| | Black Dahlia DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Mystery Movies, Crime Videos, Murder, Based On A Novel, Cops, Adaptation, Actresses | | Starring | Scarlett Johansson, Josh Hartnett, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Aaron Eckhart, Rose McGowan, Fiona Shaw, Jemima Rooper, John Kavenagh | | Director | Brian De Palma | | Composer | Mark Isham | | Director of Photography | Vilmos Zsigmond | | Producer | Art Linson, Rudy Cohen, Moshe Diamont | | Production Designer | Dante Ferretti | | Source Writer | James Ellroy | | Story | Josh Friedman |
Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack French; Soundtrack Spanish; English Subtitles Based on the novel by James Ellroy, Brian De Palma's THE BLACK DAHLIA stars Josh Hartnett and Aaron Eckhart as a pair of LAPD detectives assigned to the most notorious murder in Hollywood history. De Palma takes things slow, spending a good 20 minutes establishing the relationship between Buddy Bleichert, Lee Blanchard, and their mutual love Kay (Scarlett Johanssen), before introducing the 1947 murder after which the film is named. In the haunting screen-tests left behind after her mysterious death, aspiring actress Elizabeth Short appears to want fame so badly she'll do anything to get it. Her pornographic film appearances, and a rumored affair with narcissist heiress Madeleine Linscott (Hillary Swank), provide just two clues in a sea of confusion.
THE BLACK DAHLIA crams every subplot from Ellroy's novel into two hours, but only connects them towards the end of the movie. The screen-tests featuring a sadly desperate Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner) are captivatingly filmed in gritty black-and-white. These scenes succeed in showing the industry ugliness most likely behind Elizabeth's death, while the rest of the film self-consciously strives to be noir through elaborate set design, dramatic camera angles, and narration taken straight from the book. If De Palma's goal was to make us examine our own voyeuristic fascination with murder, particularly the gruesome murder of a beautiful young woman, then he succeeds, because throughout a film invested in so many different storylines, Short's remains the most interesting one. Theatrical Release: September 15, 2006 Black Dahlia Reviews: 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] slick, glossy adaptation....Undeniably aesthetically pleasing..."
-- Natalie Braine, Ultimate DVD "[Johansson] takes to the pulpy period atmosphere as if it were oxygen..." -- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 5 -- "DAHLIA has an air of nostalgia for epic, bygone-era movie-making....THE BLACK DAHLIA is a pleasure for the all-over dazzle of its star turns."-- Dennis Brabham, Total Film Black Dahlia | List Price | $12.98 (You save $3.43) | | Studio | Universal Studios Home Video | | Orig Year | 2006 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | CD Universe Part number | 7930916 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 23, 2009 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for strong violence, some grisly images, sexual content and language. | | Running Time | 122 Minutes | | Additional Info | Spanish Subtitles; French Subtitles | | Movie Details | Color; Spanish Subtitles; French Subtitles; Full Frame Includes PUBLIC Enemies Sneak Peek |
Black Dahlia Movie Review  CSI in 1939!
Not very memorable.
Submitted by steven.west (Pelham, AL USA) 
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Part Hack Job, Part Fever Dream, All Eye Candy.
This film is pretty to look at. It's also entertaining. However, it's not genius. It's based on a book by the same title by James Ellroy which IS genius. The director starts out strong, the acting is great, the sound and cinematography are beautiful..... But then it falls on its face. It seems the director chopped out fairly large chunks of the story and then created other parts whole cloth to make it end in somthing resembling two hours. That's too bad. If he had stuck to the story line and developed the film to follow the book more closely, I'd feel different. Or maybe if I'd never read the book, I would have thought it was great. As it stands, it disappoints, although it does do it prettily.
Submitted by Arthur (Seattle, Wa. US and A)
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This review is for a different format.  I Like it
It's interesting but only the part of the dahlia the part of the police (josh Hartnett) it's so bad but it's a good movie and the final wow it's so good watch it
Submitted by sim911 (zac, zac , mex)
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Not What I Expected....
The movie wasn't really about the Black Dahlia case, it was kinda based around it, but it followed the story of fictional characters. The movie did have a good cast though, like Scarlett Johansson and Hilary Swank. Also the sexy Rose McGowan makes a small appearance.
Submitted by kamakarichard (Hilo, HI, USA)
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This review is for a different format.  A waste of time and money
The Black Dahlia is a film that is not even about what it's suppose to be about so don't let the title fool you.The film is really about these two fighters turned cops who become friends,but one of them goes insane and loses his girlfriend.The film moves at such a rapid pace so you don't even know what's going on and the Black Dahlia's murder is something that just happens and it's overshadowed by the boring romance between Hartnett and Johansson.The performances by Johansson,Eckhart,Swank,and Hartnett are good,but the characters and their backgrounds are so overdone.Bottom Line:keep your distance from the Black Dahlia because it's this year's biggest stink-bomb.
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Black Dahlia DVD Region 1
Snap Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - Spanish
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, Frencn
Subtitltes - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Includes PUBLIC ENEMIES Sneak Peek
Featurette:
1. REALITY AND FICTION: THE STORY OF THE BLACK DAHLIA
2. THE CASE FILE
3. THE DE PALMA TOUCH PRESENTED BY VOLKSWAGEN
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