Chinatown

Resource Information

The work Chinatown represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Yuma County Library District. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Chinatown

Statement of responsibility

a Paramount picture ; a Robert Evans production of a Roman Polanski film ; director of photography, John A. Alonzo ; written by Robert Towne ; produced by Robert Evans ; directed by Roman Polanski

Creator

• Chinatown (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Dunaway, Faye
• Evans, Robert, 1930-2019
• Glover, Bruce, 1932-
• Hillerman, John
• Huston, John, 1906-1987
• Jenson, Roy, 1927-2007
• Ladd, Diane
• Lopez, Perry
• Mantell, Joe, 1915-2010
• Bakalyan, Richard, 1931-2015
• Nicholson, Jack
• Alonzo, John A., 1934-2001
• Polanski, Roman
• Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Towne, Robert
• Young, Burt

Actor

• Nicholson, Jack
• Dunaway, Faye

Screenwriter

• Towne, Robert

Director

• Polanski, Roman

Subject

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

Genre

• Detective films and programs
• Detective and mystery films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Features
• Film noir
• Mysteries
• Videodiscs

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• eng

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

Awards note

Academy Award: Best Screenplay

Cataloging source

KZS

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Art director, W. Stewart Cambell ; set designers, Gabe Resh, Robert Resh ; special effects, Logan Frazee ; production designer, Richard Sylbert ; film editor, Sam O'Steen ; costume designer, Anthea Sylbert ; music, Jerry Goldsmith

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Rated R

Language note

• In English (5.1 surround), restored English mono, or French. English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Bruce Glover, Joe Mantell, Roy Jenson, Diane Ladd, Dick Bakalyan, John Huston

Runtime

130

Series statement

Widescreen DVD collection

Target audience

general

Technique

live action