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James Ellroy

57%
40%
83%
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57 %
Movies Counted: 7
Fresh: 4  Rotten:3
Average Rating: 6.7/10
How does the celebrity Tomatometer work?
RT's celebrity Tomatometer measures the percentage of all the rated movies in a celebrity's filmography that are "fresh." [-]
Range of Movie T-meters: 34% - 100%
Number of Movies: 10
Box Office Since 2001: $26.4M
Bio: James Ellroy (born Lee Earle Ellroy on March 4, 1948 in Los Angeles, California) is an American writer. He is one of the world's best-selling crime writers and essayists with a unique "telegraphic" writing style, which omits words other [More...]

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James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction (1993)
James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction (1993)
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Lowest Rated
 
 
The Black Dahlia (2006)
The Black Dahlia (2006)
34%
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37%

Street Kings

Screenwriter

9

16

$26,351,341

2008

34%

The Black Dahlia

Source Writer

5

31

$22,518,325

2006

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Feast Of Death: The Dark Places of James Ellroy - The True Story of the Black Dahlia

Subject

0

0

N/A

2006

N/A

James Ellroy: American Dog

Narrator

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0

N/A

2006

N/A

Bazaar Bizarre

Host

0

0

N/A

2005

57%

Dark Blue

Story

0

2

$9,059,588

2003

85%

Wonder Boys

Actor

0

0

N/A

2000

60%

Brown's Requiem

Story

0

0

N/A

1998

99%

L.A. Confidential

Source Writer

0

0

N/A

1997

100%

James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction

Featured

0

0

N/A

1993

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