The Black Dahlia
Universal Pictures in association with Millennium Films present a Signature Pictures Production for Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III and Nu Image Entertainment GMBH; produced by Art Linson, Rudy Cohen, Moshe Diamant, and Avi Lerner; screenplay by Josh Friedman; directed by Brian De Palma
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Publication:
- Universal City, Calif. : Universal Pictures, [2006]
- Copyright:
- ©2006
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- Summary:
- Set in 1940s Los Angeles. Two police officers, Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard, investigate the death of Elizabeth Short - also known as The Black Dahlia, a young woman who is found brutally murdered. With a corpse so mutilated, the photos are kept from the public. Bucky soon realizes that his girlfriend had ties to the deceased, and soon after that, he begins uncovering corruption and conspiracy within the police department. The case becomes an obsession for the two men and their lives begin to unravel.
- Contributors:
- Language Notes:
- In English, dubbed Spanish, or dubbed French dialogue, with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned. - Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Black Dahlia [by Ellroy, J.]
- Subjects:
- Genres:
- System Details:
- DVD ; region 1 ; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
- Performers:
- Cast: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw, Patrick Fischler, James Otis.
- Production Credits:
- Director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; editor, Bill Pankow ; music, Mark Isham ; costume desiger, Jenny Beavan ; production designer, Dante Ferretti.
- General Notes:
- Based on the novel by James Ellroy.
Special features: "Reality and fiction: the story of 'The Black Dahlia" ; the case file ; the De Palma touch.
DVD release of the 2006 motion picture. - Audience:
- MPAA rating: R; for strong violence, some grisly images, sexual content and language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- BLA DVD
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 025192918025
Publisher Number, Universal Pictures: 61029180 - OCLC Numbers:
- 74496244
