police station.
Yes, they got her.
Il call back later.
... while we waited in class
for the teacher,
the agency came and said,
she wouldn come anymore.
What wrong, guys?
Why the sad faces?
How was your day?
Fine.
He told me everything.
- What do you mean?
About my English teacher.
What are you doing in there?
Laundry.
I had an accident in bed.
In bed? That hasn happened
since ten years.
What wron
POLICE BADGE and hanging
it around his neck. Charlie quickly follows suit.
A HALF DOZEN COPS
line the patrons up against the wall. The Asst. D.A.,
PATTY ZACHARA, climbs onto the crap table. A petite,
nervous woman, Patty has dressed in a Channel suit for the
occasion.
ZACHARA
Settle down. Hey, quiet... Please.
Not a prayer.
NICK
SHUT THE HELL UP, GODDAMNIT!
That quiets them.
NICK
My name is Conkl
Police.
Thats Charlies home- modest, like the man.
Even though he lived on the water,
Charlie wasnt much of a swimmer...
which will come into play a little later in our story.
But lm getting way ahead of myself.
You know, maybe its best if we just go back and begin at the beginning.
As a young man, Charlie had the world by its bootstraps.
He was the best young trooper on the force...
and was dati
police radio...
OFFICER
APO 657, Unit 25 to APO 478t APO
657t Unit 25 to APO 478.
RADIO RESPONSE
Go ahead, Unit 25.
OFFICER
Escape in progress. Two officers
shot off rail crossing 31.
Prisoners escaping. Two men, one
six-four, 200 pounds, dark, an
Indian, the other, Albert Ganz,
five-ten...
FURTHER DOWN THE HIGHWAY
Several miles from the escape... A big semi parked by the
side of ttie road; back
police arent
interested in finding the killers
because the victims
were prostitutes?
The suggestion that were not
treating this case diligently
is not only false but offensive.
Weve already spent
man-hours on this case...
What do you know about the killer?
I cant tell you
all that we know, but hes male...
- You got the job. That job?
- Yeah.
Jesus.
That sounds disgusting.
Dont you think? Dont you
police brought me some photographs.
They wanted to know if any of my patients...
was capable of doing whats in those photographs.
Im gonna show them to you.
- Why? - Because when you talked about murder on the tapes,
I assumed it was just hallucinations.
Thats what I assumed.
What you described on those tapes, Aaron,
was very detailed, very specific.
- Houses, faces.
These houses, these faces.
No
police in Belfast.
I was a Handler with the Special Branch.
My codename was Fergus.
You see, by 1 988, Belfast had been
a battleground for 20 years.
The Irish Republican Army against
Unionist Ulster Defense Force.
Both were illegal armies.
It was about freedom.
Police barricaded all
roads leading to...
Unionists want Northern Ireland
to stay as part of the United Kingdom.
Catholic Republicans wan
Police boat.
Stop!
Ahoy there!
Son, are you all right?
- Where are you headed?
- Nowhere.
Some lady thought she saw a raft
here yesterday.
A man on it wearing a prison suit.
Did you see anything like that?
- No.
- Tie up a line. Well tow you in.
That was the end of it.
Perhaps you had an experience
like that as a child and told no one.
Perhaps you had a brush with
a world so large you seldom...
.
policeman?
No!
Then I will not
answer your questions.
Please. Im trying
to conclude his affairs.
Van Beethoven is dead.
Alas, yes.
Best thing for him.
He was a terrible man!
Then he stayed here?
A long time ago,
too long to remember.
I can remember only the damage.
The damage?
I was never paid for the damage.
He smashed it all up. Everything!
There was a chair, three florins.
Window, five. I had
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
by Brian Helgeland
Based on the novel by James Ellroy
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November 16, 1995
Minor Revisions
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FADE IN:
OVER the opening strains of "I LOVE YOU, CALIFORNIA," a
MONTAGE: a mixture of headlines, newsreel footage and
live action. Economy Booming! Postwar Optimism! L.A.:
City of the Future! But most prominent among them:
GANGLAND! Police photographers document crime scenes.