Hollywood Confidential

"In the superslick world of LA's powerbrokers, there's only one team of private eyes who can keep your secrets secret."
-from the spiel for the video

STAN, a former policeman, leads a motley, Dirty Dozen-like crew of mostly ex-cops who work for his LA detective agency. Male, female, black, white, brown, Stan seems to have all the bases covered. Among the ops he employs are Jack Hanson, a Hemingway wannabe; Theresa Durano, a disgraced policewoman who's lost her nerve; a huge, hulking good ol' boy with a taste for rough stuff, and Dexter, a smooth, competent black guy. Pretty good stuff, at least for television. I assume it was a pilot. There's potential here. Edward James Olmos, as Stan, lends a bit of weight to the large cast of mostly unknowns. The agency seems to be quite sizable, and there's at least an attempt to show some actual detective work going on. I'm amazed someone hasn't done this yet for television (actually, months after I saw this, Total Security made its debut). With large ensemble lawyer and cop shows so popular, this show, or one like it (Hello, DKA!), could be huge. An added bonus is the Hollywood setting, and all the resulting Tinseltown scandals.

FILM

• HOLLYWOOD CONFIDENTIAL
  (1995, Fox)
  120 minutes
  Directed by Reynaldo Villalobos
  Executive Producer Anthony Yerkovich
  Starring Edward James Olmos as STAN
  Also starring Brent Huff, Ricky Aiello, Charlize Theron

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