Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)

Released: 2004-07-28

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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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Encke King

as Narrator (voice)

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Ben Alexander

as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

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Jim Backus

as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

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Brenda Bakke

as Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

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Barbara O. Jones

as Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)

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Gene Barry

as Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage)

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Richard Basehart

as Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)

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Hugh Beaumont

as George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

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William Bendix

as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

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Ann Blyth

as Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

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Jim Bouton

as Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)

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Grand L. Bush

as FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)

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James Cagney

as Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

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Lon Chaney Jr.

as Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

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John Considine

as Matthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

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Bill Cosby

as Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

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Robert Culp

as Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

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Howard Duff

as Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)

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Deanna Durbin

as Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)

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Mark Frechette

as Mark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

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