L.A. Confidential

Lurid page one headlines cover the wall where SID

HUDGEONS types. The essence of sleaze, Sid is the

publisher-photographer-writer of Hush-Hush magazine and

keeper of inside dirt supreme. As he continues...

HUDGEONS (V.O.)

Remember, dear readers, you heard

it here first, off the record, on

the Q.T. and very Hush-Hush.

INT. HANCOCK PARK MANSION - BALLROOM - NIGHT

The party continues. The Mayor has moved off to the side

with the power brokers. Patchett is a presence.

MAYOR:

We're selling an image, gentlemen.

Beautiful weather. Affordable

housing.

(re:
model)

Trouble-free transportation. And

the best police department in the

world to keep it all running

smoothly.

EXT. STOREFRONT - NIGHT

A dozen people watch a display windoe TELEVISION as it

rolls the opening of the hit show "Badge of Honor." Over

familiar THEME MUSIC, "Sgt. Joe Reno" (actor BRETT CHASE)

walks the streets of Los Angeles.

CHASE (V.O.)

My name? Joe Reno. The city?

Los Angeles. A big town. Full of

all sorts of people. It's my job

to help them. I like what I do.

I'm a cop.

INT. HANCOCK PARK MANSION - BALLROOM - NIGHT

The Mayor continues.

MAYOR:

But with a second rate Al Capone

out there, L.A. looks like Chicago

in the '30s. Something has to be

done.

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