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Chinatown (Special Collector's Edition)

Jack Nicholson (Actor), Faye Dunaway (Actor) Rated:
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Contributor Diane Ladd, John Hillerman, Faye Dunaway, Roman Polanski, Darrell Zwerling, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Jack Nicholson, John Huston See more
Language English
Runtime 2 hours and 10 minutes
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Landmark movie in the film noir tradition, Roman Polanski's Chinatown stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) 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. Co-starring film legend John Huston and featuring an Academy Award®-winning script by Robert Towne, Chinatown captures a lost era in a masterfully woven movie that remains a timeless gem.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches; 3.52 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Roman Polanski
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Collector's Edition, AC-3, Color, Dolby, Multiple Formats, Restored, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dubbed
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 10 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ November 6, 2007
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, John Huston, Perry Lopez
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish, Portuguese
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Paramount
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000UAE7RW
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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This is film that i recommend everyone should watch especially if your a fan of noir films. Plus it's got an amazing cast in it. Again i recommend seeing this movie
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HollowMan91
5.0 out of 5 stars Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2024
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I remember seeing this for the first time a few years back, I didn't think that much about this movie. I thought it was good, but probably nothing to write about. But after a few years, I decided to watch it again and I found more details about it that I didn't pick up the first time. The writing, especially, is the best thing that I love about it and the twists and turns that the narrative takes you on.

I think this may be my favorite Jack Nicholson film, next to The Shining. I love his character, his style, his resourcefulness, and his slickness in his dialogue. It's the typical noir archetype that I enjoy watching. Polanski does a good job on recapturing that '40s noir. Just by the way it's shot, it will have those nice visually dark scenes. Not too many people talk about him know, but I was also happy to see John Huston, a noir veteran to return to play a character in this movie.

The music is by Jerry Goldsmith... I mean, come on, must I say more? It's and just excellent. I cant listen to it while I drive home from work at night and feel like I'm driving through downtown LA in the '40s.

Chinatown does a great job in entertaining the audience, but at times it has those dark and disturbing moments that end up being very memorable and acts as a testament for great scriptwriting. There memorable moments, memorable lines, and memorable characters that stand the test of time. This film, like so many great ones, is not old... it's classic. A movie that stands the test of time. And I highly recommend this movie. It's one of the movies that you MUST watch before you die.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great movie good bluray
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2024
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great movie, decent steelbook
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MICHAEL STONEHILL
5.0 out of 5 stars BUY IT JAKE, IT'S CHINATOWN!
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1974 was a big year for Paramount Pictures. Three of their films were up for a Best Picture Oscar including this one(the other two were "The Godfather, Part II" and "The Conversation" both directed by Francis Ford Coppola). If you factor in "Murder on the Orient Express"(also released in 1974)then you could say that Paramount(under Production Head Robert Evans) really did care about quality in their films. All the films I've just listed are now considered classics. Most have been released on Blu-ray(the exception being "Murder on the Orient Express"). Last week's blu-ray release of "Chinatown" was welcome news. I remember seeing "Chinatown" at the Cinema 21(sadly torn down shortly after a six month run of Cameron's "Titanic") in San Diego and although I didn't understand the picture, I certainly enjoyed it's film noir look of Los Angeles in a hot Summer of 1937. That look and other details are retained in this outstanding blu-ray release by the restorers at Paramount, who did a superb restoration of Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief" last month(see my review). I've owned every format of "Chinatown" since it's release. In fact, one of the first things I did in 1974 was to get a copy of Jerry Goldsmith's haunting and classic score(on vinyl) just to hear that opening trumpet solo again. According to one of the special features(there are about six of them) he wrote the score in nine days at the last minute and the minute the film starts, it sets the mood of the film. I won't go into the story since it took so long for me to figure out what was going on(a tribute to Robert Towne's Oscar winning screenplay) but it's basically about power and betrayal with water thrown into the mix. Lots of water. Other reviewers of the blu ray have commented on the blu ray's aspect ratio. The one I watched was 2.35 which is true to Roman Polanski's panavision version of the film. There is some film grain in certain scenes but this may have more to due with John Alonzo's photography of the film than anything else. For the most part, the colors are sharp and sometimes jump off the screen. Paramount has given this Blu-ray a high Bitrate(33.33) and the results are very impressive. "Chinatown" probably hasn't looked this good since I first saw it back in 1974. One thing that I noticed this time more than the other dozen times I've watched "Chinatown" was how well Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway looked in their costumes. You can see every little detail on the ties that Nicholson's character Jake Gittes wears in every scene. He changes clothes a lot from scene to scene and his suits compete with Richard Sylbert's elegant production design for the film. Sylbert makes Los Angeles look beautiful on Blu ray. Nicholson and Dunaway do some of their best work in this picture as does the rest of cast. It was good to see Perry Lopez, Joe Mantell and John Huston(sadly all passed away now) in their supporting parts. Once again I'd like to thank the restorers at Paramount for providing another superb restoration title on blu ray. "Chinatown" on blu ray is a must own for any film collectors library.
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N. Doyle
4.0 out of 5 stars Imperfect film noir never gets near the real Chinatown...
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2008
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It's surprising that for all the slavish attention to period detail that Roman Polanski puts into CHINATOWN, he lets down the audience in the finale which is supposed to take place in the actual Chinatown at night. Instead, it looks (as the original review in The New York Times pointed out), more like Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn with a few neon signs flickering in the background for Oriental flavor, filmed on an artificial, improvised set. It's a letdown when the film's most crucial moments aren't given the careful period flavor that goes into the majority of the piece. It's also unworthy of the film's final line: "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."

Robert Towne's screenplay owes a great deal to Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, both expert writers of crime detective fiction full of sardonic humor and double entendre remarks, usually delivered in deadpan manner by whomever was playing the male detective. He uses "Chinatown" as a metaphor for a puzzle nobody can solve, sort of the way Thomas Mitchell summed up a mystery by saying "makes as much sense as Chinese music" in "The Dark Mirror."

In both CHINATOWN and THE MALTESE FALCON, a private eye gets involved in a messy case involving murder and other assorted mayhem, drawn into the case by a cool femme fatale who knows more than she's saying, and a cast of mostly unsavory characters living in the fringes of L.A.'s Chinatown area where crime in the 1930s is rampant.

In this case, the cynical, hard-nosed detective is played to perfection by JACK NICHOLSON in the kind of role he excelled in, justly winning a Best Actor nomination. And likewise, the inscrutable dame is played by FAYE DUNAWAY in the sort of part Mary Astor essayed in "The Maltese Falcon." Instead of Sydney Greenstreet, we get JOHN HUSTON in the role of her megalomaniac, corrupt father. And keeping all of this fascinating material well in hand is Roman Polanski, himself a player in the film as the hood who slashes Nicholson's nose.

It's gritty, authentic looking (except for the above-mentioned flaw) and captures the mood of the story with its Los Angeles backgrounds and detailed attention to '30s styles. Visually, it's a masterpiece--and while the story gets a little slow once in awhile in uncovering a convoluted plot involving land rights and water control, it leads to a highly suspenseful ending.

A stylish thriller, well worth watching, especially if you love film noir. But somehow, Bogie's image hovers over most of the dialog and it falls far short of being called a "masterpiece" as many have done here. A more concise, compact telling of the tale would have made that description more apt instead of this long, rambling story with its engineering background and slow revelations.

Note: The widescreen DVD features a couple of insightful commentaries by the creators of "Chinatown" (Roman Polanski, Robert Towne, Bob Evans), as well as Jack Nicholson, but it's advisable to watch after seeing the film because a lot of the plot twists are given away.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Olvídalo jack es el barrio chino
Reviewed in Mexico on March 28, 2024
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Llego sin problemas
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Buen titulo del cine negro

Y especial actuación de john huston creador del género en los años 40s
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5.0 out of 5 stars Olvídalo jack es el barrio chino
Reviewed in Mexico on March 28, 2024
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Buen titulo del cine negro

Y especial actuación de john huston creador del género en los años 40s
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dvd
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Michael B
5.0 out of 5 stars Great film great price
Reviewed in Australia on August 10, 2023
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One of the great films of the 70's which was the best decade for Hollywood films.
A very good quality blu ray with good, interesting extras at a great price. Recommended
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5.0 out of 5 stars 流石はジェリー・ゴールドスミス・・・♪
Reviewed in Japan on July 21, 2023
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１９７４年の作品で、ロマン・ポランスキーの演出が冴え渡っていて、
アカデミー脚本賞受賞した、ロバート・タウンの脚本も素晴らしいものですが、
ラストは、ポランスキーの主張が通ったものだそうで・・・
個人的には、こちらの方が重みが増して、良かったと思います。
ジャック・ニコルソンのオーバーリアクションもなく、相変わらず、影のある魅力での
フェイ・ダナウェイと、キャスティングも良かったです！
ポランスキー自身も、より痕跡残そうと？・・ニコルソンの鼻に最後まで「笑」
しかし、流石はジェリー・ゴールドスミス！公開まで少しと言う時間での、
交代劇で、これ程までの見事なスコアを書き上げたのには、ただただ驚愕します。
この映画での、重みのあるシーンのほとんどに、テーマ曲が流れて・・・
作品自体が素晴らしいものになったと思います。
アカデミー作曲賞にノミネートも当然です♪
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gran película
Reviewed in Spain on November 30, 2023
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Gran trabajo de director y de actores. La música excepcional. El guión también. Es de esas películas que pueden verse muchas veces.

Esta edición tiene el audio y los subtítulos en versión original. Es una lástima que lo que debería ser la norma sea una excepción.
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