Tag: James Ellroy

Rampart Script

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Year:2011
Director:Oren Moverman
Written by:James Ellroy (Screenplay), Oren Moverman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
Rampart Script Resources:

  • Rampart Script PDF - [ELLROY-MOVERMAN][YELLOW REV 10-21-2010] at Script Fly ($)
  • Rampart Transcript at scripts.com

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Street Kings Script

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Year:2008
Director:David Ayer
Written by:Jamie Moss (Screenplay), Kurt Wimmer (Screenplay), James Ellroy (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.
Street Kings Script Resources:

  • Street Kings Script PDF - 9/2/97 2ND at Script City ($)
  • Street Kings Script PDF - [Aka Night Watchman] [ELLROY][2ND 9-2-1997] at Script Fly ($)
  • Street Kings Script PDF - [ELLROY-MOSS][UNDATED] at Script Fly ($)
  • Street Kings Transcript at scripts.com

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Dark Blue Script

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Year:2002
Director:Ron Shelton
Written by:David Ayer (Screenplay), James Ellroy (Story)

Script Synopsis:Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
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Cop Script

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Year:1988
Director:James B. Harris
Written by:James Ellroy (Novel), James B. Harris (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
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The Black Dahlia

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Year:2006
Director:Brian De Palma
Written by:Josh Friedman (Screenplay), James Ellroy (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert are former boxers-turned-cops in 1940s Los Angeles and, when an aspiring young actress turns up dead, Blanchard and Bleichert must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer.
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L.A. Confidential

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Year:1997
Director:Curtis Hanson
Written by:James Ellroy (Author), Brian Helgeland (Screenplay), Curtis Hanson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
L.A. Confidential Script Resources:

  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF at Script Slug
  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF at Script Slug
  • L.A. Confidential Script - November 16, 1995 Revised at The Daily Script
  • L.A. Confidential Script at The Daily Script
  • L.A. Confidential Script - 1995-11 Draft at IMSDb
  • L.A. Confidential Script - Draft script. November 16, 1995 at Screenplays For You
  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF - [Rev 1996-03-06] at Script Fly ($)
  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF - [1996-05-03] at Script Fly ($)
  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF - [Rev 1996-11-5] at Script Fly ($)
  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF - (XL) 11/5/96 REVISED at Script City ($)
  • L.A. Confidential Script PDF - (EARLY) 11/16/95 at Script City ($)
  • L.A. Confidential Script at Amazon ($)

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