Dark Blue

Sworn to protect. Sworn to serve. Sworn to secrecy.
Dark Blue (2002)
Timing: 1:58 (118 min)
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Budget
$15 000 000
Revenue
$12 150 301
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Director
Scenario
Producer
Caldecot Chubb, James Jacks, Sean Daniel, David Blocker, Moritz Borman, Guy East, Nigel Sinclair
Operator
Barry Peterson
Artist
J. Dennis Washington
Audition
Editing
Patrick Flannery, Paul Seydor
All team (29)

Short description

Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.

What's left behind the scenes

  • Mystery writer James Ellroy publicly stated that he had no involvement in the making of the film. This was because David Ayer completely rewrote his screenplay, leaving only the names of some characters untouched.
  • The scene with Kurt Russell in the hotel room was filmed in one take.
  • The plot unfolds during the Watts riots (a district of Los Angeles) from August 11 to 17, 1965. In 1992, James Ellroy made several changes to the plot at the request of producer Caldecot Chubb, but after seeing the film, he refused to participate in its promotional campaign.
  • Detective novelist James Ellroy stated publicly that he took no part in the work on the film. This is because David Ayer completely rewrote his script, leaving only the names of some characters untouched.
  • The scene with Kurt Russell in the hotel room was filmed in a single take.
  • The plot unfolds during the Watts riots (a neighborhood in Los Angeles) between August 11 and 17, 1965. In 1992, James Ellroy slightly altered the plot at the request of producer Caldecott Chubb, but after seeing the film, he refused to participate in its promotional campaign.

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