To Live and Die in L.A.(1985) - Theatrical Trailer

[mike23456789101112]

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[owg59]

Best action movie of the '80's!

[jaxenlabs]

Awesome!

[EKunzman]

God damn joe rogan

[localcrew]

1 of my fav fliks of all time! So much win in this film. Petersen & Dafoe -- both complete unknowns before this film. The dickhead police Lieutenant? Robert Downey Senior! One of the arthouse dancers? Daphne from "Frazier"! The base-jumping stuntman? Dar Robinson! If you haven't seen this film then go get the DVD right now. I'll wait.

[jlassh]

one of the most awesome 80s movies, i def. picked it up on blu-ray

[Yapostadodat]

This movie is about as close to real life as a movie can come. There's no happy endings in reality and nobody is either truly "good" or "evil". 

[Mike8901000]

I suspect that Rick Masters was bisexual. Then again, every character Willem Dafoe plays comes off as bisexual. Maybe it's just me.

[curtisrunstedler]

@Mike8901000 You should watch Antichrist.

[chrom66DEMON]

Awesome I feel like Im IN LA JUST WATCHING IT COOL!!!!

[amazingdany]

This movie, I'm telling, it's the truth, is an excellent police drama.

[Hot80s]

i dont like 1971 "the frenchie", i never will.

but this 1985 flic one is always in my top 5.

[islanderboi89]

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME THE NAME OF THE SONG IN THE TRAILER???

[jlassh]

@islanderboi89 it's not on the soundtrack

[MrMeeToo28]

love this trailer

[JOSKE123100]

mann didn't sue. it was a rumour put out in a Hollywood magazine. Friedkin and Mann have been good friends for nearly forty-five years now, i believe.

[bryanteganben]

@JOSKE123100 agreed. this movie predates manhunter, which is much closer to "LA" than miami vice-- which people forget is mostly cheese. the realistic counterfeiting stuff in "LA" seems to be an influence on mann's technical scenes in Manhunter. aesthetically "LA" pretty clearly influenced Mann, not the other way around. "LA" is a stylistic landmark, even if Manhunter is the superior film.

[Nywarrior50]

real actors+real directors=real movies

[Shidofied]

Great trailer! I hope Friedkin's movie is this good.

[LesiureBoy]

Confused Mathew's brief review of this movie sparked my curiosity to see the trailer, and despite his negative response, seeing this trailer definitely sparked my interest. I would actually watch this.

[Clay3613]

Rivals HEAT for the best cop/criminal movie.

[Benwell1]

Is this complete beast of a film out in UK "region" on DVD/Blue Ray, just USA region 1 I seem to see online shops which wont run on my countries players?

[skylab20]

This movie is just way too BAD-ASS!! Funny that Michael Mann saw this and cast Peterson in Manhunter. Too of the best films of the 80s/ever and Peterson is way underrated.

[jlassh]

@skylab20 and Mann sued this movie for ripping off Miami Vice, but lost

[isaachaze1]

@jlassh Really?? I didn't know that. I remember when it came out, I was sure it was Michael Mann movie lol, and it sure felt like Vice (my favorite tv show).

[Dhalgren01]

Awesome trailer. That's the one I remember that made me want to see the film. 1985 was quite a year. While this film barely had a budget to rent cameras to cover one of the greatest car chase scenes of all time, it is still one of the best of that year, right up there with Brazil and Ran. It's that good. The Wayne Chung soundtrack is both unusual and brilliant. And Robby Muller's cinematography is just what the movie asked for - a smog-red, pre Library Tower L.A.

[yazkaz]

Anyone knows the the name of the music on this trailer?

Sounds like Wang Chung stuff but I cannot find this on the TLADILA soundtrack

[candylandjoe]

Shiiiiiiiiiiit film, but great trailer.

[essertpitay]

One of the best cop movies of all times. So so underrated.

[GoGuildfordFlames]

that was the craziest trailer i have ever seen i have no idea what happens in this movie....I LOVE IT!! xx petersen FTW

[datdrudi]

This is really the best movie of the 80s, like "French Connection" was for the 70s! And William Petersen is fucking cool in this movie, also Willem Dafoe!

By the way, have somebody read the book of Gerald Petievich on which the movie ist based? Are there diferences between the movie and the book? And sorry for my english, I´m not a native speaker!

[smotsliner]

Wow,i have no idea what this movie is about

[isaachaze1]

@smotsliner it's about living and dying in L.A.

[Ypipable]

MGM style

[juliadennehy]

Movies today SUCK compared to this...

[JAKOVtheGENIJE]

this trailer is just terrible

i hope that the movie is better

[sayno2lolzisback]

@JAKOVtheGENIJE well then what is your idea of a good trailer?

[Magnetrex]

Wow, Grissom from CSI is soo thin. Where did he go wrong?

[5eurocups2005]

@Magnetrex Well he is in his mid 50s now what do you expect

[nukeasfinest96792]

Peterson was in some great movies in the 80's(this one and Manhunter) Im suprised he didnt become a bigger star.

[5eurocups2005]

@nukeasfinest96792 Your right he was in 2 Brilliant movies in the 80s, this and Manhunter, the reason why he didn't become a huge movie star was because he rejected a lot of top movies like Goodfellas, Heat and Platoon

[DJControllerC]

@nukeasfinest96792 uuuuuuuuhh- yeah he just ended up being a nobody on this little tv show called CSI- - no wait- its actually one of the most popular shows in the World, not just the US :)

[5eurocups2005]

Billy Petersen was Great in this Role as Richard Chance he added a lot of Realism and Subtlety to his Character in the Film instead of playing this "One Man to save the day" Unrealistic Over the Top Crap that Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon does.

[marlboroman1985]

A master forger named "Masters," a cop who takes too many chances called "Chance." And both are two sides of the same "coin" with the same first name. I just noticed that even after I've seen the DVD ten times, god I must be an idiot.

[medicmunoz]

Somebody will do a remake

[762full]

The lead actor (don't even know is name) looks like a pencil-necked total pussy, they should have found someone else, like Chick Norris or Mel Gibson.

[762full]

@5eurocups2005 Well they need someone to do it properly, they don't need a big star but at least someone is isn't such a pansy.

[5eurocups2005]

@762full Your so wrong it's unbelievable

Billy Petersen is Awesome in this movie

[povilasbacevicius]

One of my favorites films with William Petersen

[GoGoGadgetBeer]

SEIZURE TIME! cool flick though.

[wataki2]

I love this freakin' trailer.......never seen the movie though,lol

[jamesrosevear]

Lethal Weapon is To Live and Die in LA For Dummies

[dcddjc]

Great movie, but the worst CGI ever!

[mikekaraoke]

@dcddjc what CGI did it have in the movie? one of the best CGI in a 80's movie was in The Last Starfighter or in Predator when he goes invisible and kills alot of people in the jungle!

[dcddjc]

@mikekaraoke LOSER IT WAS A JOKE!!!!! BY THE WAY THE BEST CGI OF ALL HAVE HELLBOY....

[mikekaraoke]

@dcddjc oh right you sounded serious sorry bout that!And yeah Hellboy CGI was very good dont get me wrong wouldnt say its the best ever though!

[sunwukong86]

@dcddjc you do realize it came out in 1985? CGI was practically brand new

[dcddjc]

@sunwukong86 read about them Visual Effects Society Awards!

[Ditte100]

John Pankow so cute in this movie <3

[WithoutRemorse12]

I prefer not to have number one favorite movie. This is definitely in the top 3

[MrBilbo81]

Petersen's death is truly shocking. This is one of the essential LA movies.

[RoberTastic]

does anybody know the title of the track in this trailer? Doesn't seem to be on the soundtrack

[2253glen]

One of the few movies I own.

[RoberTastic]

what an awesome trailer&movie.the one movie that captures LA

[kimmiedan12]

i just saw this movie on cable not too long ago, my goodness what a hell of a movie great story and plot. It was sad how william peterson died at the end.

[Gestraz]

Piękna muzyk, lata 80 to piękny okres dla syntezatorów:)

[raiders2000]

80's movies rule..great thriller

[Radeo]

this movie was too 4 real for the 80's

[filmfanman65]

probably the most dated film ever made. it will perpetually live in 1985 forever.

[mikekaraoke]

@filmfanman65 yea but thats in a good way right? id love to live in 1985 again even though i was 3/4 lol this was filmed in late 84/ early 85......films like Rocky 4/Aliens/Predator/Running Man/The Abyss for example dont seem dated!

[5eurocups2005]

Top Critic - Roger Ebert, Thumps Up and a 4 out 4 star rating

[superalihare]

What a kick-ass movie this was. Remember the phrase....

'Want free bread? Fuck a baker'.

He he he... to tink the chap who said that is the 'nice' chap in CSI

[Filmdude2001]

Great movie. Great trailer.

[thebattleroyale]

One of the best trailers i've ever seen!

[electron501]

You moron thats a line FROM THE MOVIE!!!

[bigredteds]

"your taste is in your ass" is like saying your head is up your ass...basically you have shitty taste. This movie kicked ass. Fast paced and exciting, and a surprise ending too.

[pfelon]

You want bread? F*ck a baker.

[throughtime]

Audiophile go back to your audio you don't know anything about movies you stupid fuck

[audiophile331]

Looks cheesy... like a bad episode of The A-Team, without the mohawk black dude.

Pass on it...

[thedeanofgames]

It's an 80's flick so it does have that certain Miami vice quality to it but it is still a great flick.

[kinmanyuen]

yes it feels like miami vice in a movieversion way^^

[5eurocups2005]

i love this movie its brilliant, totally underrated, one of the best movies in the 80's.

Roger Ebert gave this Top marks 4 stars out of 4 stars - "The film isn't just about cops

and robbers, but about two systems of doing business, and how one of

the systems finds a way to change itself in order to defeat the other.

That's interesting. So is the chase"A Quote from Roger Ebert's review of to live and die la November 1985.

[LATINOJKE]

about to watch this movie i hope it iight

[Luka1990Croat]

Was it good?

[LATINOJKE]

yeah oldies but goodies

[dgwg2007]

Incredible movie!

Why it wasn't a blockbuster is a complete mystery. I remember seeing the trailer when it first came out but I didn't get a chance to see if until it came out on VHS believe it or not. It deserved an oscar just for the opening sound effects in the airport scenes.

[mikekaraoke]

@dgwg2007 it was a success it's budget was 6 million it then pulled in at nearly 18 million in US alone

[logistix123]

Do you know you're living like a f***ing' animal in the zoo?

[dgwg2007]

Good one Logistix!

[bnutkaveli007]

"18th century cameroon. Yes? Your taste is in your ass!"

[kidstl]

after all these years, i still dont get the reference to "your taste is in your ass"......

[gigapus35]

the car chase in this flick is the best

[pedroscottspielberg]

HELL YEAH!

[kinmanyuen]

Those capital letters and sfx... it screams "block buster"

[drrude]

Lemme tell you something, amigo: they should've called this film 'RICHARD CHANCE - L.A. OVERLORD' instead.

[savagesinema]

Classic!