Chinatown (Blu-ray) R
You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
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Also released as:
Chinatown
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: May 9, 2017
- Originally Released: 1974
- Label: Paramount
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jack Nicholson & Faye Dunaway | |
Performer: | John Huston, John Hillerman, Burt Young, Perry Lopez, Diane Ladd, Darrell Zwerling, Roy Jenson, Joe Mantell, Bruce Glover, Richard Bakalyan, James Hong, Beulah Quo, Jerry Fujikawa, Roy Roberts, Noble Willingham & Rance Howard | |
Directed by | Roman Polanski | |
Edited by | Sam O'Steen | |
Screenwriting by | Robert Towne | |
Composition by | Jerry Goldsmith | |
Cameo: | Roman Polanski | |
Produced by | Robert Evans | |
Director of Photography: | John A. Alonzo |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown."
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1974 -
Best Original Screenplay: Robert Towne
Entertainment Reviews:
In its total recapturing of a past, in its plot, its vivid characterizations, its carefully calculated and accelerating pace, its whole demonstration of a medium mastered, Chinatown reminds you again that motion pictures are larger, not smaller than life.
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Los Angeles Times
...Incomparable...
Entertainment Weekly
Faye Dunaway quivers, John Huston looms, but Nicholson's Gittes seems untouchable inside...
Premiere
...Like most noir stories, CHINATOWN ends in a flurry of revelation....For Nicholson, the role had enormous importance...
Chicago Sun-Times
Lauded for its brilliant structure and build-up to a - you guessed it - shocking finale that still leaves me jaw-dropped after countless repeat viewings.
Full Review
Way Too Indie
Rating: 5/5 --
See this film as many times as you can. Please.
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Little White Lies
Rating: 4/5 --
Polanski's telling of his tale of corruption in LA is masterly - thrilling, humorous and disturbing at the same time - and brilliantly played by John Huston and Faye Dunaway as well as Nicholson.
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London Evening Standard
Product Description:
Many films from the 1970s allow even the most gripping narratives to flow with the consequences of real life. CHINATOWN is a classic film whose intrigues and adventures culminate in life-changing moments for its protagonist, Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson).
Director Roman Polanski's classic neo-noir detective story is set during a heat wave in 1930s Los Angeles, where residents suffer from a water shortage due to an ongoing drought. With stellar contributions from composer Jerry Goldsmith and screenwriter Robert Towne, whose script recalls the hard-boiled cynicism of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, CHINATOWN is a complex and superbly crafted period drama that has become Polanski's most critically acclaimed film. Private investigator Gittes runs a sleazy detective agency. When a client (Diane Ladd) 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 man--but this is only the tip of the iceberg. Still to emerge are a sex scandal implicating the real wife (Faye Dunaway), with whom Jake is destined to become more closely acquainted, and a real estate swindle of tremendous proportions devised by her tycoon father (John Huston), backed up by a vast network of corrupt city officials and landowners who make life hell for the private eye.
This story crystallizes the impact of a chance meeting with the romantic ideals of the early 1970s, when the American urban landscape and economic power structures were in flux.
Director Roman Polanski's classic neo-noir detective story is set during a heat wave in 1930s Los Angeles, where residents suffer from a water shortage due to an ongoing drought. With stellar contributions from composer Jerry Goldsmith and screenwriter Robert Towne, whose script recalls the hard-boiled cynicism of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, CHINATOWN is a complex and superbly crafted period drama that has become Polanski's most critically acclaimed film. Private investigator Gittes runs a sleazy detective agency. When a client (Diane Ladd) 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 man--but this is only the tip of the iceberg. Still to emerge are a sex scandal implicating the real wife (Faye Dunaway), with whom Jake is destined to become more closely acquainted, and a real estate swindle of tremendous proportions devised by her tycoon father (John Huston), backed up by a vast network of corrupt city officials and landowners who make life hell for the private eye.
This story crystallizes the impact of a chance meeting with the romantic ideals of the early 1970s, when the American urban landscape and economic power structures were in flux.
Keywords:
Detectives
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Classic
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Mystery
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Scams And Cons
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Thriller
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Deception
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Film Noir
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Classic Fight Scenes
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Tragedy
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Blackmail
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Recommended
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Character Study
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Disturbing
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Nostalgic
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Corruption
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Theatrical Release
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Essential Cinema