Los Angeles Plays Itself
Released: 2004PLOT
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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Thom Andersen
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- Thom Andersen
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Encke KingNarrator (voice)
Ben AlexanderOfficer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)
Jim BackusFrank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Brenda BakkeLana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Barbara O. JonesDorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)
Gene BarryDr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage)
Richard BasehartRoy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)
Hugh BeaumontGeorge Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
William BendixBuzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
Ann BlythVeda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)
Jim BoutonTerry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)
Grand L. BushFBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)
James CagneyTom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)
Lon Chaney Jr.Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)
John ConsidineMatthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)
Bill CosbyAl Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
Robert CulpFrank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
Howard DuffDave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)
Deanna DurbinPenny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)
Mark FrechetteMark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)
John GarfieldNick Blake in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
Ben GazzaraJackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
Bruce GloverDuffy in Chinatown (archive footage)
Marjoe GortnerJoby in Earthquake (archive footage)
James GriffithJesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)
Daria HalprinDaria in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)
Oliver HardyOllie (archive footage)
Jean HarlowGwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)
Bob HopeAdam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)
Lauren HuttonGeorgia Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)
Henry JaglomDean in Venice/Venice (archive footage)
David JanssenSteve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Peter JasonDuty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
Roy JensonMulvihill in Chinatown (archive footage)
Jack KlugmanSandman in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Alan LaddPhilip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)
Stan LaurelStan (archive footage)
Al LeongUli in Die Hard (archive footage)
Jerry LewisJerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
Gary LockwoodGeorge Matthews in Model Shop (archive footage)
Perry LopezEscobar in Chinatown (archive footage)
Lyle LovettDetective DeLongpre in The Player (archive footage)
Fred MacMurrayWalter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
Guy MadisonCliff Harper in Till the End of Time (archive footage)
Joe MantellWalsh in Chinatown (archive footage)
Matt McCoyBrett Chase in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Ralph MeekerMike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)
Sal MineoJohn 'Plato' Crawford in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Harry MorganOfficer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)
Robert MorleySir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
Robert MorseDennis Barlow in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
Tom NealAl Roberts in Detour (archive footage)
Lloyd NolanDr. Vance in Earthquake (archive footage)
Edmond O'BrienFrank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)
Carroll O'ConnorLt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)Belinda PalmerKatherine in Chinatown (archive footage)
Jürgen ProchnowMichael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)
Tony RobertsRob in Annie Hall (archive footage)
Cliff RobertsonPresident in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
Mitchell RyanThe Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Ann SavageVera in Detour (archive footage)
Zachary ScottMonte Beragon in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)Paolo SegantiJohnny Stompanato in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
James StacyJoe Brodnek in Flareup (archive footage)
Madeleine StoweKaren Carr in Unlawful Entry (archive footage)
David StrathairnPierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Gloria SwansonNorma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
William TalmanDave Purvis in Armoured Car Robbery (archive footage)
Larenz TateFrankie Lymon in Why Do Fools Fall In Love (archive footage)
George TobiasAl Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
Lana TurnerCora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (archive footage)
Diane VenoraJustine in Heat (archive footage)
John VernonMal Reese in Point Blank (archive footage)
Craig WassonJake Scully in Body Double (archive footage)
Keenen Ivory WayansDet. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)
Jack WebbSergeant Joe Friday in Dragnet (archive footage)
Raquel WelchMichele in Flareup (archive footage)
James WhitmoreLou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)
Cornel WildeGriff Marat in Shockproof (archive footage)
Mykelti WilliamsonDet. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)
Jonathan WintersWilbur Glenworthy in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
Natalie WoodJudy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Jenny WrightDiz in Out of Bounds (archive footage)
Burt YoungCurly in Chinatown (archive footage)
Darrell ZwerlingHollis Mulwray in Chinatown (archive footage)
Kurt RussellSnake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
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