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Author:

Chinatown (Motion picture)

Title:

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

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Paramount,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Film noir.
Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Drama.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--Drama.
Water rights--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Drama.
Murder--Drama.
Incest--Drama.
Gangsters--Drama.
Features.
Mysteries.
Detective films and programs.
Videodiscs.
Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.
Films for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Towne, Robert. aus
Polanski, Roman. drt
Evans, Robert, 1930-
Nicholson, Jack. act
Dunaway, Faye. act
Ladd, Diane.
Huston, John, 1906-1987.
Hillerman, John.

Notes:

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

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.

Series:

Widescreen DVD collection

ISBN:

9780792159575
0792159578
9780792156444
0792156447

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

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XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

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BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

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OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

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XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

CRPC926 -- Wellman-Scofield Library (Wellman)