Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.

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Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. (1995)

Directed by Harry Pallenberg, Morgan Neville

“Drives through Lost L.A.”

Documentary · 1h 31m

Before "L.A. Confidential", there was "Shotgun Freeway" -- the groundbreaking 1995 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with it's own history. Against a backdrop of never-before-seen archival footage, Shotgun Freeway presents a diverse group of "Angelinos" who guide the film through their own past as well as the city's. We get crime scribe James Ellroy reliving his youth as a burglar, Actor/writer Buck Henry's tour of Hollywood fakery, Jazzman Buddy Collette's trip down Central Avenue, Historian Mike Davis' tour of LA's eventual Armageddon, and writer Joan Didion's take on LA's own ephemerality. From the Beaches to the Valley, "Shotgun Freeway" will show you a Los Angeles you never knew existed.

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Cast

Joan Didion self James Ellroy self Buck Henry self John Milius self David Hockney self
G
Gene Norman self
F
Frank Wilkinson self
E
Elaine Young self
M
Mike Davis self
B
Budy Collette self

Crew

Director
Harry Pallenberg, Morgan Neville
Writer
Morgan Neville, Harry Pallenberg
Editor
Jardy Mokriski
Producer
David Hockney

Details

Release date
1995-03-01
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
King Pictures