Rate the movie "LA Confidential" (spinoff from Ned's 90s movies thread) (1 Viewer)

[Anarchy99]

I wonder if this is a case of people that saw it in a theater when it came out rating it higher than folks that caught up with it many years later watching it at home.

 

[JoeSteeler]

I wonder if this is a case of people that saw it in a theater when it came out rating it higher than folks that caught up with it many years later watching it at home.

I never saw it in the theatre and it is one of my favorites. 9/10

 

[Ilov80s]

It's maybe best left as is but there was a sequel planned. It was written by the same writer who had adapted the original and Ellroy.

James Ellroy and I worked out an elaborate pitch for L.A. Confidential 2 that takes place during the Patty Hearst (era), when the Symbionese Liberation Army came down to L.A., and we had Guy Pearce attached and Russell (Crowe) and Chadwick Boseman playing a young cop working for Mayor Bradley.
Sadly no studio bit on it so they had to walk away. He said the executive from Netflix fell asleep during the pitch from Ellroy which is hard to imagine because he's quite the character.

Brian Helgeland On The ‘L.A. Confidential’ Sequel That Wasn’t & The Netflix Exec Who Fell Asleep During The Pitch – TIFF Studio

L.A. Confidential 2: Why Sequel Didn't Happen, Netflix Exec Who Fell Asleep - TIFF

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