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Author:

Nicholson, Jack.
Chinatown (Motion picture.)

Title:

Chinatown / a Paramount picture ; written by Robert Towne ; produced by Robert Evans ; directed by Roman Polanski.

Publisher:

Warner Home Video

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Water rights--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Drama.
Murder--Drama.
Incest.--Drama.
Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Drama.
Crime films.
Film noir.
Detective and mystery films.

Other Authors:

Polanski, Roman.
Dunaway, Faye.
Huston, John, 1906-
Towne, Robert.
Evans, Robert.
Goldsmith, Jerry.
O'Steen, Sam, 1923-2000.
Ladd, Diane.
Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927).
Paramount Home Video (Firm).

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. Includes theatrical trailer and retrospective interviews with Evans, Towne, and Polanski (13 min.) Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Bruce Glover, Joe Mantell, Roy Jenson, Diane Ladd, Dick Bakalyan, John Huston.

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.

ISBN:

0792156447
9780792156444

LCCN:

be2013002348

UPC:

883929303519

Locations:

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)