Adaptation Distillation: The movie takes an insanely complex book and boils it down to the absolute bare essence of the story, which is still plenty complicated on its own.Adapted Out: Most notably Preston Exley, the Frankenstein killer, Dieterling, and Karen Morrow.After a few moments, an embarrassed Ed starts laughing as well. Actually Pretty Funny: When Ed Exley mistakes Lana Turner for a lookalike hooker, Jack Vincennes is trying hard not to laugh, but finally cracks up in laughter after they leave.The '50s: The story covers many elements of the decade, from racism, to how police acted, to Vincennes working on a show similar to Dragnet.Off the Internet, on the keyboard, and very Hush-Hush. Remember, dear tropers, you read these tropes first. In 2018 CBS decided to try again and filmed a pilot episode, but the network decided not to pick up the series.įor the novel this was adapted from, check out L.A. HBO commissioned a pilot for a TV adaptation in 2003, but opted not to go ahead with the series. The film was nominated in several other categories (including Best Picture) but lost every one to the juggernaut that was Titanic. Hanson and Helgeland won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Script, and Basinger won Best Supporting Actress. The screenplay by Hanson and Brian Helgeland greatly condensed the plot and time frames of the book, but was widely praised for keeping almost all of the drama and noir feel. Also in the cast are Kim Basinger, James Cromwell, Danny DeVito, and David Strathairn. Confidential was given a 1997 film adaptation directed by Curtis Hanson. Three different LAPD detectives with different personalities, wife-basher-basher Bud White ( Russell Crowe), straight cop Edmund Exley ( Guy Pearce), and publicity-hungry Jack Vincennes ( Kevin Spacey) all get caught up in the case, which turns out be part of the power struggle in organized crime after Real Life mobster Mickey Cohen is imprisoned for income tax evasion.Ī 1990 novel by James Ellroy, L.A. There is a mass murder at The Nite Owl restaurant, and one of the people killed is a former LAPD officer.
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