Overview:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite 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.| Status: | Released (1974-06-20) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 21 wins & 24 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $29,200,000 |
| Screen: | Robert Towne, Roman Polanski |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions, Robert Evans Company |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | Español, 广州话 / 廣州話, English |
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Casts
- 514: Jack Nicholson - J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
- 6450: Faye Dunaway - Evelyn Cross Mulwray
- 6593: John Huston - Noah Cross
- 12295: Perry Lopez - Lieutenant Lou Escobar
- 12296: John Hillerman - Russ Yelburton
- 6587: Diane Ladd - Ida Sessions
- 3556: Roman Polanski - Man with Knife
Crews
- 12288: Robert Evans - Producer - Production
- 12017: Richard Sylbert - Production Design - Art
- 3457: Logan Frazee - Special Effects - Crew
- 12292: Ruby R. Levitt - Set Decoration - Art
- 12020: Anthea Sylbert - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 3106: John C. Hammell - Music Editor - Sound
- 12291: W. Stewart Campbell - Art Direction - Art
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Reviews
John Chard
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He nose you know! Chinatown is directed by Roman Polanski and written by Robert Towne. It stars Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez and John Hillerman. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by John A. Alonzo. Private investigator J.J. Gittes (Nichols ....
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**Great.** I can't say much about Roman Polanski because I feel I've seen too little of his work to make a more global analysis: I have only seen _The Ninth Gate_, _The Pianist_ and, now, this film. It's not much… but the truth is that they are three films that I really liked, and ....
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I think this might be my favourite role from Faye Dunaway. She is "Evelyn", a woman who suspects that her husband "Hollis" (Darrell Zwerling) is playing away from home. She engages the services of the cynical PI "Gittes" (Jack Nicholson) and pretty soon people are dead and he is embr ....
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