Tag: James Ellroy

Dark Blue Script

Script by:David Ayer (Screenplay), James Ellroy (Story)
Directed by:Ron Shelton
Year:2002
IMDb:tt0279331

Plot:Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
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Street Kings Script

Script by:Jamie Moss (Screenplay), Kurt Wimmer (Screenplay), James Ellroy (Screenplay)
Directed by:David Ayer
Year:2008
IMDb:tt0421073

Plot:Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.
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Rampart Script

Script by:James Ellroy (Screenplay), Oren Moverman (Screenplay)
Directed by:Oren Moverman
Year:2011
IMDb:tt1640548

Plot:Follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
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The Black Dahlia Script

Script by:Josh Friedman (Screenplay), James Ellroy (Novel)
Directed by:Brian De Palma
Year:2006
IMDb:tt0387877

Plot:Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert are former boxers-turned-cops in 1940s Los Angeles and, when an aspiring young actress turns up dead, Blanchard and Bleichert must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer.
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L.A. Confidential (1997) Script

Script by:James Ellroy (Author), Brian Helgeland (Screenplay), Curtis Hanson (Screenplay)
Directed by:Curtis Hanson
Year:1997
IMDb:tt0119488

Plot:Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
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