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Chinatown
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The work Chinatown represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Memorial Hall Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Chinatown
Label
Chinatown
Statement of responsibility
a Paramount picture ; written by Robert Towne ; produced by Robert Evans ; directed by Roman Polanski
Creator
  • Chinatown (Motion picture)
Contributor
  • Huston, John, 1906-1987
  • Ladd, Diane
  • Nicholson, Jack
  • Towne, Robert
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation
  • Polanski, Roman
  • Dunaway, Faye
  • Paramount Home Video (Firm)
  • Evans, Robert, 1930-2019
Actor
  • Dunaway, Faye
  • Nicholson, Jack
Director
  • Polanski, Roman
Screenwriter
  • Towne, Robert
Subject
  • Detective and mystery films
  • Detective films and programs
  • Feature films
  • Features
  • Film noir
  • Films for the hearing impaired
  • Incest -- Drama
  • Murder -- Drama
  • Videodiscs
  • Videodiscs
  • Water rights -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
  • Detective and mystery fiction
  • Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Drama
Genre
  • Features
  • Film noir
  • Films for the hearing impaired
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Detective films and programs
  • Detective and mystery films
  • Detective and mystery fiction
Language
  • engfre
  • eng
  • eng
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
Member of
  • Widescreen DVD collection
Cataloging source
VYF
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, John A. Alonzo; film editor, Sam O'Steen; music, Jerry Goldsmith
Intended audience
Rated R
Language note
  • In English (5.1 surround), restored English mono, or French
  • Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
PerformerNote
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Bruce Glover, Joe Mantell, Roy Jenson, Diane Ladd, Dick Bakalyan, John Huston
Runtime
130
Series statement
Widescreen DVD collection
Target audience
general
Technique
live action

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  • Chinatown, a Paramount picture ; written by Robert Towne ; produced by Robert Evans ; directed by Roman Polanski
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