Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)

ALL 07/28/2004 (en) Documentary 169 Min
  • Release
    07/28/2004
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    76.73%
  • Original title
    Los Angeles Plays Itself
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.

  1. Thom Andersen

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Thom Andersen

    Producer



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  1. Encke King

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Ben Alexander

    Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

  3. Jim Backus

    Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

  4. Brenda Bakke

    Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

  5. Barbara O. Jones

    Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)

  6. Gene Barry

    Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage)

  7. Richard Basehart

    Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)

  8. Hugh Beaumont

    George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

  9. William Bendix

    Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

  10. Ann Blyth

    Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

  11. Jim Bouton

    Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)

  12. Grand L. Bush

    FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)

  13. James Cagney

    Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

  14. Lon Chaney Jr.

    Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

  15. John Considine

    Matthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

  16. Bill Cosby

    Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

  17. Robert Culp

    Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

  18. Howard Duff

    Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)

  19. Deanna Durbin

    Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)

  20. Mark Frechette

    Mark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

  21. John Garfield

    Nick Blake in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)

  22. Ben Gazzara

    Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)

  23. Bruce Glover

    Duffy in Chinatown (archive footage)

  24. Marjoe Gortner

    Joby in Earthquake (archive footage)

  25. James Griffith

    Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)

  26. Daria Halprin

    Daria in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

  27. Oliver Hardy

    Ollie (archive footage)

  28. Jean Harlow

    Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

  29. Bob Hope

    Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)

  30. Lauren Hutton

    Georgia Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

  31. Henry Jaglom

    Dean in Venice/Venice (archive footage)

  32. David Janssen

    Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

  33. Peter Jason

    Duty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)

  34. Roy Jenson

    Mulvihill in Chinatown (archive footage)

  35. Jack Klugman

    Sandman in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

  36. Alan Ladd

    Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)

  37. Stan Laurel

    Stan (archive footage)

  38. Al Leong

    Uli in Die Hard (archive footage)

  39. Jerry Lewis

    Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)

  40. Gary Lockwood

    George Matthews in Model Shop (archive footage)

  41. Perry Lopez

    Escobar in Chinatown (archive footage)

  42. Lyle Lovett

    Detective DeLongpre in The Player (archive footage)

  43. Fred MacMurray

    Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)

  44. Guy Madison

    Cliff Harper in Till the End of Time (archive footage)

  45. Joe Mantell

    Walsh in Chinatown (archive footage)

  46. Matt McCoy

    Brett Chase in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

  47. Ralph Meeker

    Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)

  48. Sal Mineo

    John 'Plato' Crawford in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

  49. Harry Morgan

    Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)

  50. Robert Morley

    Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 86 , Crews : 7

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Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004) 169 Min

ALL 07/28/2004 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 07/28/2004
  • Production
  • Original title Los Angeles Plays Itself
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.

  1. Thom Andersen

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Peter Bo Rappmund

    Editor

  4. Thom Andersen

    Producer