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Chinatown [special Collector's Edition]
Chinatown
Chinatown [special Collector's Edition]
Chinatown
Director Roman Polanski's neo-noir detective story is set during a heat wave in 1930s Los Angeles, whose residents are suffering from a water shortage as a result of an ongoing drought. Private investigator Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) runs a detective agency specializing in matrimonial strife and infidelity. When a client posing as the wife of the L. A. water commissioner hires him to spy on her husband, who is rumored to be having an affair with a younger woman, Jake uncovers a plot against the commissioner--but this is only the tip of the iceberg. Yet to emerge are a sex scandal implicating the actual Mrs. Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway), with whom Jake is destined to become more closely acquainted, and a real estate swindle of tremendous proportions devised by her father, powerful tycoon Noah Cross (John Huston), who has a vast network of corrupt city officials and landowners backing him up.
With stellar contributions from Robert Towne, whose script recalls the hard-boiled cynicism of the writings of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett; director of photography John Alonzo; production designer Richard Sylbert; and composer Jerry Goldsmith, CHINATOWN evolved into a complex and superbly crafted period drama that represents Polanski's most critically acclaimed film.
Media | Movies DVD |
Number of discs | 1 |
Released | November 5, 2007 |
EAN/UPC | 5014437932433 |
Label | PARAMOUNT PI PHE9324 |
Dimensions | 200 g (Weight (estimated)) |
Region code | Region 2 (Europa) |
Language | English |
Skuespiller | Jack Nicholson |
Skuespiller | Faye Dunaway |