The Black Dahlia (2006)

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The Black Dahlia

ORIGINAL TITLE

The Black Dahlia

YEAR

2006

RUNNING TIME

115 min.

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COUNTRY

DIRECTOR

Brian De Palma

SCREENWRITER

Josh Friedman (Novel: James Ellroy)

COMPOSER

Mark Isham

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Vilmos Zsigmond

CAST

Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw, Rose McGowan

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Lions Gate Films

OFFICIAL WEB

http://www.theblackdahliamovie.net/

AWARDS

2006: Nominated for Oscar: Best Cinematography
2006: Nominated for Golden Lion in el Venice Film Festival: Best Director (Brian of Palma)

GENRE

Film-Noir. Thriller | Crime. The 40s

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

The Black Dahlia, adapted from the novel of the same name – the first of a quadrilogy on Los Angeles that revealed the talents of James Ellroy as a crime writer (L.A. Confidential) – is set in 1947 and sees two policemen as protagonists. Friends and former boxers, Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) and Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) are in love with the same woman, the mysterious Kay Lake (Scarlett Johansson), former friend of a gangster. However, it is a terrible crime that the two are called on to investigate that changes their lives for ever: the murder of Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner), a girl with ambitions to be an actress, known as the Black Dahlia, who is found brutally murdered on the hillsides of Hollywood. During the course of the investigations, Bucky meets Madeleine Sprague (double Oscar-winner Hilary Swank) and begins a passionate relationship with her, although realising that she is indirectly involved in the crime, and that corruption and conspiracies dominate his police department. When his friend and colleague, Lee, suddenly disappears, for Bucky the investigation turns into a morbid obsession.

US release date: 2006.

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