James Ellroy
Also Known As: Lee Earle Elroy
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a so-called "telegraphic" prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987), The Big Nowhere (1988), L.A. Confidential (1990), White Jazz (1992), American Tabloid (1995), The Cold Six Thousand (2001), and Blood's a Rover (2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Ellroy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: March 04, 1948
Age: 77 years old
Gender: Male
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Besuch bei James Ellroy
Overview: Documentary about James Ellroy
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Bazaar Bizarre: The Strange Case of Serial Killer Bob Berdella
Overview: In 1988, Chris Bryson was found running down a Kansas City street naked, beaten, and bloody wearing nothing but a dog collar and a leash. He told police about Bob Berdella, a local business man and how Berdella had caputed him, held him hostage, raped him, tortured him and photographed him over several days. Police later arrested Berdella and searched his home where they found several hundred polaroid photographs, a detailed torture log, envelopes of human teeth and a human skull. It was soon discovered that Berdella had murdered 6 young men in his home after drugging them and performing his sick acts of sexual torture. Some lived the horrors for only a few days, one for 6 weeks. After death Berdella would cut up the bodies with an electric chain saw and a bone knife, place the body parts in empty dog food bags for trash collection on Monday. Although he denied this, it is believed that Berdella used organs of the victims as in food dishes he would serve at his shop.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-16
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Los Angeles narrates
Overview: Documentary about Los Angeles.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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Wonder Boys
Overview: Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-22
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James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction
Overview: Welcome to Los Angeless, hipsters, baddest of the bad cities, home of James Ellory, pre-eminent crime novelist of our generation. "All LA crime lives in me," says Ellroy, in this guided tour of the city that feeds his nightmares.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Feast of Death
Overview: A documentary about James Ellroy and his fascination with unsolved murder cases, especially those of his mother, and the similar, infamous, Black Dahlia murder.
Genres: Documentary Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-09
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A Night at the Movies: Cops & Robbers and Crime Writers
Overview: Writers of crime fiction and nonfiction discuss influential movies about police officers and the criminal element.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-26
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Vakvagany
Overview: Hungarian home movies are examined by the likes of James Ellroy and Stan Brakhage for evidence of family problems.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-05
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Los Angeles Film Noir
Overview: A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-28
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Ronald Reagan, un président sur mesure
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-03-12
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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Overview: Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, mischievous misfits and flawed men - all caught in the wicked web of a twisted fate.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-18
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Stay Clean
Overview: A killer plays a risky game of cat and mouse with the investigating detectives. Short black and white film based on James Ellroy's serial killer novel "Killer on the Road".
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Shotgun Freeway
Overview: Before "L.A. Confidential", there was "Shotgun Freeway" -- the groundbreaking 1995 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with it's own history. Against a backdrop of never-before-seen archival footage, Shotgun Freeway presents a diverse group of "Angelinos" who guide the film through their own past as well as the city's. We get crime scribe James Ellroy reliving his youth as a burglar, Actor/writer Buck Henry's tour of Hollywood fakery, Jazzman Buddy Collette's trip down Central Avenue, Historian Mike Davis' tour of LA's eventual Armageddon, and writer Joan Didion's take on LA's own ephemerality. From the Beaches to the Valley, "Shotgun Freeway" will show you a Los Angeles you never knew existed.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-01
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James Ellroy: American Dog
Overview: A portrait of American crime writer James Ellroy that is a journey through his dark personal and literary obsessions, marked by the murder of his mother, Jean Ellroy, in 1958, when he was just a ten-year-old boy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-11-10
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Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Overview: Director Curtis Hanson and his cast and crew discuss the arduous but rewarding process of creating a modern classic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-23
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Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Overview: Curtis Hanson and his behind-the-scenes collaborators reveal the secrets of bringing 1950s Los Angeles to life in unforgettable style.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-23
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The Cost of Living: Creating the Prowler
Overview: The documentary covers the origins, history and curious stories behind the production along with a perceptive reading of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-01
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Shadows of Suspense
Overview: A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-22
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