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Movie: The Black Dahlia (2006)

• Director: Brian De Palma
• Release Date: 19 October 2006 (Hong Kong)
• Run Time: 121 min
• Country: Germany , USA
• Genre: Crime , Drama , History , Mystery , Romance , Thriller  
• MPAA: Rated R for strong violence, some grisly images, sexual content and language.

Tagline: Inspired by the most notorious unsolved murder in California history.

Trivia: When The Brazilian Job (2011) was pushed further back in development, Mark Wahlberg, director Brian De Palma’s first choice, was once again available for shooting. However, Wahlberg was offered the chance to work with Martin Scorsese on The Departed (2006) and thusly turned down the role, which eventually went to Aaron Eckhart.
 

Goofs: Continuity: When Bucky and Madeleine are talking at Buck’s car, the bonnet is glittering with raindrops. A few seconds later, when they continue their conversation inside the car, the bonnet is dry.
 

“In 1946, the former boxers Dwight “Bucky” Bleichert and Lee Blanchard are policemen in Los Angeles. Lee has a good relationship with his chief and uses a box fight between them to promote the department and get a raise to the police force. They succeed and are promoted to homicide detectives, working together. Bucky becomes a close friend of Lee and his girlfriend Kay Lake, forming a triangle of love. When the corpse of the aspirant actress Elizabeth Short is found mutilated, Lee becomes obsessed to solve the case called by the press Black Dahlia. Meanwhile, Bucky’s investigation leads him to a Madeleine Linscott, the daughter of a powerful and wealthy constructor that resembles the Black Dahlia. In an environment of corruption and lies, Bucky discloses hidden truths. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”