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Title: City of Lies
Original Title: City of Lies
Year: 2018
Info
- Country: USA
- Length: 112 Minutes (1 hour 52 min)
- Genre: Biography Crime Drama
- Studios: Miramax Films Good Films
- Distributor: eOne Films
Plot
The films tells the story of the investigation of the killings of rappers Tupac Shakur in 1996, and The Notorious B.I.G. in 1997. Based in the book LAbyrinth by Randall Sullivan. A highly decorated LAPD detective is called, in 1997, to investigate a controversial cop-on-cop shooting, eventually discovers that the officer killed was tied to Marion ?Suge? Knight?s notorious gangsta rap label, Death Row Records. During his investigation, Poole comes to realize that a growing cadre of officers were allied not only with Death Row, but with the murderous Bloods street gang. And incredibly, Poole begins to uncover evidence that at least some of these ?gangsta cops? may have been involved in the murders of rap superstars Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.
Cast
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Videos
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July 11 2018
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Trivia
Rocky could have played the main role
Sylvester Stallone was chosen to play Johnny Depp´s role the first time that the project was developed.
Depp and Whitaker repeat together
The protagonists already worked together in the film '[PLATOON]', by Oliver Stone.
Black List Script
The script appeared on the 2015 Hollywood Blacklist of the most liked unmade scripts.
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