Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
1995, English. Directed by Harry Pallenberg & Morgan Neville.
Drives through Lost L.A.
Before "L.A. Confidential", there was "Shotgun Freeway" -- the groundbreaking 1995 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with it's own history. Against a backdrop of never-before-seen archival footage, Shotgun Freeway presents a diverse group of "Angelinos" who guide the film through their own past as well as the city's. We get crime scribe James Ellroy reliving his youth as a burglar, Actor/writer Buck Henry's tour of Hollywood fakery, Jazzman Buddy Collette's trip down Central Avenue, Historian Mike Davis' tour of LA's eventual Armageddon, and writer Joan Didion's take on LA's own ephemerality. From the Beaches to the Valley, "Shotgun Freeway" will show you a Los Angeles you never knew existed.
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- 1h 31m
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- English
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- Released
- 1 March 1995
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Morgan Neville, Harry Pallenberg
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Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. runs 91 minutes (1h 31m).
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Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 March 1995. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.?
If you liked Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A., try Los Angeles Plays Itself, Come See Me in the Good Light, The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man.
Who directed Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.?
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. (1995) was directed by Harry Pallenberg and Morgan Neville and stars Joan Didion, James Ellroy, Buck Henry.