Chinatown Special Collectors Edition DVD. Roman Polanski’s Oscar winning Chinatown has evolved from a classic mystery to a landmark film.
Screen legend Jack Nicholson breathes life into sharp-tongued private eye Jake Gittes. Gittes is hired by a stunning socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband, who she suspects of cheating. But what Gittes thinks is a routine case of adultery quickly deteriorates into a tangle of deceit, corruption and treachery. Even the City of Angels has a dark side, as this private eye is about to find out. He unravels one scandal after next, but the biggest mystery is what, and who, lies at the heart of it all. Robert Towne’s Academy Award®-winning script captures a lost era of crime-drama in this timeless gem of a film.
Special Features:
Matte-Finished O-Ring Packaging
Chinatown: The Beginning and The End
Chinatown: Filming
Chinatown: The Legacy
Theatrical Trailer
Awards
- Won Oscar / Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay & Best Cinematography. Also nominated for 5 other Oscars.
- Won Golden Globe Awards for: Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Actor Drama Jack Nicholson, Best Screenplay. Also nominated for 3 other Golden Globes.
- Won BAFTA Awards for: Best Director, Best Actor Jack Nicholson, Best Screenplay. Also nominated for 7 other BAFTAs.
- Won 8 other awards, Received 7 other nominations.
Chinatown Movie Reviews
“This is a never-bettered noir masterpiece.” Empire Magazine
“Made in 1974, Chinatown sees Jack Nicholson give a career-best performance as the improbably named Jake Gittes, an LA private eye who digs too deeply into the affairs of a mysterious woman (Faye Dunaway) who hires him to spy on her husband. It's a full-colour noir classic where the sun blazes on the surface and the darkness writhes inside…Absolutely the finest thing that Nicholson, Polanski, Towne and producer Robert Evans (The Kid Stays In The Picture) will ever produce. Unforgettable.” BBC
“The greatest film of 1970s cinema's golden era (that wasn't made by Martin Scorsese).” Film4
“Chinatown is, I think, Polanski's greatest achievement to date, a neo-noir classic set in the 1930s, in which Jack Nicholson is remarkable as a sleazy Los Angeles private eye discovering his carefully concealed humanity when drawn into a labyrinthine web of southern California corruption. From the film's eerie art nouveau poster you pass entering the cinema to the unforgettable final line ("Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown”), this film is flawless." Observer UK
…a magnificent dissection of corruption boasting career-best turns from Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston. A hurrah too for the ensemble, the likes of Burt Young and weak link in this 1974 masterpiece. Unforgettable." Total Film