The Black Dahlia (2006)

Released: 2006-09-15 Duration: 2hr 1min

Genres: Crime Thriller Drama

Rating 5.6

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Inspired by the most notorious unsolved murder in California history.

Overview

In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.

Production Companies

The Linson Company

Universal Pictures

Signature Pictures

Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III

Davis Films

Millennium Media

Nu Image

Additional Info

Budget	$50,000,000.00
Revenue	$49,111,202.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	22.068

Directed By

Brian De Palma

Crew

Producer
Art Linson

Director
Brian De Palma

Producer
Rudy Cohen

Producer
Moshe Diamant

Original Music Composer
Mark Isham

Producer
Avi Lerner

Production Design
Dante Ferretti

Novel
James Ellroy

Director of Photography
Vilmos Zsigmond

Editor
Bill Pankow

Art Direction
Christopher Tandon

Screenplay
Josh Friedman

Co-Executive Producer
Gerd Koechlin

Co-Executive Producer
Manfred D. Heid

ADR Voice Casting
Sandy Holt

Visual Effects Coordinator
Lillani E. Moran

Co-Executive Producer
Samuel Hadida

Executive Producer
Rolf Deyhle

Executive Producer
Josef Lautenschlager

Boom Operator
Randall L. Johnson

Music Supervisor
Ashley Waldron

Executive Producer
Andreas Thiesmeyer

Executive Producer
Trevor Short

Digital Intermediate Colorist
Mike Sowa

Music Coordinator
Selena Arizanovic

First Assistant Director
Mark Egerton

Sound Assistant
Trent Richmond

Co-Executive Producer
Victor Hadida

Executive Producer
Henrik Huydts

Executive Producer
John Thompson

Co-Executive Producer
Jochen Kamlah

Post Production Coordinator
Candice Levy

Executive Producer
Danny Dimbort

Supervising Sound Editor
Paula Fairfield

Executive Producer
Boaz Davidson

Foley Recordist
Peter Persaud

Foley
Steve Baine

Construction Coordinator
David T. Cannon

ADR & Dubbing
Lisa J. Levine

Visual Effects Producer
Michele Ferrone

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Zsifkovits

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Todd Beckett

Special Effects Coordinator
Anthony Simonaitis

Sound Designer
Paula Fairfield

Sound Effects Editor
Carla Murray

Special Effects Coordinator
Kevin Hannigan

Sound Effects Editor
Lee de Lang

Visual Effects Supervisor
Mark Dornfeld

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Keith Elliott

Sound Effects Editor
Nathan Robitaille

Steadicam Operator
Jaromír Šedina

Gaffer
Nimi Getter

Camera Operator
Ross W. Clarkson

Still Photographer
Rolf Konow

Unit Publicist
Alisa Buckley

Music Editor
Ramiro Belgardt

Choreographer
Mia Frye

Still Photographer
Merrick Morton

Script Supervisor
Sue Field

Gaffer
Robert Jason

Costume Supervisor
Marisa Aboitiz

Set Costumer
Elitsa Taseva

Location Manager
Gabriel Georgiev

Publicist
Guy Adan

Transportation Coordinator
John W. Barbee

Studio Teachers
Nancy Pyne-Hapke

Camera Operator
Joseph D. Urbanczyk

Set Costumer
Ed Fincher

Stunt Coordinator
Amir Khalighi

Stunt Coordinator
Kaloian Vodenicharov

Camera Operator
Larry McConkey

Camera Operator
Neven Mihailova

Stunt Coordinator
Gary Hymes

Location Manager
David Diamond

Set Costumer
Jill Korengold

Hairstylist
Rosica Canovska

Makeup Artist
Heba Thorisdottir

Casting
Lucy Boulting

Casting
Johanna Ray

Casting
Teresa Razzauti

Hairstylist
Carol Pershing

Art Department Coordinator
Sara Philpott

Set Decoration
Elli Griff

Art Department Coordinator
Anna Hadzhieva

Hairstylist
Bonnie Clevering

Costume Design
Jenny Beavan

Makeup Artist
Zoltan Elek

Assistant Art Director
Ray Yamagata

Hairstylist
Elisabeth Fry

Art Department Coordinator
Irina Hadzhieva

Makeup Artist
Morag Ross

Makeup Artist
Dimitrina Stoyanova

Hairstylist
Barbara Olvera

Makeup Artist
Ivon Ivanova

Stunts
Stanimir Stamatov

Property Master
Dirk Buchmann

Supervising ADR Editor
Jill Purdy

Property Master
Melody Miller

Supervising Dialogue Editor
Jill Purdy

TOP CAST

Brian De Palma

Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)

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