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The police, led by captain dudley, convince wiseguys from jersey, cleveland, and elsewhere to go home. Luckily, no shots are fired, no dames get in the way and no blood is shed. Rich developer, pierce patchett, runs a stable of highclass hookers who are ringers for movie stars. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Movie directors often choose modernist homes in hollywood area to serve as. Confidential ignores that message and has a fine set of balls to do so. Pierce patchetts home is the lovell house, a famous international style mansion designed by richard neutra. Confidential is a 1997 american neonoir crime film directed, produced and cowritten by. Confidential is a 1997 american neonoir crime film directed, produced and cowritten by curtis hanson. I wanted pierce patchett to have that howard hughes quality of being. The title refers to the 1950s scandal magazine confidential, portrayed in the film as hushhush. Confidential picks up on the promise of this scene, and, frankly, its worth wading through the first sections of this movie to get to it. By the mid50s, robert harrisons confidential magazine was the scourge of hollywood, naming names and dishing dirt, with its army of tipsters, private eyes, and libel lawyers.

Confidential as the home of pierce morehouse patchett, played by david strathairn. Confidential is screening inside one of its most iconic locations. The screenplay by hanson and brian helgeland is based on james ellroys 1990 novel of the same name, the third book in his l. The lovell health house launched neutras careerhe described it as. Curtis hanson, the director and oscarwinning screenwriter whose eclectic body of work included the film noir l. Remember dear readers, you heard it here first, off the record on the qt and very hush hush. Confidential with a special benefit screening at one of the 1997 academy awardwinning films. Confidential, the movies dinner jacket takes the form of. Lovell health house designed by richard neutra in 1929.

Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. The national enquirer of the 1950s when confidential magazine launched in 1952, it feasted on the type of juicy gossip that could launch or ruin a career. In the movie david strathiarn plays pierce patchett, a very wealthy businessman who runs a high class prostitution ring, where all of the prostitutes are made up to look like famous actresses. Confidential, sleazy pimp pierce patchett played by david strathairn throws a party there featuring his girls. Patchetts burly bodyguard starts over from the house. The film tells the story of a group of lapd officers in 1953, and the intersection of police corruption and hollywood celebrity. If you spend a few nights at my house, ill start to think of you as family.