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There are more than 60 locations in the film, and sometimes two or three locations are shot every day.
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Producer David L. Walper and HBO TV both hoped to make "L.A. Confidential" into a series. After the success of the film, the first episode of the TV series "L.A. Confidential" was indeed filmed, in which Jack was played by Kiefer Sutherland, but due to the breakdown of negotiations between the producer and the HBO TV station, the series also died.
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In the film, Pierce Packett’s business stems from long-lived rumors that there is a brothel that specializes in imitating famous movie stars in Hollywood.
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Jerry Goldsmith replaced Elmer Bernstein to create the soundtrack for the film, and the film won him an Oscar nomination.
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There are as many as 80 characters in the film.
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Isabella Skrupko refused to play the heroine of the film.
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Guy Pierce said in an interview that the original candidate to play Lynn was Jennifer Jason Lee, but she refused to play the role because of too many prostitutes.
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In the film preparation stage, director Curtis Hansen asked the cast and crew to watch "Dead Kiss", "Urban Frenzy," "Killer", "Avenging Girl", "Lonely Place", "Private Hell 36" and " The Lineup.
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The novel "L.A. Confidential" is the third part of the "Los Angeles Quadruple" written by James Allory.
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Many plots in the film are derived from real events.
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Michael Madsen was expected to play Bud.
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The Mickey Cohen in the film is indeed a person. He is a member of the famous Los Angeles gang. He initially followed the gang boss, Geshe Segal, after the death of Geshe. , Cohen took over his business, which included drug trafficking, gambling and prostitution. The Los Angeles police hated him deeply. Just like the plot in the film, Cohen was eventually sentenced to jail for tax evasion, and he was released nearly 10 years later.
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In the film, multiple close-ups of Pierce's face during the fight between Guy Pierce and Russell Crowe were taken four months after the film was completed.
L.A. Confidential behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Ed 2022-03-23 09:01:04
The rhythm is tight, the type I like
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Kamryn 2022-03-25 09:01:03
FLAWLESS even more shows Curtis Hansen's mediocrity since then. After the film was changed, I preferred to watch Ed and Jack partner in the first half. Spacey's performance was as smooth as silk and pleasing to the eye and Pierce's fireworks. The sentence "I don't remember" was teary. The glasses are terribly cute.
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[first lines]
Sid Hudgens: [voiceover] Come to Los Angeles! The sun shines bright, the beaches are wide and inviting, and the orange groves stretch as far as the eye can see. There are jobs aplenty, and land is cheap. Every working man can have his own house, and inside every house, a happy, all-American family. You can have all this, and who knows... you could even be discovered, become a movie star... or at least see one. Life is good in Los Angeles... it's paradise on Earth." Ha ha ha ha. That's what they tell you, anyway.
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Lynn Bracken: You're the first man in five years who didn't tell me I look like Veronica Lake inside of a minute.
Bud White: You look better than Veronica Lake.