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A private eye is involved in a seemingly routine snoop job that mushrooms into a murderous regional and personal scandal.

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ProducerRobert Evans

EAN5014437804235

eBay Product ID (ePID)3945774

Product Key Features

ActorRance Howard, John Hillerman, Beulah Quo, Darrell Zwerling, Perry Lopez, Joe Mantell, Burt Young, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Glover, Noble Willingham, John Huston, Diane Ladd, Roy Jenson, Roman Polanski, Faye Dunaway, Roy Roberts, Jerry Fujikawa, James Hong, Richard Bakalyan

Film/TV TitleChinatown

DirectorRoman Polanski

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageDanish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Italian\Norwegian\Portuguese\Spanish\Swedish\Turkish

Run Time125 Mins

Aspect Ratio2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2000

FormatDVD

FeaturesTheatrical Trailer\A Retrospective Interview with Roman Polanski Robert Towne and Robert Evans, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

GenreThriller, General

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Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerJerry Goldsmith

Costume DesignerAnthea Sylbert

Dubbing LanguagesGerman\French\Spanish\Italian\Hungarian

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1\Dolby Digital Mono

Director of PhotographyJohn A. Alonzo

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Production DesignerRichard Sylbert

AwardsBest Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen 1975 - Robert Towne

Additional InformationDirector Roman Polanski's neo-noir detective story is set during a heat wave in 1930s Los Angeles, whose residents are suffering from a water shortage as a result of an ongoing drought. Private investigator Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) runs a detective agency specializing in matrimonial strife and infidelity. When a client posing as the wife of the L.A. water commissioner hires him to spy on her husband, who is rumored to be having an affair with a younger woman, Jake uncovers a plot against the commissioner--but this is only the tip of the iceberg. Yet to emerge are a sex scandal implicating the actual Mrs. Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway), with whom Jake is destined to become more closely acquainted, and a real estate swindle of tremendous proportions devised by her father, powerful tycoon Noah Cross (John Huston), who has a vast network of corrupt city officials and landowners backing him up.<BR>With stellar contributions from Robert Towne, whose script recalls the hard-boiled cynicism of the writings of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett; director of photography John Alonzo; production designer Richard Sylbert; and composer Jerry Goldsmith, CHINATOWN evolved into a complex and superbly crafted period drama that represents Polanski's most critically acclaimed film.

ReviewsSight and Sound - ...[Polanski] handles the mechanics of the plot with a ruthless brilliance that is immediately involving..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Incomparable...

ScreenwriterRobert Towne

Format DescriptionDVD 9

EditorSam O'Steen

Movie/TV TitleChinatown