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Chinatown

R
Movie
1974
2h 10m
English
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
8.2
IMDB
Chinatown (1974) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
95

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Jack Nicholson
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Faye Dunaway
Evelyn Cross Mulwray
John Huston
Noah Cross
Perry Lopez
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
John Hillerman
Russ Yelburton
Diane Ladd
Ida Sessions
Roman Polanski
Man with Knife
Roy Jenson
Claude Mulvihill
Richard Bakalyan
Detective Loach
James Hong
Evelyn's Butler
Joe Mantell
Lawrence Walsh
Roy Roberts
Mayor Bagby
Rance Howard
Irate Farmer
Jesse Vint
Farmer in the Valley
Lee de Broux
Policeman
Darrell Zwerling
Hollis I. Mulwray
Directed By: Roman Polanski
Written By: Robert Towne (Screenplay)

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aldy says...
10 years ago
Chinatown was mostly very good. It was a bit too slow-moving, but everything was very deliberate and intentional, and by extension always at least a little engaging. However, while the screenplay was mostly well-crafted, the ending just sucked, thanks Polanski.
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nmahoney416 says...
7 years ago
"Forget it Jake, It's Chinatown." One of the best noir/detective movie with a great story and Jack Nicholson doing his thing.
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randomacd4 says...
8 years ago
Chinatown is one of the best detective movies available. The story keeps a lot of mystery until the finale but the ride is smooth and the twist in the final act is big. This isn't Jack Nicholson's best performance but it is memorable all the way. I suggest checking this out if you enjoy classic cinema.
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SeanMSU says...
10 years ago
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This movie is amazing but fuck that ending. Roman "Pedophile" Polanski was rooting for the Father the entire time
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Featured User Reviews

AdamMorgan
9/10  6 years ago
Like many of the good movies that I've seen recently, "Chinatown" seemed to have me a tad perplexed upon completion. I know that I had seen something quite unique but I wasn't sure exactly how to place it. More on that in a minute.

In case you've never heard of this movie, Ch More
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John Chard
6 years ago
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 (Nicholson) is working o More
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
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 embroiled in an inte More
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Filipe Manuel Dias Neto
2 years ago
**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 about which I More
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