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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0097361224442
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Paramount Home Video
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 06, 2007
Running Time: 130 minutes
Sales Rank: 1123
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 20, 1974
Editorial Review:
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Roman Polanski's brooding film noir exposes the darkest side of the land of sunshine, the Los Angeles of the 1930s, where power is the only currency--and the only real thing worth buying. Jack Nicholson is J.J. Gittes, a private eye in the Chandler mold, who during a routine straying-spouse investigation finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a jigsaw puzzle of clues and corruption. The glamorous Evelyn Mulwray (a dazzling Faye Dunaway) and her titanic father, Noah Cross (John Huston), are at the black-hole center of this tale of treachery, incest, and political bribery. The crackling, hard-bitten script by Robert Towne won a well-deserved Oscar, and the muted color cinematography makes the goings-on seem both bleak and impossibly vibrant. Polanski himself has a brief, memorable cameo as the thug who tangles with Nicholson's nose. One of the greatest, most completely satisfying crime films of all time. --Anne Hurley
Description:
Landmark movie in the film noir tradition, Roman Polanski's Chinatown stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in...Chinatown. Co-starring film legend John Huston and featuring an Academy Award®-winning script by Robert Towne, Chinatown captures a lost era in a masterfully woven movie that remains a timeless gem.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Imperfect film noir never gets near the real Chinatown...
It's surprising that for all the slavish attention to period detail that Roman Polanski puts into CHINATOWN, he lets down the audience in the finale which is supposed to take place in the actual Chinatown at night. Instead, it looks (as the original review in The New York Times pointed out), more like Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn with a few neon signs flickering in the background for Oriental flavor, filmed on an artificial, improvised set. It's a letdown when the film's most crucial moments aren't ... Read More
Rating: - What A Classic Film, Despite Studio Treatment
Chinatown is a film that you have to see. No amount of explanation will do you justice. The screenplay is the true backbone of this film; and it reflects just how vital and "make or break you" a script is to a film project. The cast was already great, and the screenplay allowed them to soar with their characters. There is so much depth to these folks as people, troubled people, that by the end your head is just spinning 'Oh my god, just how dark and troubled can people get?' One reviewer said this ... Read More
Rating:  - I used to live alone, but after this order I turned into a Don Juan and found true love.
One of the greatest crime dramas ever filmed. the twists and turns are great and the whole movie keeps you guessing. The best modern equivalent is LA Confidentials. Check it out!
Rating: - Chinatown
Great movie. Good dialogue and intricate plot. Sometimes had to rewind because I didn't catch everything. You have to pay attention.
Rating: - The return of Film Noir in a great dvd edition
If you love film noir of the 40s and thought that genre was dead in the 50s and 60s
Experience the return of the genre in this great movie
And a great dvd price value by the way.
I totally recommend it.
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