Name: L.A. Confidential: From Book to Screen
Duration: 21 min

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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.

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Gary Leva

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