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ROMAN HOLIDAY
(A newsreel begins:)
--PARAMOUNT NEWS--
NEWS FLASH
(A commentator describes the newsreel showing Princess Ann at several ceremonies in various European locations.)
NEWSREEL
Paramount News brings you a special coverage of Princess Anns visit to London, the first stop on her much publicised goodwill
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-- but, for some reason, its not a human cry, but the
CROWING OF A ROOSTER -- and when we PULL BACK OUT we see that
what were now watching is the Crowing Rooster and four
blazing camera lenses that was the logo of the old PATHE
NEWSREEL. The stentorian VOICE OF PATHE booms OVER:
VOICE OF PATHE
October 11, 1931: Los Angeles!
Dithering, Bernard Herrmann-like strings swell up.
CUT TO (B&W)
A
JFK
FADE IN:
Credits run in counterpoint through a 7 to 10 minute sequence of
documentary images setting the tone of John F. Kennedys Presidency and
the atmosphere of those tense times, 1960 through 1963. An omniscient
narrators voice marches us through in old time Pathe newsreel fashion.
VOICE
January, 1961 - President Dwight D. Eisenhowers
Farewell Address to the Nation -
EISENHOWER ADDRES
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.
newsreel and stock footage. Some portions of the film consist of the same commercial, repeated over and over again, for more than half an hour. Strips of 35mm still picture film are also included in the film; at times, the images are run upside down, and in reverse.
The film was produced by Anthony Scott in association with the Swiss Film Centre, London. The first public screening of the film too