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The Black Dahlia

Produced by Rudy Cohen, Mosche Diamant, Art Linson, directed by Brian De Palma; screenplay by Josh Friedman, based on a novel by James Ellroy; cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond; production design by Dante Ferretti; edited by Bill Pankow; costumes by Jenny Beavan; original music by Mark Isham, starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw, Patrick Fischler, James Otis and John Kavanagh. Color, 121 mins. A Universal Pictures release.

That Old-School cineaste Brian De Palma still believes in a politics/film connection. His latest feature The Black Dahlia, about the 1947 murder ...

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