Film Statistics
Director: Brian De Palma
Writer: Josh Friedman
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: September 15, 2006 (USA)
MPAA Rating: R
Distributor: Universal
Status: On DVD
Cast:
- Josh Hartnett
- Scarlett Johansson
- Aaron Eckhart
- Mia Kirshner
- Hilary Swank
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Synopsis:
"The Black Dahlia" weaves a fictionalized tale of obsession, love, corruption, greed and depravity
around the true story of the brutal murder of a fledgling Hollywood starlet that shocked and
fascinated the nation in 1947 and remains unsolved today. Two ex-pugilist cops, Lee Blanchard and
Bucky Bleichert, are called to investigate the homicide of ambitious silver-screen B-lister Betty
Ann Short-an attack so grisly that images of the killing were kept from the public.
While Blanchard's growing preoccupation with the sensational murder threatens his marriage to Kay,
his partner Bleichert finds himself attracted to the enigmatic Madeleine Linscott, the daughter of
one of the city's most prominent families-who just happens to have an unsavory connection to the
murder victim.
True crime meets urban legend when De Palma brings Ellroy's "The Black Dahlia" to the big screen.
Other Titles:
- Black Dahlia (Germany)
- Dália Negra (Brazil)
- Le Dahlia Noir (France)
- I Mavri Dalia (Greece)
- Musta Dahlia (Finland)
- Den Svarta Dahlian (Sweden)
Trivia
- Although the film is set in 1947 Los Angeles, part of the film was actually filmed in Bulgaria.
- The voice behind the camera interviewing the Black Dahlia is Brian De Palma himself.
- When Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert goes searching through some photographs, you can see a real autopsy photo of Elizabeth Short.
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