Everything is suspect, everyone is for sale and nothing is what it seems. Word on the street is on September 23, Warner Home Video will revisit 1950s Hollywood with the digitally remastered film noir L.A. Confidential, as a Two-Disc Special Edition (Standard Definition) DVD and single disc Blu-ray™ Hi-Def. The Standard Definition will be available for $20.97 SRP and Blu-ray™ Hi-Def for $28.99 SRP. Order due date is August 19, 2008.
Directed by Curtis Hanson and based on James Ellroy’s “L.A. Quartet” series of novels, L.A. Confidential was nominated for seven Academy Awards,® including Best Picture and Best Director, winning two (Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Kim Basinger). The evocative and sordid tale of Hollywood in days gone by boasts an all-star cast which, in addition to Basinger (Batman, I Dreamed of Africa), includes Russell Crowe (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind), Kevin Spacey (American Beauty, The Usual Suspects), Academy Award nominee Danny Devito, Guy Pearce and James Cromwell. The plot, involving three cops, a call girl, a mysterious millionaire and a tabloid journalist, is rife with mystery, ambition, romance and humor. Chicago Sun-Times’ Roger Ebert called the film “seductive and beautiful, cynical and twisted — one of the best films of the year.”
Special Features
Disc 1
- Commentary by Andrew Sarris
- Music Only Track
- Trailers and TV Spots
- Showest
- Nite Owl Action
- Hollywood
- Theatrical Trailer
- Soundtrack Promo
Disc 2
- Whatever You Desire: Making L.A. Confidential
- Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of L.A. Confidential
- A True Ensemble: The Cast of L.A. Confidential
- L.A. Confidential: From Book to Screen
- Off the Record
- Photo Pitch
- The L.A. of L.A. Confidential Hollywood Center Motel
- Formosa Café
- Sid Hudgen’s Office
- Victory Motel
- Bidwell’s Office
- Nick’s Liquor
- Lynn Bracken’s House
- Frolic’s Room
- Pierce Patchett’s House
- Movie Premiere Pot Bust
- Mrs. Leffert’s House
- Nite Owl Café
- Navarette’s Hole-up
- Fitch House
- City Hall
- L.A. Confidential [2000 TV Pilot]
Now, this is one that I do want to see on Blu Ray. even if it was not on Blu Ray, it’s one that I can watch over and over. Supreme acting and filmaking.