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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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EAN5014437932433

eBay Product ID (ePID)62847404

Product Key Features

ActorFaye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson, John Huston

Film/TV TitleChinatown

DirectorRoman Polanski

FormatDVD

Release Year2007

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesSpecial Collector's Edition\Interactive Menu

GenreThriller, General

Run Time125 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

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.

AwardsBest Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen 1975 - Robert Towne

ScreenwriterRobert Towne

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleChinatown

Consumer AdviceContains strong violence