David strathairn celebrity profile check out the latest david strathairn photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Jun 06, 20 1950s hardboiled detective noir that goes deeper and darker than any other book in the genre, l. Its from arnon milchan, who produced the acclaimed 1997 movie, and his new regency, wr. The hollywood heartthrobs decision to offer david the lead role in good. The epigraph is a glory that costs everything and means nothing steve erickson. Trilogyamerican tabloid, the cold six thousand, and bloods a roverand the l. A wealthy developer david strathairn is somehow involved. Written by james ellroy, audiobook narrated by david strathairn. Six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol.
Book 6 louis lamour author david strathairn narrator 2008 sackett the sacketts series book 9 louis l. Most people know of it only by its excellent film adaptation. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. In spite of his prolific body of work, actor david strathairn remained somewhat apart from hollywood, thanks to his longstanding collaboration with friend and former college friend john sayles, who directed the actor in several of the filmmakers independent movies. Murrow in good night, and good luck hes also a solid character actor, with roles in film, television and theatre, from small indie projects to big franchises. Also brought into the mix is lynn bracken kim basinger, in her oscar winning role, a call girl who soon engages in an affair with white. Overview for david strathairn turner classic movies.
Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Confidential 20th anniversary edition blu ray curtis hanson and brian hegeland along with dante spinotti behind cameras adapted one of the best novels of james ellroy to one of the finest hollywood film of the nineties. Confidential is one of my favourite books of all time, and my favourite james ellroy book. Narcotics sergeant jack vincennes, recovering from substance abuse himself and given to feeding breaking stories to the local tabloid press as well as the hit tv show badge of honor to make himself look good. A horrific mass murder invades the lives of victims and victimizers on both sides of the lawthree cops treading quicksand in. Hushhush headliners confidential roll call kevin spacey russell crowe guy pearce james cromwell david strathairn kim basinger danny devito jack vincennes bud white ed exley dudley smith pierce patchett lynn bracken sid hudgens music by jerry goldsmith director of photography dante.
She works in an operation, headed by millionaire pornographer pierce patchett david strathairn, where girls are given plastic surgery in order to look like movie stars. Confidential 1997 david strathairn as pierce patchett. The magazine sank in a sea of lawsuits, but it created a genre. Confidential by curtis hanson curtis hanson, kevin. Confidential is a maze of sordidness that leads from the mexicanbashing imbroglio to a mysterious multiple homicide in a diner to the activities of a wealthy pimp. Starring kevin spacey, russell crowe, guy pearce, james cromwell, david strathairn, kim basinger, and danny devito. Eric roberts taking over from david strathairn as pierce patchett.
Murrow in good night, and good luckhes also a solid character. Confidential was a key magazine of the 1950s, a monthly that sold millions of copies with its seamy exposes of celebrity drugs and sex. David russell strathairn was born on january 26, 1949 in san francisco, california. Confidentialbest scenecurtis hansonrussell croweguy pearcedavid strathairn by eli d. On its own, it is an incredibly complex, brutal, and utterly facinating look into the lapd of the 1950s. His performance here is, like the film itself, perfectly good, but not a must see. Meanwhile, the supporting performers include james cromwell as the chief of police, kim basinger as the woman torn between ed and bud, and david strathairn as a highclass pimp.
Confidential nearly two and onehalf hours to spin its tale, but the time passes remarkably quickly. Confidential en francais by james ellroy, paperback. Bud white, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. At times, the movie looked a little soft and tentative, but most of the image appeared reasonably welldefined. Confidential, a drama based on james ellroys noir classic novel. Oct 06, 2012 this lead appears to be connected to the discovery of a bizarre pornography and callgirl ring operated by pierce patchett david strathairn, whose women are given plastic surgery so that they. Confidential, the new curtis hanson film based on ellroys 1990 novel of the same name, is something slightly different its the story of. Ellroy was asked by a member of a book talk audience if he wasnt guilty of overdoing his staccato style just a touch and ellroy, apparently an absolute pussycat, agreed that, yeh, she was probably right. Other performers include danny devito as a muckraking reporter and james cromwell as the shrewd police captian. Confidential is a maze of sordidness that leads from the mexicanbashing imbroglio to a mysterious multiple homicide in a. Ed exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out.
Quartet novels, the black dahlia, the big nowhere, l. District attorney ellis loew ron rifkin badge of honor star brett chase matt mccoy. Confidential isnt just one of the best crime dramas of the past two decades. Two policemen are drawn together by an obsession with the same woman and the. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style.
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