Los Angeles Plays Itself
Documentary
Release Date
July 28, 2004
Duration
169 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Narrator (voice)
Encke King
Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)
Ben Alexander
Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Jim Backus
Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Brenda Bakke
Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)
Barbara O. Jones
Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage)
Gene Barry
Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)
Richard Basehart
George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
Hugh Beaumont
Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
William Bendix
Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)
Ann Blyth
Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)
Jim Bouton
FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)
Grand L. Bush
Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)
James Cagney
Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)
Lon Chaney Jr.
Matthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)
John Considine
Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
Bill Cosby
Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
Robert Culp
Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)
Howard Duff
Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)
Deanna Durbin
Mark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)
Mark Frechette
Nick Blake in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
John Garfield
Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
Ben Gazzara
Duffy in Chinatown (archive footage)
Bruce Glover
Joby in Earthquake (archive footage)
Marjoe Gortner
Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)
James Griffith
Daria in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)
Daria Halprin
Ollie (archive footage)
Oliver Hardy
Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)
Jean Harlow
Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)
Bob Hope
Georgia Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)
Lauren Hutton
Dean in Venice/Venice (archive footage)
Henry Jaglom
Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
David Janssen
Duty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
Peter Jason
Mulvihill in Chinatown (archive footage)
Roy Jenson
Sandman in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Jack Klugman
Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)
Alan Ladd
Stan (archive footage)
Stan Laurel
Uli in Die Hard (archive footage)
Al Leong
Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis
George Matthews in Model Shop (archive footage)
Gary Lockwood
Escobar in Chinatown (archive footage)
Perry Lopez
Detective DeLongpre in The Player (archive footage)
Lyle Lovett
Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray
Cliff Harper in Till the End of Time (archive footage)
Guy Madison
Walsh in Chinatown (archive footage)
Joe Mantell
Brett Chase in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Matt McCoy
Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)
Ralph Meeker
John 'Plato' Crawford in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Sal Mineo
Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)
Harry Morgan
Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
Robert Morley
Dennis Barlow in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
Robert Morse
Al Roberts in Detour (archive footage)
Tom Neal
Dr. Vance in Earthquake (archive footage)
Lloyd Nolan
Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)
Edmond O'Brien
Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)
Carroll O'Connor
Katherine in Chinatown (archive footage)
Belinda Palmer
Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)
Jürgen Prochnow
Rob in Annie Hall (archive footage)
Tony Roberts
President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
Cliff Robertson
The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Mitchell Ryan
Vera in Detour (archive footage)
Ann Savage
Monte Beragon in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)
Zachary Scott
Johnny Stompanato in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Paolo Seganti
Joe Brodnek in Flareup (archive footage)
James Stacy
Karen Carr in Unlawful Entry (archive footage)
Madeleine Stowe
Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
David Strathairn
Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
Gloria Swanson
Dave Purvis in Armoured Car Robbery (archive footage)
William Talman
Frankie Lymon in Why Do Fools Fall In Love (archive footage)
Larenz Tate
Al Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
George Tobias
Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (archive footage)
Lana Turner
Justine in Heat (archive footage)
Diane Venora
Mal Reese in Point Blank (archive footage)
John Vernon
Jake Scully in Body Double (archive footage)
Craig Wasson
Det. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Sergeant Joe Friday in Dragnet (archive footage)
Jack Webb
Michele in Flareup (archive footage)
Raquel Welch
Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)
James Whitmore
Griff Marat in Shockproof (archive footage)
Cornel Wilde
Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)
Mykelti Williamson
Wilbur Glenworthy in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
Jonathan Winters
Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Natalie Wood
Diz in Out of Bounds (archive footage)
Jenny Wright
Curly in Chinatown (archive footage)
Burt Young
Hollis Mulwray in Chinatown (archive footage)
Darrell Zwerling
Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
Kurt Russell
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