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    Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.

    91'

    1995-03-01

    7

    Drives through Lost L.A.

    Documentary

    Overview:

    Before "L.A. Confidential", there was "Shotgun Freeway" -- the groundbreaking 1995 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with it's own history. Against a backdrop of never-before-seen archival footage, Shotgun Freeway presents a diverse group of "Angelinos" who guide the film through their own past as well as the city's. We get crime scribe James Ellroy reliving his youth as a burglar, Actor/writer Buck Henry's tour of Hollywood fakery, Jazzman Buddy Collette's trip down Central Avenue, Historian Mike Davis' tour of LA's eventual Armageddon, and writer Joan Didion's take on LA's own ephemerality. From the Beaches to the Valley, "Shotgun Freeway" will show you a Los Angeles you never knew existed.

    DirectingMorgan NevilleWritingMorgan Neville

    Cast

    1

    self

    Joan Didion

    1

    self

    James Ellroy

    1

    self

    Buck Henry

    2

    self

    John Milius

    1

    self

    David Hockney

    1

    self

    Gene Norman

    1

    self

    Frank Wilkinson

    1

    self

    Elaine Young

    1

    self

    Mike Davis

    1

    self

    Budy Collette

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. King Pictures
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 0.6512
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.

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