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The Two Jakes (1990) 6.0
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Reviews: 48 user | 37 critic | 17 from Metacritic.com The sequel to Chinatown finds Jake Gittes investigating adultery and murder... and the money that comes from oil. Director:Jack Nicholson |
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Cast
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| Harvey Keitel | ... | ||
| Meg Tilly | ... | ||
| Madeleine Stowe | ... | ||
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Cotton Weinberger
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| Rubén Blades | ... |
Michael 'Mickey Nice' Weisskopf
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Chuck Newty
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| David Keith | ... | ||
| Richard Farnsworth | ... |
Earl Rawley
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Tyrone Otley
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| James Hong | ... | ||
| Perry Lopez | ... | ||
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Jeff Morris | ... |
Ralph Tilton
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Los Angeles 1948: private eye Jake Gittes shall convict the client Jake Berman's wife of adultery. But instead of making her a scene like planned, Berman shoots her lover in affect - or was it murder? Gittes is surprised when he learns that the dead was Berman's companion, who now inherits his share of the company. Of course the police doesn't believe it was affect and suspects Gittes too. The dead lover's widow manages to force Gittes into investigating against his own client... The trace leads back to an old case in Chinatown. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
10 August 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Cinikus hekus See more »Filming Locations:
City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$19,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$10,005,969 (USA)Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia
Robert Towne had originally planned a trilogy of movies chronicling at eleven-year intervals (in narrative terms) the development and decline of southern California as the result of rapacious developers and tycoons. Chinatown had been water rights, The Two Jakes was to deal with oil and a third movie, set in the 1950s, would deal with pollution caused by the building of the freeway system. The final movie was to be called "Gittes vs. Gittes" in which Jake would get a divorce. See more »Goofs
Set in 1948, Jake strolls past an automatic teller machine. See more »Quotes
Jake Gittes: You can follow the action, which gets you good pictures. You can follow your instincts, which'll probably get you in trouble. Or, you can follow the money, which nine times out of ten will get you closer to the truth.See more »
Most reviews pull The Two Jakes to pieces, except for a very well-considered one by Roger Ebert (find it at the Chicago Sun-Times).
Of course, it's not the classic Chinatown is, but it's a damned good movie. It's about the past, how it pervades our lives for the rest of our days, and how we assimilate it into our futures.
Many have complained that the film is convoluted, that when the key revelation comes (I ain't givin' that away) you miss the impact of it. I strongly disagree with this. I for one had actually figured out the revelation before it happened - this didn't bother me because I wanted so much for it to be what I had thought it was going to be. And when it comes, it's so subtle you could almost be forgiven for missing it. It's lovely, so comforting in a very ironic way.
All I'll say is, pay attention to the scene where Jake (Nicholson) goes to see Kahn (the unmistakable James Hong). Something about the flowers...
Anyway, I'm drifting. The Two Jakes is subtle, well-crafted, and when all is revealed, so very simple. The 'convoluted' events in the plot serve to illustrate what a single, simple desire can cause.
Just watch it. Bear in mind the events and characters from Chinatown, but only so that you have a back story for these characters and not a standard to which they should be compared.