] D
Ed Exley: I want D.A. bureau men to tail Dudley Sm [...] D
Ed Exley: A naked man with a gun? Do you really ex [...] D
Ed Exley: [Exley curses under his breath] Jack Vi [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: What's this all about, boyo? [...] D
Lynn Bracken: I see Bud because I want to. I see B [...] D
Sid Hudgens: [voiceover] Something has to be done, [...] D
Ed Exley: I'm talking about the gas chamber, and y [...] D
Sid Hudgens: 'It's Christmas Eve in the City of An [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: [interrogation at the Victor [...] D
[Exley has to perform the interrogation] Jack Vin [...] D
Jack Vincennes: Why don't you and I go someplace q [...] D
[Stensland is headed to the cell blocks for reveng [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: Have you a valediction, boyo [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: Go back to Jersey, sonny. Th [...] D
[White approaches Loew in the bathroom after he re [...] D
Ed Exley: I heard you like to shoot dogs. Ray Col [...] D
Ed Exley: If we're going to figure this out, we ne [...] D
Ray Pinker: Bud White - what brings *you* to the b [...] D
Bud White: Something's wrong with the Nite Owl. I [...] D
Jack Vincennes: Oh, lookee here: the great jerkoff [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: Edmund, you're a political a [...] D
Sid Hudgens: Get me some narco skinny. I want to d [...] D
Ray Pinker: Stomach of the week. Unemployed actor [...] D
Jack Vincennes: What do you know about Pierce Patc [...] D
[Exley and White are waiting inside the Victory Mo [...] D
Matt Reynolds: You know, when I came out to L.A., [...] D
Lynn Bracken: You say "fuck" a lot. Bud White: Yo [...] D
Bud White: Merry Christmas. Lynn Bracken: Merry C [...] D
[first lines] Sid Hudgens: [voiceover] Come to Lo [...] D
Ed Exley: During our investigation of events surro [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: Hold up your badge, so they' [...] D
[Stocking a box with liquor for the police's Chris [...] D
Jack Vincennes: How's it hanging, Sid? Sid Hudgen [...] D
[White catches a parolee beating his wife] Wife B [...] D
Johnny Stompanato: You want an autograph? Write to [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: Wendell - I'd like full and [...] D
Bud White: Pierce Patchett? Lynn Bracken: He take [...] D
City Councilman: [told by Bud to leave Lynn's hous [...] D
Dick Stensland: I got a hot date. Bud White: Yeah [...] D
Lynn Bracken: [to Ed] Fucking me and fucking Bud a [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: Our justice must be swift an [...] D
Brett Chase: Excuse me, ma'am; just the facts. D
Jack Vincennes: So you're the stellar witness. I s [...] D
Lynn Bracken: I was wondering when you'd knock on [...] D
[Bud grabs Johnny Stompanato by the testicles to g [...] D
Lynn Bracken: You're the first man in five years w [...] D
Ed Exley: Rollo Tomasi. Captain Dudley Smith: Who [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: Don't start tryin' to do the [...] D
Sid Hudgens: Are you tight with the DA, Jackie? J [...] D
Ed Exley: [pointing a gun at Bud after Bud has att [...] D
Jack Vincennes: I'll need another fifty dollars. T [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: I admire you as a policeman [...] D
[when Sid Hudgens is found dead] Bud White: What [...] D
Bud White: Bullshit. How would a two-bit hick like [...] D
Pierce Patchett: I use girls that look like movie [...] D
Sid Hudgens: He's on a night train to the big adio [...] D
Dick Stensland: You're like Santa Claus with that [...] D
[last lines] Lynn Bracken: Some men get the world [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: [Captain Smith briefs the sq [...] D
Jack Vincennes: I'm the technical advisor. I teach [...] D
Bud White: There's no god damn bill on me? Captai [...] D
Bud White: I'd like to see you again. Lynn Bracke [...] D
Bud White: Well, Captain, what do you want? Capta [...] D
Sid Hudgens: Off the record, on the QT, and very h [...] D
[lying in bed, Lynn touches a scar on Bud's should [...] D
[Lynn leads Bud to her private bedroom] Bud White [...] D
[to Lynn] Bud White: Don't ever try to fucking br [...] D
Jack Vincennes: Oh, great. You get the girl, I get [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: I wouldn't trade places with [...] D
Jack Vincennes: Karen, this is Sid Hudgens of Hush [...] D
Dick Stensland: We'll do the town one night... on [...] D
Ed Exley: Do you make the three Negroes for the Ni [...] D
[as Exley explains the mystery, while the Chief, L [...] D
Lynn Bracken: There's blood on your shirt. Is that [...] D
[Before killing Sid Hudgens] Captain Dudley Smith [...] D
Captain Dudley Smith: I doubt you've ever taken a [...] D
Ed Exley: [they are looking at each other's faces, [...] D