Product Description Sechs Tote, darunter ein Cop: Ein scheinbar sinnloses Blutbad bringt die Polizei von Los Angeles zum Kochen. Die drei Top-Agenten der Stadt bernehmen den Fall und stoen bei ihren Ermittlungen auf einen unbeschreiblichen Sumpf aus Drogen, Mord und Korruption. Jetzt zeigt die "Stadt der Engel" ihr wahres Gesicht - ein Gesicht, das man nur einmal lebend zu sehen bekommt... Bonusmaterial: Production Notes; Trailer; Documentaries; Interview; Music-only Track; From Amazon.co.uk In a time when it seems that every other movie makes some claim to being a film noir, LA Confidential is the real thing--a gritty, sordid tale of sex, scandal, betrayal and corruption of all sorts (police, political, press--and, of course, very personal) in 1940s Hollywood. The Oscar-winning screenplay is actually based on several titles in James Ellroy's series of chronological thriller novels (including the title volume, The Big Nowhere and White Jazz)--a compelling blend of LA history and pulp fiction that has earned it comparisons to the greatest of all Technicolour noir films, Chinatown. Kim Basinger richly deserved her Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a conflicted femme fatale; unfortunately, her male costars are so uniformly fine that they may have canceled each other out with the Academy voters: Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey and James Cromwell play LAPD officers of varying stripes. Pearce's character is a particularly intriguing study in Hollywood amorality and ambition, a strait-laced "hero" (and son of a departmental legend) whose career goals outweigh all other moral, ethical and legal considerations. If he's a good guy, it's only because he sees it as the quickest route to a promotion. --Jim Emerson Synopsis 1950s LA. The City of Angels might be sunshine and glamour to the rest of the world, but it's also filled with corrupt cops, murder cover-ups,and manipulative paparazzi. It's impossible to know exactly who's trustworthy and who's not as three detectives each use their own tactics to investigate a coffee-shop massacre.

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