Lefferts' mother tells White that Susan was Stensland's girlfriend; he searches the crawl space under her house and finds the decomposed corpse of Meeks. Upon leaving City Hall, Exley shakes hands with a recuperating White and watches as he and Bracken drive off to her home in Arizona. He added that Crystal's "off-the-cuff one-liners sank faster than the great ship herself. He also had photographs of jazz musicians Zoot Sims, Gerry Mulligan, and Chet Baker to represent the popular music of the time. A sense, above all, of damaged people arriving to make new lives and getting seduced by the scent of night-blooming jasmine, the perfume of corruption. [10] For six weeks, Crowe, Pearce, Hanson and Helgeland conducted rehearsals, which consisted of their discussing each scene in the script. Exley discovers for himself that Meeks and Stensland used to work closely with Smith. | [43] An estimated 87.50 million total viewers watched all or part of the awards. She and Stuart were later photographed together with their trophies as Basinger held a sign that read "TIE" between them. They find Patchett murdered. I knew I could grow to respect and understand him. [50], Films with multiple nominations and awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia, Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride, Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, Best Original Screenplay/Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program, List of submissions to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, "Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press", "Could Avatar Boost Oscar Ratings to Record Heights? [2], On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, L.A. White drives to the police station and fights Exley, which ends with the two realizing Smith is corrupt. [10] The director was confident that the actor "could play the man behind that veneer, the man who also lost his soul," and when he gave him the script, he told him to think of Dean Martin while in the role. When he heard that Warner Bros. had acquired the rights to L.A. The terrific 1950s California mood, dialog, and performances (winning an Oscar for Kim Basinger) are what make L.A. L A Confidential 1997 Rotten Tomatoes January 1st, 2019 - Based on the best selling novel by James Ellroy and directed by Curtis Hanson this award winning crime drama explores both the dark side of the Los Angeles police force and Southern California s Academy Award … He had seen Hanson's films The Bedroom Window and Bad Influence, and found him "a competent and interesting storyteller", but was not convinced that his book would be made into a film until he talked to the eventual director. [30], Several others participated in the production of the ceremony. New Zealand-born Crowe has a unique and sexy toughness; imagine Mickey Rourke without the attitude. [35], The show received a positive reception from most media publications. L.A. [13] It also became the first film to win Best Picture without a screenwriting nomination since 1965's The Sound of Music.