The Black Dahlia [videorecording] / Millennium Films ; Signature Films ; Nu-Image Films ; Davis-Films ; Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III ; Signature Pictures ; produced by Rudy Cohen, Moshe Diamant, Art Linson ; screenplay by Josh Friedman ; directed by Brian De Palma.
Title from container. 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 presented by Volkswagen. Josh Harnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw, Patrick Fischler, James Otis, John Kavanagh.
Summary:
Set in 1940s Los Angeles. Two police officers, Bucky Bleichert and his partner, 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 departmen. The case becomes an obsession for the two men and their lives begin to unravel.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.