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** Creator/GabrielByrne, Creator/BillyCrudrup, Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/MichaelDouglas were considered for Lee Blanchard.

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** Creator/GabrielByrne, Creator/BillyCrudrup, Creator/BillyCrudup, Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/MichaelDouglas were considered for Lee Blanchard.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $50 million. Box office, $49.3 million. The film was shredded by critics and viewers for its incomprehensible plot, a side-effect of the film getting trimmed just before release.

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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: James B. Harris optioned the film rights to the novel shortly after it was published in 1987. He planned to direct the adaptation and completed a script before abandoning the project to make another film. The project then languished in development hell for several years. The success of ''Film/LAConfidential'' led to Universal acquring the rights to ''The Black Dahlia''.

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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/JoshHartnett and Creator/ScarlettJohansson dated for approximately two years after meeting on the set of this film.
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell:
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James B. Harris optioned the film rights to the novel shortly after it was published in 1987. He planned to direct the adaptation and completed a script before abandoning the project to make another film. The project then languished in development hell for several years. The success of ''Film/LAConfidential'' led to Universal acquring the rights to ''The Black Dahlia''.Dahlia''.
** Creator/DavidLynch purchased the rights to the novel in 1996 with plans to make a film adaptation which never came to fruition. Elements of the novel and the real-life case that inspired it would be incorporated into ''Film/LostHighway'' and ''Film/MulhollandDrive''



** Creator/DavidLynch purchased the rights to the novel in 1996 with plans to make a film adaptation which never came to fruition. Elements of the novel and the real-life case that inspired it would be incorporated into ''Film/LostHighway'' and ''Film/MulhollandDrive''
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* FakeAmerican: Mia Kirshner, who plays the title role, is Canadian.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Creator/MiaKirshner plays a terrible actress who can't get a part. Her performance was almost universally praised by critics.

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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Creator/MiaKirshner plays a terrible actress who can't get a part. Her performance was almost universally praised by critics.critics, even those who otherwise disliked the film.

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** Creator/GabrielByrne, Creator/BillyCrudrup, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/ChrisODonnell, Creator/PaulWalker and Creator/MichaelDouglas were considered for Lee Blanchard.

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** Creator/GabrielByrne, Creator/BillyCrudrup, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/ChrisODonnell, Creator/PaulWalker Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/MichaelDouglas were considered for Lee Blanchard.Blanchard.
** Creator/StephenDorff, Creator/ChrisODonnell and Creator/PaulWalker were considered for Bucky Bleichert.


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** Creator/TiffaniThiessen was considered for Elizabeth Short.
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** While Fincher was attached as director, Creator/MarkWahlberg was attached to play Lee Blanchard. Wahlberg was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with the planned filming of ''Film/TheItalianJob2003''.

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** While Fincher was attached as director, Creator/MarkWahlberg was attached to play Lee Blanchard. Wahlberg was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with the planned filming of ''Film/TheItalianJob2003''.
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* CreatorKiller: The film's failure sent Creator/BrianDePalma on a years long sabbatical from Hollywood.

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* CreatorKiller: The film's failure sent Creator/BrianDePalma on a years long years-long sabbatical from Hollywood.Hollywood. After releasing ''Redacted'' (which was much smaller in scale) the next year, all of his subsequent films as of 2020 have been international co-productions made outside of the U.S..

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** The film was originally in pre-production with Creator/DavidFincher attached as director, Creator/JoshHartnett attached to play Bucky Bleichert and Creator/MarkWahlberg attached to play Lee Blanchard. Wahlberg was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with the planned filming of ''Film/TheItalianJob2003''. Fincher originally envisioned "a five-hour, $80-million miniseries with movie stars" shot entirely in black and white. Fincher apparently wanted Creator/JuliannaMargulies for Madeleine and Creator/JenniferConnelly for Elizabeth. Fincher eventually left the project as he felt he wasn't going to be able to make the film exactly as he had envisioned.

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** The film was originally in pre-production with Creator/DavidFincher attached as director, Creator/JoshHartnett attached to play Bucky Bleichert and Creator/MarkWahlberg attached to play Lee Blanchard. Wahlberg was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with the planned filming of ''Film/TheItalianJob2003''.director. Fincher originally envisioned "a five-hour, $80-million miniseries with movie stars" shot entirely in black and white. Fincher apparently wanted Creator/JuliannaMargulies for Madeleine and Creator/JenniferConnelly for Elizabeth. Fincher eventually left the project as he felt he wasn't going to be able to make the film exactly as he had envisioned.envisioned.
** While Fincher was attached as director, Creator/MarkWahlberg was attached to play Lee Blanchard. Wahlberg was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with the planned filming of ''Film/TheItalianJob2003''.
** While Fincher was attached as director, he apparently wanted Creator/JuliannaMargulies for Madeleine and Creator/JenniferConnelly for Elizabeth.



** Creator/GabrielByrne, Creator/BillyCrudrup, Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/MichaelDouglas were considered for Lee Blanchard.
** Creator/ChrisODonnell and Creator/PaulWalker were considered for Lee Blanchard.

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** Creator/GabrielByrne, Creator/BillyCrudrup, Creator/JohnnyDepp Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/ChrisODonnell, Creator/PaulWalker and Creator/MichaelDouglas were considered for Lee Blanchard.
** Creator/ChrisODonnell and Creator/PaulWalker were considered for Lee
Blanchard.



** A real life friend of Elizabeth Short, Marjorie Graham, was going to feature in one scene where she tells Dwight that Elizabeth and Lorna were seen with a lesbian. She was written out and this was given to Sherryl Saddon (as the scene would have taken place directly after hers).
** Creator/AmyIrving originally signed on for a small role, but [=De Palma=] cut her role before filming eventually began.

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** A real life friend of Elizabeth Short, Marjorie Graham, was going to feature be featured in one scene where she tells Dwight that Elizabeth and Lorna were seen with a lesbian. She was written out and this was given to Sherryl Saddon (as the scene would have taken place directly after hers).
** Creator/AmyIrving originally signed on for a small role, but [=De Palma=] De Palma cut her role before filming eventually began.
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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: James B. Harris optioned the film rights to the novel shortly after it was published in 1987. He planned to direct the adaptation and completed a script before abandoning the project to make another film. The project then languished in development hell for several years. The success of ''Film/LAConfidential'' led to Universal acquring the rights to ''The Black Dahlia''.

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* ActorAllusion:
** Hilary Swank hangs out in lesbian bars and [[spoiler: is able to pass for a man]] much like she did in ''Film/BoysDontCry''.
** Mia Kirschner liked to [[Series/TheLWord hang out with lesbians too]].
** Josh Hartnett has been the [[spoiler: SecondLove to his dead friend's girl]] in ''Film/PearlHarbor'' too. Funnily enough, Kate Beckinsale was also considered for the role of Madeleine.

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* ActorAllusion:
** Hilary Swank hangs out in lesbian bars
BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $50 million. Box office, $49.3 million. The film was shredded by critics and [[spoiler: is able to pass viewers for its incomprehensible plot, a man]] much like she did in ''Film/BoysDontCry''.
** Mia Kirschner liked to [[Series/TheLWord hang out with lesbians too]].
** Josh Hartnett has been
side-effect of the [[spoiler: SecondLove to his dead friend's girl]] in ''Film/PearlHarbor'' too. Funnily enough, Kate Beckinsale was also considered for the role of Madeleine.film getting trimmed just before release.



* CreatorCameo: Brian [=DePalma=] is the voice of the man interviewing Elizabeth.

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* CreatorCameo: Brian [=DePalma=] is CastTheRunnerUp:
** Creator/RoseMcGowan auditioned for Elizabeth Short, but was eventually cast in a minor role as Short's roommate.
** Creator/MiaKirshner was originally hired to read lines with potential actors in
the voice of auditions. However, Creator/BrianDePalma and Josh Friedman were so impressed with her that she was cast in the man interviewing Elizabeth.title role.
* CreatorKiller: The film's failure sent Creator/BrianDePalma on a years long sabbatical from Hollywood.



* DisownedAdaptation: A variation. James Ellroy saw the original three hour cut and loved it. He has refused to talk about the severely edited version that got released.
* DyeingForYourArt: Josh Hartnett trained for seven months to be in shape for the boxing scenes.
* IronyAsSheIsCast: Mia Kirshner plays a terrible actress who can't get a part. Her performance was almost universally praised by critics.
* PlayingAgainstType: Hilary Swank - usually as wholesome determinators - as a FemmeFatale.

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* DisownedAdaptation: A variation. James Ellroy Creator/JamesEllroy saw the original three hour cut and loved it. He has refused to talk about the severely edited version that got released.
* DyeingForYourArt: Josh Hartnett Creator/JoshHartnett trained for seven months to be in shape for the boxing scenes.
* ExtremelyLengthyCreation: Josh Friedman claims he worked on the script from 1997 to 2005.
*
IronyAsSheIsCast: Mia Kirshner Creator/MiaKirshner plays a terrible actress who can't get a part. Her performance was almost universally praised by critics.
* PlayingAgainstType: Hilary Swank Creator/HilarySwank - usually as wholesome determinators - as a FemmeFatale.FemmeFatale.
* UncreditedRole:
** Creator/CateBlanchett has an uncredited and unmentioned cameo. In the scene where Lee Blanchard is in a lesbian bar asking questions and he sees Madeline for the first time, Blanchett is one of the dancers while the song is being sung and there are at least two shots of her when Blanchard is asking some women at a table if they had seen Elizabeth Short.
** The singer in the lesbian bar is played by an uncredited k.d. lang, who also produced "Love for Sale", a cover version of a 1930 Music/ColePorter song, which she performs during the scene.



** Creator/DavidFincher was originally going to direct a three hour version, shot entirely in black and white.
** For the screen tests, Elizabeth Short was only going to be heard feeding lines to potential actors. But Mia Kirshner impressed so much with her performance, they greatly expanded her role.
** Eva Green was offered the role of Madeleine but didn't want to be typecast as a FemmeFatale, and turned it down.
** Maggie Gyllenhaal was also offered the role of Elizabeth but turned it down. This would have made ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' hilarious.
** A real life friend of Elizabeth Short, Marjorie Graham, was going to feature in one scene where she tells Dwight that Elizabeth and Lorna were seen with a lesbian. She was written out and this was given to Sherryl Saddon (as the scene would have taken place directly after hers).

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** The film was originally in pre-production with Creator/DavidFincher attached as director, Creator/JoshHartnett attached to play Bucky Bleichert and Creator/MarkWahlberg attached to play Lee Blanchard. Wahlberg was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with the planned filming of ''Film/TheItalianJob2003''. Fincher originally going to direct a three hour version, envisioned "a five-hour, $80-million miniseries with movie stars" shot entirely in black and white.
** For
white. Fincher apparently wanted Creator/JuliannaMargulies for Madeleine and Creator/JenniferConnelly for Elizabeth. Fincher eventually left the screen tests, Elizabeth Short was only project as he felt he wasn't going to be heard feeding lines able to potential actors. But Mia Kirshner impressed so much with her performance, they greatly expanded her role.
make the film exactly as he had envisioned.
** Eva Green Creator/EvaGreen was offered the role of Madeleine but didn't want to be typecast as a FemmeFatale, and turned it down.
down. Creator/KateBeckinsale was also considered.
** Maggie Gyllenhaal Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal was also offered the role of Elizabeth but turned it down.down, as she disliked how the murder was used as a plot device and felt that the story disrespected Short's memory. This would have made ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' hilarious.
** Creator/GabrielByrne, Creator/BillyCrudrup, Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/MichaelDouglas were considered for Lee Blanchard.
** Creator/ChrisODonnell and Creator/PaulWalker were considered for Lee Blanchard.
** Music/GwenStefani was considered for the part of Kay Lake.
** Creator/FairuzaBalk was considered for Elizabeth and Madeline.
** A real life friend of Elizabeth Short, Marjorie Graham, was going to feature in one scene where she tells Dwight that Elizabeth and Lorna were seen with a lesbian. She was written out and this was given to Sherryl Saddon (as the scene would have taken place directly after hers).hers).
** Creator/AmyIrving originally signed on for a small role, but [=De Palma=] cut her role before filming eventually began.
** Music/JamesHorner was originally on board the project to score the film's music but in February 2006, it was reported that Music/MarkIsham had replaced him.
** Josh Friedman claimed that his original script featured cameos from Creator/RussellCrowe and Creator/GuyPearce reprising their roles from ''Film/LAConfidential''.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Mia Kirschner plays a terrible actress who can't get a part. Her performance was almost universally praised by critics.

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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Mia Kirschner Kirshner plays a terrible actress who can't get a part. Her performance was almost universally praised by critics.



** David Fincher was originally going to direct a three hour version, shot entirely in black and white.
** For the screen tests, Elizabeth Shortt was only going to be heard feeding lines to potential actors. But Mia Kirshner impressed so much with her performance, they greatly expanded her role.

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** David Fincher Creator/DavidLynch purchased the rights to the novel in 1996 with plans to make a film adaptation which never came to fruition. Elements of the novel and the real-life case that inspired it would be incorporated into ''Film/LostHighway'' and ''Film/MulhollandDrive''
** Creator/DavidFincher
was originally going to direct a three hour version, shot entirely in black and white.
** For the screen tests, Elizabeth Shortt Short was only going to be heard feeding lines to potential actors. But Mia Kirshner impressed so much with her performance, they greatly expanded her role.



** A real life friend of Elizabeth Shortt, Marjorie Graham, was going to feature in one scene where she tells Dwight that Elizabeth and Lorna were seen with a lesbian. She was written out and this was given to Sherryl Saddon (as the scene would have taken place directly after hers).

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** A real life friend of Elizabeth Shortt, Short, Marjorie Graham, was going to feature in one scene where she tells Dwight that Elizabeth and Lorna were seen with a lesbian. She was written out and this was given to Sherryl Saddon (as the scene would have taken place directly after hers).
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Although some of the exterior shooting ''does'' avert this trope, most of the movie was actually filmed in Bulgaria.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Dwight questions [[{{Series/Charmed}} Paige Matthews]] early in the movie.
** Everyone's making a fuss about [[Series/TheLWord Jenny]] being murdered.
** [[Film/HarryPotter Aunt Petunia]] is Madeleine's drunken mother.
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** Josh Hartnett has been the [[spoiler: SecondLove to his dead friend's girl]] in ''Film/PearlHarbour'' too. Funnily enough, Kate Beckinsale was also considered for the role of Madeleine.

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** Josh Hartnett has been the [[spoiler: SecondLove to his dead friend's girl]] in ''Film/PearlHarbour'' ''Film/PearlHarbor'' too. Funnily enough, Kate Beckinsale was also considered for the role of Madeleine.



* PlayingAgainstType: Hilary Swank as a FemmeFatale?

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* PlayingAgainstType: Hilary Swank - usually as wholesome determinators - as a FemmeFatale?FemmeFatale.
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** Josh Hartnett has been the [[spoiler: SecondLove to his dead friend's girl]] in ''Film/PearlHarbour'' too. Funnily enough, Kate Beckinsale was also considered for the role of Madeleine.
* CreatorCameo: Brian [=DePalma=] is the voice of the man interviewing Elizabeth.
* DevelopmentHell: The rights were first bought in 1986 and it took twenty years to get the book made into a film.
* DisownedAdaptation: A variation. James Ellroy saw the original three hour cut and loved it. He has refused to talk about the severely edited version that got released.
* DyeingForYourArt: Josh Hartnett trained for seven months to be in shape for the boxing scenes.
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Dwight questions [[{{Series/Charmed}} Paige Matthews]] early in the movie.
** Everyone's making a fuss about [[Series/TheLWord Jenny]] being murdered.
** [[Film/HarryPotter Aunt Petunia]] is Madeleine's drunken mother.


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* PlayingAgainstType: Hilary Swank as a FemmeFatale?
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** David Fincher was originally going to direct a three hour version, shot entirely in black and white.
** For the screen tests, Elizabeth Shortt was only going to be heard feeding lines to potential actors. But Mia Kirshner impressed so much with her performance, they greatly expanded her role.
** Eva Green was offered the role of Madeleine but didn't want to be typecast as a FemmeFatale, and turned it down.
** Maggie Gyllenhaal was also offered the role of Elizabeth but turned it down. This would have made ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' hilarious.
** A real life friend of Elizabeth Shortt, Marjorie Graham, was going to feature in one scene where she tells Dwight that Elizabeth and Lorna were seen with a lesbian. She was written out and this was given to Sherryl Saddon (as the scene would have taken place directly after hers).
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** Hilary Swank hangs out in lesbian bars and [[spoiler: is able to pass for a man]] much like she did in ''BoysDontCry''.

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** Hilary Swank hangs out in lesbian bars and [[spoiler: is able to pass for a man]] much like she did in ''BoysDontCry''.''Film/BoysDontCry''.
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** Mia Kirschner liked to [[TheLWord hang out with lesbians too]].

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** Mia Kirschner liked to [[TheLWord [[Series/TheLWord hang out with lesbians too]].
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* ActorAllusion:
** Hilary Swank hangs out in lesbian bars and [[spoiler: is able to pass for a man]] much like she did in ''BoysDontCry''.
** Mia Kirschner liked to [[TheLWord hang out with lesbians too]].
* IronyAsSheIsCast: Mia Kirschner plays a terrible actress who can't get a part. Her performance was almost universally praised by critics.

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