Title |
City of lies. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment, [2021] |
Physical description |
1 DVD-video (107 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
General note |
Catalogued from container. |
Roadshow Entertainment : R-127019-9. |
Originally set to be released on September 7, 2018 by Global Road Entertainment, it was pulled from the schedule in August 2018; it has no new date, but it was screened out of competition at the Noir in Festival on December 8, 2018 and later received a limited release in Italy on January 10, 2019. |
"Who shot Biggie?" -- Cover. |
"The only thing more notorious than the crime was the cover up" -- Cover. |
Based on the nonfiction book LAbyrinth by Randall Sullivan. |
Credits note |
Directed by Brad Furman ; Screenplay by Christian Contreras. |
Performer note |
Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker. |
Summary |
Los Angeles Police department Detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case - the murders of the notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why, in search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web of institutional corruption and lies. |
Subject |
Sullivan, Randall -- Film adaptations |
Shakur, Tupac, -- 1971-1996 -- Drama |
Notorious B.I.G., -- 1972-1997 -- Drama |
Detectives -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama |
Police corruption -- Drama |
Police misconduct -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama |
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Drama |
Murder -- Drama |
Murder -- Investigation -- Drama |
Journalists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama |
Rap musicians -- Death -- Drama |
Feature films -- United States |
Motion pictures, American |
Crime films |
Detective and mystery films |
Biographical films |
Film adaptations |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
Additional author |
Furman, Brad director. |
Contreras, Christian screenwriter. |
Depp, Johnny actor. |
Whitaker, Forest actor. |
Sullivan, Randall |
Added title |
City of lies (Motion picture : 2018) |