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Title Chinatown / a Paramount picture ; written by Robert Towne ; produced by Robert Evans ; directed by Roman Polanski.

Publication Info. Hollywood, CA : Paramount, [1999]
©1999

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Video  PN1995.9.F54 C4 1999    DUE 05-10-24  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition Widescreen version.
Description 1 DVD (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Series Widescreen DVD collection
Widescreen DVD collection.
System Details DVD; stereo, Dolby digital, NTSC Region 1.
Cast Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Bruce Glover, Joe Mantell, Roy Jenson, Diane Ladd, Dick Bakalyan, John Huston.
Credits Director of photography, John A. Alonzo; film editor, Sam O'Steen; music, Jerry Goldsmith.
Note Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
Audience Rated R.
Note Includes theatrical trailer and retrospective interviews with Evans, Towne, and Polanski (13 min.)
Summary Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is 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 for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.
Language In English (5.1 surround), restored English mono, or French.
Closed-captioned.
Genre/Form Film noir.
Film noir.
Subject Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Drama.
Water rights -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
Water rights.
California -- Los Angeles.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Murder -- Drama.
Murder.
Incest -- Drama.
Incest.
Genre/Form Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.
Detective and mystery films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Added Author Towne, Robert, screenwriter.
Polanski, Roman, director.
Evans, Robert, 1930-2019.
Nicholson, Jack, actor.
Dunaway, Faye, actor.
Ladd, Diane.
Huston, John, 1906-1987.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Paramount Home Video (Firm)
Added Title Chinatown (Motion picture) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98048019
ISBN 0792159586
0792156447
0792159578
Standard No. 97361551678
Music No. 15516 Paramount