Chinatown (Special Collector's Edition)
starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, John Huston, Perry Lopez
directed by: Roman Polanski
directed by: Roman Polanski
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Studio: Paramount Home VideoRelease Date: 11/06/2007Run time: 130 minutesRating: R
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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
Studio: Paramount Home VideoRelease Date: 11/06/2007Run time: 130 minutesRating: R
Amazon.com essential video:
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
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- Is it possible?A deep and subtle film noire.
This is one of my favorite Polanski films, which is saying a lot.Unlike the two-dimensional characters that you get in the FN genre, these characters are realistic, troubled, and flawed.Nicolson is the best:a PI because he had to leave the police force, he is deeply angry and cynical.But in his heart, he does want to help.He is skilled as an investigator and smart, but gets in way over his head.Dunaway, the femme fatale who is the only person with a clear idea of diong good, also defies ... Read More
Rating: - Chinatown
I purchased this movie because I was taking a college course in film.I had not seen it yet but had heard of it.Now it is one of my top ten.Aweseome.
Rating: - "Forget It, Jake. It's Chinatown." Classic Line. Great Storyline That Remins Of Great Noir Thrillers From The 1930's & 1940's.
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway & John Huston star in "Chinatown," a movie filled with intrigue, suspense and drama. All these ingredients make for great cinema and "Chinatown" delivers on all cylinders. Huston's role is really more of a cameo, but he acquits himself well as always. Classic film. Ironically, Nicholson's character says a line which would be said to himby Lieutenant Daniel Kafee (Tom Cruise) in "A Few Good Men": "I want the truth!" This film SHOULD NOT have been rated R, but PG. It only ... Read More
Rating: - THIS IS WHAT FILM IS SUPPOSED TO BE
The mid-1970s saw a spate of "government conspiracy" films, all with liberal themes that emanated from Watergate. None of them were about Kennedy stealing the 1960 election. Hmm.
"Chinatown" (1974) may be the best screenplay ever written. A historical look at 1930s Los Angeles, it actually condensed events from the 1900s with events that, uh, never happened but made for good drama. Written by L.A. native Robert Towne, directed by Roman Polanski, produced by Evans and starring Jack Nicholson, Faye ... Read More
Rating: - 4 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:
Watch Jack Nicholson act as well as he ever did, watch Roman Polanski channel his wife's tragic death and a script by Robert Towne into a piece of cinematic art, watch one of the few color noirs worthy of the name: above all else, watch Chinatown.
- Is it possible?A deep and subtle film noire.This is one of my favorite Polanski films, which is saying a lot.Unlike the two-dimensional characters that you get in the FN genre, these characters are realistic, troubled, and flawed.Nicolson is the best:a PI because he had to leave the police force, he is deeply angry and cynical.But in his heart, he does want to help.He is skilled as an investigator and smart, but gets in way over his head.Dunaway, the femme fatale who is the only person with a clear idea of diong good, also defies ... Read More
- ChinatownI purchased this movie because I was taking a college course in film.I had not seen it yet but had heard of it.Now it is one of my top ten.Aweseome.
- "Forget It, Jake. It's Chinatown." Classic Line. Great Storyline That Remins Of Great Noir Thrillers From The 1930's & 1940's.Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway & John Huston star in "Chinatown," a movie filled with intrigue, suspense and drama. All these ingredients make for great cinema and "Chinatown" delivers on all cylinders. Huston's role is really more of a cameo, but he acquits himself well as always. Classic film. Ironically, Nicholson's character says a line which would be said to himby Lieutenant Daniel Kafee (Tom Cruise) in "A Few Good Men": "I want the truth!" This film SHOULD NOT have been rated R, but PG. It only ... Read More
- THIS IS WHAT FILM IS SUPPOSED TO BEThe mid-1970s saw a spate of "government conspiracy" films, all with liberal themes that emanated from Watergate. None of them were about Kennedy stealing the 1960 election. Hmm.
"Chinatown" (1974) may be the best screenplay ever written. A historical look at 1930s Los Angeles, it actually condensed events from the 1900s with events that, uh, never happened but made for good drama. Written by L.A. native Robert Towne, directed by Roman Polanski, produced by Evans and starring Jack Nicholson, Faye ... Read More
- 4 stars out of 4The Bottom Line:
Watch Jack Nicholson act as well as he ever did, watch Roman Polanski channel his wife's tragic death and a script by Robert Towne into a piece of cinematic art, watch one of the few color noirs worthy of the name: above all else, watch Chinatown.
