About this title: "You may think you know what you're dealing with, but believe me, you don't," warns water baron Noah Cross (John Huston), when smooth cop-turned-private eye J.J. "Jake" Gittes (Jack Nicholson) starts nosing around Cross's water diversion scheme. That proves to be the ominous lesson of Chinatown, Roman Polanski's critically lauded 1974 revision of 1940s film noir detective movies. In 1930s Los Angeles, "matrimonial work" specialist Gittes is hired by Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) to tail her husband, Water Department engineer Hollis Mulwray (Darrell Zwerling). Gittes photographs him in the ...
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Format: VHS
Date: November 23, 1999
UPC:097361551616
Description: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman. Fine in fine packaging. Originally released: 1974. Language: English. Run time: 130 mins. (m67) VHS movie is ex-video club copy in excellent cond, with box in excellent cond inside a hard plastic case, plastic overwrap on case torn bottom right corner. read more
Description: New. 097360729849 Brand new and factory sealed! We sell no bootlegs or imports. Buy with confidence! You WILL receive your item QUICKLY! read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
Studio: Paramount
Date: 1974
UPC:097361551647
Description: Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, John Huston. Run time: 130 minutes. Written by Robert Towne. Music scored by Jerry Goldsmith. A classic film noir set in the California of the 1930s. There is a most interesting discussion by the director, the producer, and the screenwriter on this DVD. read more
Description: Acceptable. ACCEPTABLE. This DVD does not have its original artwork or case. The DVD is a legitimate copy that comes from a national rental retailer. All DVDs are quality checked before being shipped in a generic sleeve. We naturally guarantee the DVD to play and provide free upgrade to First Class Mail for much faster delivery over standard. read more
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
UPC:097361551678
Description: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Burt Young, John Hillerman, Roman Polanski, Diane Ladd, Bruce Glover, Joe Mantell,... Very good in good packaging. 1974 Run time: 131. /aka/ Widescreen Collection. read more
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