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Its tagline is "In this city, only the cops are above the law."
Its synopsis is "Upon discovering a den of corrupt policemen, a fresh-faced journalist makes a shaky allies in a jaded reporter and investigator for a powerful district attorney."
Contrary to belief, the director says the movie is not based off Edison, New Jersey. Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959 in South Orange, New Jersey), better known as Kevin Spacey, is an American actor. ... Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American actor and film director who first became known in the American media through roles on the kids show The Electric Company and on the soap opera Another World. ... Justin Timberlake Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American singer who came to fame as a vocalist in the pop band *NSYNC. Timberlake has become notorious for baring the breast of Janet Jackson during the 2004 Superbowl halftime show. ... LL Cool J James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968) is an American hip hop artist better known by his stage name, LL Cool J (an abbreviation of Ladies Love Cool James). He is best known for romantic ballads like I Need Love as well as hardcore rap like I... The Edison Memorial Tower, one of Edison Townships notable landmarks. ...
Edison was in the audience the night of the opening along with William Reed, who was a projectionist or "electrician" and would tour with the first Vitascope show in the south.
Thomas Edison understood the value of the home market for his inventions, as shown by his 1878 Parlor Speaking Phonograph, which was introduced shortly after his original invention of the tinfoil phonograph in 1877.
Edison's "Talking Pictures" is most likely the source of the first popular use of the term "talkies" to refer to synchronized sound and film shows.
In 1893, Thomas Edison built the first movie studio in the USA when he constructed the Black Maria, a tarpaper-covered structure near his laboratories in West Orange, New Jersey, and asked circus, vaudeville and dramatic actors to perform for the camera.
Another reason that early movie producers located in Southern California was to escape Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company, as he owned almost all the patents relevant to movie production at the time.
The first movie studio in the Hollywood area was Nestor Studios, which was opened in 1911 by Al Christie for David Horsley.
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