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The Black Dahlia film trailor.

Bill Cummings 09/08/2006

The Black Dahlia is an upcoming film directed by Brian De Palma(director of Scarface and The Untouchables, he also co-wrote the opening titles to Star Wars with Lucas.) The film is based on the novel of the same name by James Ellroy. The Black Dahlia will have its world premiere as the opening film at the 63rd Venice Film Festival, which opens on August 30th. The film will have a wide release on the 15th of September. You can watch the dark "noir-ish" trailor here:
The Black Dahlia - Film Trailor

The Plot Lowdown:
The film follows two detectives in 1940s Los Angeles as they investigate the murder of Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner), known as the Black Dahlia. In a subplot to the movie, the two detectives, Bucky Bliechert (Josh Hartnett), and Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) are caught in a love triangle with Kay Lake (Scarlett Johansson). Lee and Bliechert became obsessed with the murder and it gradually consumes their lives, as they try to uncover an intricate plot that reaches far beyond the average murder, and into the depths of an underworld run by pornography, femme fatales, police corruption, crazed loonies, detectives, and criminals. A wildy graphic storyline set on the backdrop of the Black Dahlia murder.