L.A. Confidential/Trivia


 * All-Star Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito and James Cromwell.
 * Billing Displacement: Kevin Spacey is listed first, though Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce's roles are more substantial in the film. This is probably an effort to establish Spacey as a decoy protagonist considering he was the most famous actor in the film. Crowe was an unknown at the time, and only later became a "name" actor. The even lesser-known Pearce, who is arguably the main character, is given third billing after Crowe and Spacey.
 * Dueling Movies: In contest with Mulholland Falls (1996).
 * Fake American: Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce are Aussies.
 * Fake Irish: James Cromwell as Irish-American Dudley Smith, with a pretty decent accent.
 * A Good Name for a Rock Band: Rollo Tomasi certainly thought so.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!:
 * Arvin Sloane as D.A. Ellis Loew.
 * A young Simon Baker as Matt Reynolds.
 * Jim Brass as a blink-and-you'll-miss-it Mickey Cohen.
 * Edward R. Murrow as Pierce Patchett.
 * Mayor Bader as Chief Green.
 * Star-Making Role: Crowe and Pearce, but especially Crowe.