Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
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“Drives through Lost L.A.”
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
19 people
Joan Didion
self
Also in
Out of My Head
James Ellroy
self
Also in
Wonder Boys
Ronald Reagan, un président sur mesure
Morgan Neville
Known for
Piece by Piece
Scott King
Nick Beck
Nick Beck
David Rush Morrison
Buck Henry
self
Known for
The Graduate
Gloria
Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette
Harry Pallenberg
Jardy Mokriski
John Milius
self
Also in
Deadhead Miles
Bert Corona
Bert Corona
Morgan Neville Director · Harry Pallenberg Director Jardy Mokriski Editor
United States release March 1, 1995 · Produced in United States
Production
King Pictures
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 1, 1995
Theatrical
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