"Roman J. Israel, Esq."

Denzel Washington is the eponymous lawyer in Dan Gilroy's "Roman J. Israel, Esq." (Columbia/Sony, 2017). Roman is a brilliant, idealistic guy who hasn't had to do much interacting with the world until his employer of 26 years dies. He makes a radical misstep and pays for it in a big way.

Near the end of the film we end up on Broadway. In this shot Colin Farrell, Denzel's new boss, is driving around downtown looking for him and spots him heading south just beyond the marquee of the Rialto Theatre/Urban Outfitters at 812 S. Broadway.

Colin taking a U-turn on Broadway with the Orpheum Theatre, 842 S. Broadway, in the background.  He's playing a smart, stylish, greedy lawyer who, influenced by Denzel's character, rediscovers a long-buried better part of himself.

We get a scene in the Broadway Bar just north of the Orpheum with Denzel, Colin, and our other lead Carmen Ejogo, a civil rights activist influenced both by Roman as well as by his former employer. Here Colin has just come out of the bar.

 

Colin and Denzel on the street. We get a mashup of shots on the 600, 700 and 800 blocks as the two walk and Denzel discusses turning himself in at a police station on 6th St.

 

At 7th and Broadway we get this murky view west. In the center of the shot is the dark marquee of the former Warner Downtown Theatre at 7th and Hill. On the left it's a bit of the building the State Theatre is in, on the right it's the former Bullock's store.

A look north on Broadway toward the Los Angeles Theatre, 615 S. Broadway, as Denzel crosses the street. The film's cinematography was by Robert Elswit.

See the pages on the Los Angeles Theatres site about the Orpheum, Rialto, Warner Downtown and Los Angeles theatres for many photos along with a history of these vintage movie palaces.

On IMDb: "Roman J. Israel, Esq."