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L.A. Confidential: From Book to Screen | Slate

L.A. Confidential: From Book to Screen

Co-screenwriters Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland recount the challenges in bringing James Ellroy's sprawling novel to the silver screen in all its bloody, beautiful glory.

Runtime: 21m
Language: English

Direction and writing

Gary LevaDirector

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