[Movie Script]L.A. Confidential

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by
Brian Helgeland
Based on the novel by James Ellroy
November 16, 1995

Minor Revisions
        FADE IN:



OVER the opening strains of "I LOVE YOU, CALIFORNIA," a

MONTAGE:  a mixture of headlines, newsreel footage and

live action.  Economy Booming!  Postwar Optimism!  L.A.:

City of the Future!  But most prominent among them:

GANGLAND!  Police photographers document crime scenes.

The meat wagon hauls ex-button men to the morgue.  Where

will it end?
        EXT. L.A. SKYLINE - SUNSET



Palm trees in silhouette against a cherry sky.  City

lights twinkle.  Los Angeles.  A place where anything is

possible.  A place where dreams come true.  As the sky

darkens, triple-kleig lights begin to sweep back and

forth.
        EXT. MANSION (HANCOCK PARK) - NIGHT


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