Goofs: Crew or equipment visible: When Ludlow and Diskant are at Grills’ house, just after beating him with the telephone book, someone disappears through a door in the background and in the next shot the door moves and closes. If there was supposed to be someone else in the house someone would have noticed and/or mentioned it...
(more) Trivia: James Ellroy wrote the screenplay in the mid-1990's inspired by the
O.J. Simpson trial. Over the years,
Spike Lee,
David Fincher, and
Oliver Stone were attached to direct the film at various stages of pre-production.
Sean Penn was once attached to star.
John Ridley contributed to an early version of the screenplay.
(more) Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA
Quotes: [
first lines]
Boss Kim: Yo dawg.
Tom Ludlow: Konnichiwa.
Boss Kim: What?
Tom Ludlow: Konnichiwa. Konnichiwa. It means what's up. So what the fuck's up?
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