Contest: The Black Dahlia
September 14, 2006
BoxOfficeProphets.com

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Tomorrow, BOP's most anticipated movie of Fall, The Black Dahlia, opens in theaters. To celebrate, we're offering you, the reader, a chance to win a T-shirt. To enter (must be a U.S. resident, please), send your name and mailing address to kim@boxofficeprophets.com with "The Black Dahlia" in your subject line. On September 22nd, we'll draw randomly from all entries received to determine our winners. Good luck!

For more information, about The Black Dahlia, see below.

Synopsis: Master storyteller Brian De Palma, known for such classic crime dramas as The Untouchables, Scarface and Carlito's Way, as well as his suspense thrillers Carrie, Dressed to Kill and Blow Out, directs this adaptation of James Ellroy's (L.A. Confidential, American Tabloid) best-selling crime novel.

The Black Dahlia weaves a fictionalized tale of obsession, love, corruption, greed and depravity around the brutal murder of a fledgling Hollywood starlet that shocked and fascinated the nation in 1947 and remains unsolved today. Two ex-pugilist cops, Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) and Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett), are called to investigate the homicide of ambitious silver-screen B-lister Betty Ann Short (Mia Kirschner) A.K.A. "The Black Dahlia"- an attack so grisly that images of the killing were kept from the public.

While Blanchard's growing preoccupation with the sensational murder threatens his relationship with Kay (Scarlett Johansson), his partner Bleichert finds himself attracted to the enigmatic Madeleine Linscott (two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank), the daughter of one of the city's most prominent families—who just happens to have an unsavory connection to the murder victim.

True crime meets urban legend when De Palma brings Ellroy's The Black Dahlia to the big screen.

Studio: Universal Pictures
Release Date: September 15th
Genre: Suspense Thriller
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Mia Kirschner, and Hilary Swank
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Written by: Josh Freidman

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