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Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne.The film stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.It was inspired by the California water wars, a series of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th century, by which Los Angeles interests secured water rights in the Owens Valley.
- $6 million
- Jerry Goldsmith
- June 20, 1974
- Robert Evans
Jun 20, 1974 · Chinatown: Directed by Roman Polanski. With Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez. A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Roman Polanski
- 1974-06-20
Feb 6, 2000 · Jack Nicholson ’s character J.J. Gittes, who is in every scene of “Chinatown” (1974), takes the Bogart line and gentles it down. He plays a nice, sad man. We remember the famous bandage plastered on Nicholson’s nose (after the Polanski character slices him), and think of him as a hard-boiled tough guy. Not at all.
When Los Angeles private eye J.J. "Jake" Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired by Evelyn Mulwray to investigate her husband's activities, he believes it's a routine infidelity case. Jake's ...
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- Roman Polanski
- R
- Jack Nicholson
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. In 1937 Los Angeles, private investigator Jake 'J.J.' Gittes specializes in cheating-spouse cases. His current target is Hollis Mulwray, high-profile chief engineer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and ...
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Chinatown (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Hold It There, Kitty-Cat Looking to figure out who’s behind the surreptitious dumping of water from the reservoir, private eye Jake (Jack Nicholson) is back at the locks where he encounters director Roman Polanski, in his famous cameo, as a nameless goon with a switchblade, in Chinatown, 1974.
