Cop Stories The Making of Richard Fleischers The New Centurions

Joseph Wambaugh wrote his first novel The New Centurions while still active as a member of the Los Angeles Police Department and his factbased painfully realistic book became a nationwide bestseller when it came out in 1971 Replacing heroic cops with struggling psychologically damaged characters Wambaugh changed crime literature forever Richard Fleischers filming of Wambaughs novel also called THE NEW CENTURIONS followed a year later and in turn revolutionized crime movies Featuring newly filmed interviews with writer Joseph Wambaugh star Stacy Keach technical advisor Richard E Kalk Wambaughs reallife LAPD partner and assistant cameraman Ronald Vidor COP STORIES THE MAKING OF RICHARD FLEISCHERS THE NEW CENTURIONS chronicles the production of that landmark film in all its stages from script to screen