L.A. Confidential (1997)
Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Produced by Regency Enterprises
Running time: 138 minutes

What the *&#! Is This About?
In Los Angeles of the early 1950s, Officer Bud White (Russell Crowe) stops on his way to deliver his fellow cops booze for a Christmas [...]

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Boogie Nights (1997)
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Produced by Ghoulardi Film Company/ Lawrence Gordon Productions/ New Line Cinema
Running time: 155 minutes

What the *&#! Is This About?
In the San Fernando Valley of 1977, busboy Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) catches the eye of Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), maker of “adult films, exotic pictures” [...]

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Heaven’s Gate (1980)
Written by Michael Cimino
Directed by Michael Cimino
Produced by United Artists
Running time: 219 minutes (original cut)

Synopsis
In Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Harvard College graduating class of the year 1870 – which includes James Averill (Kris Kristofferson) – assembles in a massive auditorium to hear a speech by their class orator, Billy Irvine (John Hurt). Irvine rejects [...]

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Synopsis
On the 6th of January 1917, five condemned French soldiers are brought to a trench in Somme: a once cheerful carpenter, who accidentally shot himself scattering away rats; a welder so disillusioned by the war that he burns his hand in an attempt to win a discharge; a brave farmer (Clovis Cornillac) who wounds [...]

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