The Black Dahlia

Resource Information

The work The Black Dahlia represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The Black Dahlia

Statement of responsibility

Millennium Films ; Signature Films ; Nu-Image Films ; Davis-Films ; Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III ; Signature Pictures ; produced by Rudy Cohen, Moshe Diamant, Art Linson ; screenplay by Josh Friedman ; directed by Brian De Palma

Contributor

• Davis-Film (Firm)
• Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III
• Millennium Films
• Nu Image (Firm)
• Signature Films (Firm)
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Beavan, Jenny, 1950-
• Cohen, Rudy
• De Palma, Brian
• Diamant, Moshe
• Eckhart, Aaron
• Ellroy, James, 1948-
• Ferretti, Dante, 1943-
• Fischler, Patrick, 1969-
• Friedman, Josh
• Hartnett, Josh, 1978-
• Isham, Mark
• Johansson, Scarlett, 1984-
• Kavanagh, John, (Actor)
• Kirshner, Mia, 1976-
• Linson, Art
• Otis, James
• Pankow, Bill
• Shaw, Fiona, 1958-
• Starr, Mike, 1950-
• Swank, Hilary
• Zsigmond, Vilmos

Subject

• Detective and mystery films
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Man-woman relationships -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
• Murder -- Investigation -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
• Mutilation -- Drama
• Police -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
• Short, Elizabeth, 1924-1947 -- Drama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Detective and mystery films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Set in 1940s Los Angeles. Two police officers, Bucky Bleichert and his partner, Lee Blanchard, investigate the brutal murder of Elizabeth Short, also known as The Black Dahlia. With a corpse so mutilated that the photos are kept from the public, the case becomes an obsession for the men and their lives begin to unravel

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; editor, Bill Pankow ; music, Mark Isham ; costume desiger, Jenny Beavan ; production designer, Dante Ferretti

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for strong violence, some grisly images, sexual content and language

Language note

English, dubbed Spanish or dubbed French dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1995.9.D4

LC item number

B5335 2006

PerformerNote

Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw, Patrick Fischler, James Otis, John Kavanagh

Runtime

122

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action