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The Black Dahlia (Widescreen Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025192918025
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed),
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: 61029180
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 26, 2006
Running Time: 122 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: September 15, 2006
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Editorial Review:
Inspired by the Most Notorious Unsolved Murder in California History.From the acclaimed director of Scarface and the author of LA Confidential comes the spellbinding thriller The Black Dahlia. Two ambitious cops Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) and Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) investigate the shocking murder of an aspiring young starlet. With a corpse so mutilated that photos are kept from the public the case becomes an obsession for the men and their lives begin to unravel. Blanchard's relationship with his girlfriend Kay (Scarlett Johansson) deteriorates while Bleichert finds himself drawn to the enigmatic Madeleine (Hilary Swank) a wealthy woman with a dark and twisted connection to the victim.System Requirements:Running Time: 122 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 025192918025 Manufacturer No: 61029180
The Black Dahlia drips with film noir atmospherics as it unspools a lurid and complicated story taken from James Ellroy's true-crime-inspired novel of the same name. Two boxers-turned-cops--Lee "Mr. Fire" Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart, Thank You For Smoking) and Bucky "Mr. Ice" Bleichert (Josh Hartnett, Black Hawk Down)--are morally tested as they pursue the killer of a young would-be actress, grappling with corruption, narcissism, stag films, and family madness along the way. L.A. Confidential turned Ellroy's heated prose into a taut, compelling movie, but The Black Dahlia collapses like a soggy meringue. Director Brian De Palma (who once made such vibrant, entertaining movies as Carrie and The Untouchables) can't muster the energy to craft one of his trademark bravura action sequences and seems outright bored by the more mundane tasks of shaping performances and establishing mood. The actors flounder; Eckhart seems to be emoting for two, perhaps to compensate for Hartnett's bland lack of affect; even actresses as dependable as Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation) and Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry) give clumsy, unconvincing performances. The one exception is an unsettling performance by Mia Kirshner (Exotica) as the doomed actress, seen only in perverse screen tests and stag films. The story is incomprehensible (and when you can follow it, it's silly); the dialogue is atrocious; the characters make hardly any sense from scene to scene. The movie is, however, good for many moments of absurd camp, such as when Bucky enters the most lavish, palatial lesbian bar you'll ever see, featuring a Busby-Berkeley-style stairway of smooching babes and a crooning k.d. lang. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - SO MUCH POTENTIAL, SO MUCH WASTED 6 OUT OF 10
I like crime dramas, they are a very sophisticated form of film and most of them have been compelling and rather interesting and they really know how to deliver plots and twists. This film however, squanders the potential it has by not taking its interesting ideas anywhere. Scenes go back and forth and really don't have much to do with the Black Dahlia murder most of the time, but rather it feels like a chronicle of the life of a cop and his sexcapades while supposedly investigating a murder.
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Rating: - Nothing but boring...
So the story is cool, some of the imagery is cool, but Josh Hartnett as a detective? No. Also, the pace was slow, and really did not give us much of an ending either.
Now, I am a big advocate of a movie with subtlety, which most people find slow and boring, but this is slow and boring, and without subtlety. Just a reason to put Mia Kirshner in some sexy scenes before she is killed.
Now, this was based on a true event from many years ago, and with true stories, Hollywood normally jazzes ... Read More
Rating: - Expectations are an amazing thing...
Expectations can be a funny thing. They are but one factor that effects how much we like or dislike a given movie but nevertheless quite significant. How many movies(or books) did we dislike upon seeing or reading because our expectations were high or awry prior to examination? Have you ever read a book or seen a movie that you had low expectations for that was actually quite enjoyable?
Today I experienced just that with The Black Dahlia. I picked up a used copy for $5.00 knowing how ... Read More
Rating:  - Good however!!!
If you like China Town, The 2 Jakes and Devil in a Blue Dress, Then you will probably like this movie as well. The film noir mood is the hook.
No........ it isn't as good as any of the first there named above BUT they haven't made any of the above for 10 to 20 years.....and if your mouth is watering for something like the above then this may sooth your apetite.
Better than LA Confidential.
Rating: - A twisted plot is not the only problem
The style and the camera movement of the movie is very good. However, the plot is nigh incomprehensible. The main character keeps get flashbacks and has a miracously ability to put all the pieces together with the small pieces of information. I kept thinking, "Yes, but how in the world did he figure out where ...?" Some mysteries like the "Big Sleep" can overcome incomprehensible plots, but these mysteries need a strong lead like Bogart. Unfortunately, Hartnett does not carry the film. He's ok, but he ... Read More
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