Director: Brian De Palma

Writer: Josh Friedman

From a novel by: James Ellroy

Keywords: Crime

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Aaron Eckhart	Actor	12-Mar-1968		Chad In the Company of Men
Josh Hartnett	Actor	21-Jul-1978		The Virgin Suicides
Gregg Henry	Actor	6-May-1952		The Big Brass Ring
Scarlett Johansson	Actor	22-Nov-1984		Ghost World, Lost in Translation
Mia Kirshner	Actor	25-Jan-1975		The L Word
Rose McGowan	Actor	5-Sep-1973		Paige Matthews on Charmed
Rachel Miner	Actor	29-Jul-1980		The Guiding Light
Anthony Russell	Actor	?		Life with Bonnie
Fiona Shaw	Actor	10-Jul-1958		British theatre actress
Mike Starr	Actor	29-Jul-1950		Goodfellas
Hilary Swank	Actor	30-Jul-1974		Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry

REVIEWS

Review by Elliott Bernshaw (posted on 28-Oct-2007)

Rather incomprehensible. Star talent couldn't keep my interest (boxing and boxer-mentality strongly turn me off). I couldn't follow the twists in the plot, and after half way into the movie, frankly I didn't care what was happening. This film I found similar to Chinatown. But 'Chinatown' kept my interest glued, and I eagerly went back repeated times to view it again and again, and was thrilled to finally figure it all out. Obviously, 'Chinatown's' Jack Nicholson was far more riviting than Josh Harnett will ever be. Same for Faye Dunaway being far over the ladies in 'Black Dahlia.' Of course, 'Chinatown' had what some claim to be one the best scripts ever written (?!). And 'Black Dahlia's' director De Palma has always made disappointing movies for me ('Red Planet', etc.). The only thing attractive about 'Black Dahlia' was watching Johansson and Swank disrobing or getting their clothes torn off (I never realized that both these ladies have 'full' figures, especially boyish-typed Swank!). Too bad, however, that more nudity wasn't clearly shown. Conclusion, I will never watch this film again. (Realize that I am a Bogart fan, I liked Costner's 'Untouchables,' 'Chinatown,' 'The Sting,' Harrison Ford-Brad Pitt's Irish terrorist movie, etc.) P.S. to editors: we submitters could use a spell crecker!

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