| Uniform Title |
City of lies (Motion picture : 2018) |
| Title |
City of lies. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment, [2021] |
| ©2018. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (107 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Roadshow Entertainment : R-127019-9. |
| Originally set to be released on September 7, 2018 by Global Road Entertainment, it was pulled from the schedule in August 2018; it has no new date, but it was screened out of competition at the Noir in Festival on December 8, 2018 and later received a limited release in Italy on January 10, 2019. |
| "Who shot biggie?" -- Cover. |
| "The only thing more notorious than the crime was the cover up" -- Cover. |
| Based on the nonfiction book LAbyrinth by Randall Sullivan. |
| Credits |
Directed by Brad Furman ; Screenplay by Christian Contreras. |
| Performers |
Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker. |
| Summary |
Los Angeles Police department Detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case - the murders of the notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why, in search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web of institutional corruption and lies. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+ |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1, Region 4, PAL, widescreen 16:9, letterbox 2.40:1. |
| Language note |
English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Subjects |
Sullivan, Randall -- Film adaptations |
| Shakur, Tupac, -- 1971-1996 -- Drama |
| Notorious B.I.G., -- 1972-1997 -- Drama |
| Detectives -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama |
| Police corruption -- Drama |
| Police misconduct -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama |
| Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Drama |
| Murder -- Drama |
| Murder -- Investigation -- Drama |
| Journalists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama |
| Rap musicians -- Death -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Crime films |
| Detective and mystery films |
| Biographical films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Furman, Brad director. |
| Contreras, Christian screenwriter. |
| Depp, Johnny actor. |
| Whitaker, Forest actor. |
| Sullivan, Randall. Labyrinth Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
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