Chinatown

Resource Information

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

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

• Ladd, Diane
• Huston, John, 1906-1987
• Nicholson, Jack
• Evans, Robert, 1930-2019
• Polanski, Roman
• Dunaway, Faye
• Towne, Robert
• Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Paramount Home Video (Firm)

Actor

• Ladd, Diane
• Huston, John, 1906-1987
• Dunaway, Faye
• Nicholson, Jack

Director

• Polanski, Roman

Screenwriter

• Towne, Robert

Subject

• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Fiction films
• Film noir
• Detective and mystery films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Film noir
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Gangsters -- Drama
• History
• Incest -- Drama
• Motion pictures -- America
• Motion pictures, American
• Murder -- Drama
• Video recordings
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Water rights -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
• Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Drama
• DVD-Video discs

Genre

• Motion pictures
• DVD-Video discs
• Detective and mystery films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film noir
• Films for the hearing impaired
• History
• Motion pictures, American
• Video recordings
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• 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
• "A 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."--Container

Member of

• Widescreen DVD collection
• MU Law Entertainment Video/DVD

Cataloging source

VYF

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, John A. Alonzo ; film editor, Sam O'Steen ; music scored by Jerry Goldsmith ; production designer, Richard Sylbert ; associate producer, C.O. Erickson

Intended audience

Rated R

Language note

In English (5.1 surround), restored English mono, French mono ; English subtitles ; closed-captioned 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