Brown's Requiem (1998)

Directed by

Jason Freeland

Genre

neo-noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

R

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A down-on-his-luck private investigator takes a job watching over a wealthy woman's brother. As he gets drawn into their world, old secrets and crimes begin to surface.

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What happens

Brown's Requiem is a 1998 American crime film written and directed by Jason Freeland. Brown's Requiem was the 1981 debut novel by noted crime author James Ellroy, and his third to be adapted to film following L.A. Confidential in 1997, and Blood on the Moon (filmed under the title Cop) in 1987. The film premiered at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Fest in November 1998, and was not released in the United States until over a year later on February 25, 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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