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The Black Dahlia

Year:

2006

Duration:

121 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.6

Director:

Brian De Palma

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations

Details

Country: Germany

Release Date: 2006-09-15

Filming Locations: Bulgaria

Earnings

Budget: $50,000,000

Opening Weekend: $10,005,895 (USA) (17 September 2006)

Gross: $22,518,325 (USA) (22 October 2006)

Cast

Actor

Character

Scarlett Johansson

The Black Dahlia

Josh Hartnett

Dwight 'Bucky' Bleichert

Aaron Eckhart

Lee Blanchard

Hilary Swank

Madeleine Linscott

Mia Kirshner

Elizabeth Short

Mike Starr

Det. Russ Millard

Fiona Shaw

Ramona Linscott

Patrick Fischler

Deputy DA Ellis Loew

James Otis

Dolph Bleichert

John Kavanagh

Emmett Linscott

Troy Evans

Chief Ted Green

Anthony Russell

Morrie Friedman

Pepe Serna

Tomas Dos Santos

Angus MacInnes

Capt. John Tierney (as Angus MacInnis)

Rachel Miner

Martha Linscott

Victor McGuire

Sgt. Bill Koenig

Gregg Henry

Pete Lukins

Jemima Rooper

Lorna Mertz

Rose McGowan

Sheryl Saddon

Luis Daniel Ponce

Mp (as Dan Ponce)

Graham Norris

Cop

Mike O'Connell

Shore Patrol

Michael P. Flannigan

Desk Officer (as Michael Flannigan)

John Solari

Baxter Fitch

Stephanie L. Moore

Baxter Fitch's Girlfriend

Noel Arthur

Gunman #1

Todd Thomas

Gunman #2

Steve Eastin

Detective

Ian McNeice

Coroner

Claudia Katz

Frolic Bartender

Mia Frye

Laverne Bartender

Richard Brake

Bobby DeWitt

William Finley

George Tilden (as Bill Finley)

Joost Scholte

Madeleine's GI

Fatso-Fasano

Dealer (as Fatso Fasano)

Teo

Friedman's Tough Guy #1

Kiril Efremov

Friedman's Tough Guy #2 (as Kiril Eframov)

Petar Milchev

Perp

Désirée Cyganek

Lesbian Bar Dancer (uncredited)

Brian De Palma

Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)

Kevin Dunn

Elizabeth Short's Father (uncredited)

Paul Grace

Motorcycle Police Officer (uncredited)

k.d. lang

Lesbian Bar Singer (uncredited)

David Raibon

Black Man (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

James B. Harris first optioned the film rights when the book came out in 1986.

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James Horner was previously attached, before Mark Isham was hired to score the film.

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The source novel comes from the same series as L.A. Confidential (1997), with Patrick Fischler playing the younger version of Ron Rifkin's character Ellis Loew from that story. The book also featured a younger version of Darrell Sandeen's character Leland "Buzz" Meeks.

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Goofs

At the beginning of the movie, set around the 1942-3 Zoot Suit Riots, Bleickert hands his father a model and says "C'mon Dad, you haven't finished this model yet." From the shape of the wings it is clearly a P-47 Thunderbolt, but the shape of the fuselage shows that it is the later 'bubble canopy' model P-47 G or H, which did not fly until late 1944.

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After the shooting at Nash's, when Lee is smoking a cigarette, the usage of a split field lens is visible.

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In a voice-over describing attacks, one detective uses the phrase "senior citizens." That term was not coined until 1955 or so, and even then was not widely used until after 1970.

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Quotes

Russ Millard: All right, listen up. No reporters view the body. You photo men - finish taking your pictures now. Coroner's men - put a sheet on the body as soon as they are done. We set up a perimeter six feet back. Any reporter crosses it - arrest him. Now gentlemen, before this gets out of hand, let's put the kibosh on something. With publicity, you get confessions. With confessions, you get crazies, liars, and false leads. So, we keep some things quiet. The uh, ear to ear facial lacerations, disembowelment - you keep this information to yourselves. Not your wives, not your girlfriends, and no other officers, and I mean no... Bleichert, what the hell are you doing here? Where the hell's Blanchard? Ofcr. Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert: He's right here.

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Ofcr. Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert: [voiceover] Mr. Fire versus Mr. Ice. For everything people were making it out to be, you'd think it was our first fight. It wasn't. And it wouldn't be our last.

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Emmet Linscott: What kind of name is Bleichert? Dutch?

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