Chinatown |  | Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Fritzi Burr, Cecil Elliott
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  240 reviews
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Original recording remastered, Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Portuguese (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 131 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: PARD072984D
UPC: 097360729849
EAN: 0097360729849
Theatrical Release Date: 1974
Release Date: October 6, 2009
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 10/06/2009 Run time: 130 minutes Rating: 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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 chinatown great movie November 7, 2009
Nancy J. (California)
Melancholy movie plot; very worth watching; those who "love to hate" rich interfering daddies and politicians versus the good guys will enjoy. Get out the kleenex box for the ending!!
Great Jack Nicholson acting AGAIN
 A classic -- a clearer storyline would have made it better October 19, 2009
Roger J. Buffington (Huntington Beach, CA United States)
"Chinatown" is a classic detective flick in which Jack Nicholson flaunts his formidable acting talent. The storyline of this film is convoluted and murky, but the atmospherics and the acting are all first-rate. The early 20th Century California setting gives this film a wonderful ambiance that I have always found to be irresistible. No one should miss this one.
The story is basically about the corruption of money and politics involved in California water politics of the early 20th Century. Huge fortunes are at stake depending on where the limited water resources of Southern California are to be sent. Nicholson, a private detective, is inadvertently swept into this maelstrom, because the amounts of money involved are worth killing for.
This is an engrossing, if somewhat hard-to-follow detective flick that no movie aficionado should pass up. RJB.
 Review for Amazon! why mix the reviews ????? October 11, 2009
E. Mora (Miami, FL United States)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
hi see this 2009 edition for chinatown, I see the reviews and are reviews from other editions... so bad!!! I want see separate reviews for every product!!! please DONT MIX THE REVIEWS!!!!!!!!!!
Polanski's Film Noir Classic September 14, 2009
Dr. Feelgood (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nicholson and Polanski were in rare form when they conspired to put out this film, which was successful both commercially and artistically. Looking at the film today on DVD, it still holds up as a timeless classic.
Just What We Had Been Looking For August 25, 2009
margo (Santa Cruz, CA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The "Chinatown" DVD was an item that we had shopped for and found through Amazon. DeeVeeDees offered this brand-new product at a very low price. The item was carefully packaged and shipped as well. We certainly recommend this seller!
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