Claim: There was a neo-noir crime film whose screenplay was by Brian Helgeland.
Evidence: He is most known for writing the screenplays for L.A. Confidential -LRB- for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay -RRB- , Mystic River , and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 : The Dream Master.
L.A. Confidential is a 1997 American neo-noir crime film directed , produced and co-written by Curtis Hanson.
The screenplay by Hanson and Brian Helgeland is loosely based on James Ellroy 's 1990 novel of the same name , the third book in his L.A. Quartet series.