From the acclaimed director of Scarface and the author of LA Confidential comes the mysterious, spellbinding thriller The Black Dahlia. In 1947, two ambitious cops, Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) and Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett), investigate the shocking and gruesome murder of an aspiring young starlet, Elizabeth Short, aka “The Black Dahlia.”
With a corpse so mutilated that photos are kept from the public, the case becomes an obsession for the men, and their lives begin to unravel....
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From the acclaimed director of Scarface and the author of LA Confidential comes the mysterious, spellbinding thriller The Black Dahlia. In 1947, two ambitious cops, Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) and Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett), investigate the shocking and gruesome murder of an aspiring young starlet, Elizabeth Short, aka “The Black Dahlia.”
With a corpse so mutilated that photos are kept from the public, the case becomes an obsession for the men, and their lives begin to unravel. Blanchard’s relationship with his girlfriend Kay (Scarlett Johansson) is threatened, while Bleichert finds himself drawn to the enigmatic Madeleine (Hilary Swank), a wealthy woman with a dark and twisted connection to the victim.
The Black Dahlia, a dark and gritty look at one of California's most notorious true-life unsolved murders. With an all-star cast that includes Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank, this DVD has over 45 minutes of engrossing featurettes that takes the viewer even deeper behind the gruesome murder that has fascinated the American public for decades.
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