| Uniform Title |
Chinatown (Motion picture : 1974) |
| Title |
Chinatown. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2019. |
| ©1974 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (125 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DC1764. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974. |
| "Adultery is just the beginning..." --Container. |
| Special features: Chinatown: The beginning and the end ; Chinatown: Filming ; Chinatown: The legacy ; Theatrical trailer. |
| Credits |
Directed by Roman Polanski ; written by Robert Towne. |
| Performers |
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, John Huston. |
| Summary |
Los Angeles, 1937. Private detective Jake Gittes is hired by a stunning socialite to investigate her husband, whom she suspects of cheating. But what begins as a routine investigation into adultery turns out to be a much larger case of political corruption, deceit, and murder. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1/mono, PAL, Region 4, widescreen 16:9, 2.35:1. |
| Language note |
English, French, German, Italian, Castilian Spanish. Subtitles in English, French, German, Danish, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Castilian Spanish, Finnish, Dutch. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Awards note |
Academy Awards, 1974: Best Original Screenplay (Towne) ; Golden Globes, 1975: Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (Nicholson), Best Director (Polanski), Best Screenplay (Towne). |
| Subjects |
Private investigators -- Drama |
| Adultery -- Drama |
| Political corruption -- Drama |
| Murder -- Investigation -- Drama |
| Organized crime -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama |
| Water rights -- California -- Owens Valley -- History -- 20th century -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Drama |
| Owens Valley (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Drama |
| Genre |
Detective and mystery films |
| Crime films |
| Film noir |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Polanski, Roman director. |
| Towne, Robert screenwriter. |
| Nicholson, Jack actor. |
| Dunaway, Faye actor. |
| Hillerman, John actor. |
| Lopez, Perry, 1929-2008 actor. |
| Young, Burt actor. |
| Huston, John, 1906-1987 actor. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Narrower Subject References:
Authors:
- Dunaway, Faye .
- Hillerman, John .
- Huston, John, 1906-1987 .
- Lopez, Perry, 1929-2008 .
- Nicholson, Jack .
- Polanski, Roman .
- Towne, Robert .
- Young, Burt .
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