Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2004-07-28
  • User Rating: 7.7/10 from 52 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 49min
  • Language: English
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Thom Andersen
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Summary

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.

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  • Encke King

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Ben Alexander

    as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

  • Jim Backus

    as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

  • Brenda Bakke

    as Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

  • Barbara O. Jones

    as Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)

  • Gene Barry

    as Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage)

  • Richard Basehart

    as Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)

  • Hugh Beaumont

    as George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

  • William Bendix

    as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

  • Ann Blyth

    as Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

  • Jim Bouton

    as Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)

  • Grand L. Bush

    as FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)

  • James Cagney

    as Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

  • Lon Chaney Jr.

    as Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

  • John Considine

    as Matthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

  • Bill Cosby

    as Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

  • Robert Culp

    as Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

  • Howard Duff

    as Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)

  • Deanna Durbin

    as Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)

  • Mark Frechette

    as Mark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

  • John Garfield

    as Nick Blake in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)

  • Ben Gazzara

    as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)

  • Bruce Glover

    as Duffy in Chinatown (archive footage)

  • Marjoe Gortner

    as Joby in Earthquake (archive footage)

  • James Griffith

    as Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)

  • Daria Halprin

    as Daria in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

  • Oliver Hardy

    as Ollie (archive footage)

  • Jean Harlow

    as Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

  • Bob Hope

    as Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)

  • Lauren Hutton

    as Georgia Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

  • Henry Jaglom

    as Dean in Venice/Venice (archive footage)

  • David Janssen

    as Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

  • Peter Jason

    as Duty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)

  • Roy Jenson

    as Mulvihill in Chinatown (archive footage)

  • Jack Klugman

    as Sandman in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

  • Alan Ladd

    as Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)

  • Stan Laurel

    as Stan (archive footage)

  • Al Leong

    as Uli in Die Hard (archive footage)

  • Jerry Lewis

    as Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)

  • Gary Lockwood

    as George Matthews in Model Shop (archive footage)

  • Perry Lopez

    as Escobar in Chinatown (archive footage)

  • Lyle Lovett

    as Detective DeLongpre in The Player (archive footage)

  • Fred MacMurray

    as Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)

  • Guy Madison

    as Cliff Harper in Till the End of Time (archive footage)

  • Joe Mantell

    as Walsh in Chinatown (archive footage)

  • Matt McCoy

    as Brett Chase in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

  • Ralph Meeker

    as Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)

  • Sal Mineo

    as John 'Plato' Crawford in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

  • Harry Morgan

    as Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)

  • Robert Morley

    as Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

  • Robert Morse

    as Dennis Barlow in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

  • Tom Neal

    as Al Roberts in Detour (archive footage)

  • Lloyd Nolan

    as Dr. Vance in Earthquake (archive footage)

  • Edmond O'Brien

    as Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)

  • Carroll O'Connor

    as Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)

  • Belinda Palmer

    as Katherine in Chinatown (archive footage)

  • Jürgen Prochnow

    as Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)

  • Tony Roberts

    as Rob in Annie Hall (archive footage)

  • Cliff Robertson

    as President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)

  • Mitchell Ryan

    as The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

  • Ann Savage

    as Vera in Detour (archive footage)

  • Zachary Scott

    as Monte Beragon in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

  • Paolo Seganti

    as Johnny Stompanato in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

  • James Stacy

    as Joe Brodnek in Flareup (archive footage)

  • Madeleine Stowe

    as Karen Carr in Unlawful Entry (archive footage)

  • David Strathairn

    as Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

  • Gloria Swanson

    as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)

  • William Talman

    as Dave Purvis in Armoured Car Robbery (archive footage)

  • Larenz Tate

    as Frankie Lymon in Why Do Fools Fall In Love (archive footage)

  • George Tobias

    as Al Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)

  • Lana Turner

    as Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (archive footage)

  • Diane Venora

    as Justine in Heat (archive footage)

  • John Vernon

    as Mal Reese in Point Blank (archive footage)

  • Craig Wasson

    as Jake Scully in Body Double (archive footage)

  • Keenen Ivory Wayans

    as Det. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)

  • Jack Webb

    as Sergeant Joe Friday in Dragnet (archive footage)

  • Raquel Welch

    as Michele in Flareup (archive footage)

  • James Whitmore

    as Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)

  • Cornel Wilde

    as Griff Marat in Shockproof (archive footage)

  • Mykelti Williamson

    as Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)

  • Jonathan Winters

    as Wilbur Glenworthy in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

  • Natalie Wood

    as Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

  • Jenny Wright

    as Diz in Out of Bounds (archive footage)

  • Burt Young

    as Curly in Chinatown (archive footage)

  • Darrell Zwerling

    as Hollis Mulwray in Chinatown (archive footage)

  • Kurt Russell

    as Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
Directing Thom Andersen Director
Writing Thom Andersen Writer
Production Thom Andersen Producer
Camera Deborah Stratman Director of Photography
Editing Peter Bo Rappmund Editor
Editing Peter Bo Rappmund Editorial Services
Editing Adam R. Levine Editorial Services

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