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1974 Certificate 15
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Director 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 .. Read more

Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Diane Ladd
Director Roman Polanski
Genres Drama, Thriller

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Chinatown

Director 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 rumoured 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.
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.

Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Diane Ladd, Bruce Glover, John Hillerman, James Hong, Roy Jenson, Perry Lopez, Noble Willingham, Burt Young, Joe Mantell, Roy Roberts, Rance Howard, Richard Bakalyan, Jerry Fujikawa, Beulah Quo, Darrell Zwerling, Denny Arnold, Richard Bakalya, Beulah Quo /
Director Roman Polanski
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 5 mins
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 5 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Collections 100 must-see movies, 100 Top Thrillers, American Film Institute's top 100
Genres Drama, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Dubbed German, French, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released Production year: 1974

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DVD: 02 Oct 2000
Blu-ray: 28 May 2012

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