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Chinatown (1974)
8.4
Ratings: 8.4/10 from 124,859 users
Metascore:
86/100
Reviews: 384 user | 164 critic | 10 from Metacritic.com A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water. Director:Roman Polanski |
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Title: Chinatown (1974)
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Won Oscar.
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Faye Dunaway | ... | |
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John Huston | ... | |
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Perry Lopez | ... | |
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John Hillerman | ... | |
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Darrell Zwerling | ... | |
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Diane Ladd | ... | |
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Roy Jenson | ... |
Mulvihill
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Roman Polanski | ... | |
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Richard Bakalyan | ... |
Loach
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Joe Mantell | ... | |
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Bruce Glover | ... |
Duffy
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Nandu Hinds | ... |
Sophie
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James O'Rear | ... |
Lawyer
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James Hong | ... | |
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Storyline
JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ensuing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. Written by garykmcd
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Китайски квартал See more »Box Office
Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$30,000,000 (Worldwide) (January 2000)Company Credits
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Jake Gittes: All right, Curly. Enough's enough. You can't eat the Venetian blinds. I just had them installed on Wednesday.
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from the film "Swing Time"
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields See more »
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Anachronisms: When Jake gets home after following Mrs. Mulwray and his phone rings, it is clearly not the sound of a 1937 telephone. The sound of his placing the receiver on the cradle is authentic, but the ringer is no earlier than the sixties. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Jake Gittes: All right, Curly. Enough's enough. You can't eat the Venetian blinds. I just had them installed on Wednesday.
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"The Way You Look Tonight"from the film "Swing Time"
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