L.A. Confidential trivia
L.A. Confidential Mini Quiz
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Which 1997 neo-noir film starred two breakout actors as LAPD cops, who later led the films Gladiator and Christopher Nolan's Memento?
Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce were relatively unknown Australian actors before starring in L.A. Confidential, a casting choice that initially made the studio nervous.
Kim Basinger won an Oscar in L.A. Confidential playing a woman made to look like which 1940s actress, famous for her "peek-a-boo" hair?
The real Veronica Lake was a 1940s noir star who famously changed her signature style during WWII to stop female factory workers from getting their hair caught in machinery.
L.A. Confidential detective Jack Vincennes serves what unusual role for the police department?
Kevin Spacey plays Vincennes, whose advisory role on the fictional show Badge of Honor mirrors the real-life LAPD involvement with the classic police series Dragnet.
The secret prostitution ring in L.A. Confidential uses plastic surgery to achieve what goal?
The illicit Fleur de Lis service capitalizes on Hollywood obsessions by having its workers surgically altered to resemble famous classic actresses like Rita Hayworth.
Fleur-de-Lis, a prostitution ring in L.A. Confidential, alters its workers to achieve what goal?
The ring, run by Pierce Patchett, uses extensive plastic surgery to make the sex workers perfectly mimic Golden Age Hollywood legends like Veronica Lake and Rita Hayworth.