Skip to main content
Back to recommendations

SceneFiend library

LA Confidential

By Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland - Film

FilmScreenOpening sequence

Roles

  • Sid Hudgens - Adult (36-50), Male

About this piece

Come to Los Angeles!

Summary

Los Angeles is the backdrop of this neo-noir mystery-thriller where three police officers investigate a brutal murder in an all-night diner. Sid Hudgens (Danny DeVito) is the sleazy reporter of "Hush Hush" magazine, a celebrity scandal magazine. In a voice-over narration, he introduces us to the city of Los Angeles, a city that may seem like paradise on earth on the surface but that also has many problems like crime and corruption...

Tone

PersuasiveDescriptiveIntroduction to storyTalking to the audience

Use cases

classaudition
View on Actorama

Library metadata only. SceneFiend never includes script text here - pick up the published version to rehearse.

Similar pieces

  • One Night Stand

    By Mike Figgis

    Shares same format: monologue, screen piece, 20th Century.

  • Trainspotting

    By John Hodge from the book by Irvine Welsh

    Shares same format: monologue, screen piece, 20th Century.

  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    By Tennessee Williams

    Shares same format: monologue, screen piece, 20th Century.

  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    By Maxwell Anderson and George Abbott from the novel by Erich Maria Remarque

    Shares same format: monologue, screen piece, 20th Century.