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Chinatown (1974)
8.4
Ratings: 8.4/10 from 109,882 users
Metascore:
86/100
Reviews: 366 user | 152 critic | 10 from Metacritic.com A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water. Director:Roman Polanski |
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Roy Jenson | ... |
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Richard Bakalyan | ... |
Loach
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Joe Mantell | ... | |
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Duffy
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Nandu Hinds | ... |
Sophie
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James O'Rear | ... |
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Storyline
JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ensuing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. Written by garykmcd
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Barrio Chino See more »Box Office
Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$30,000,000 (Worldwide) (January 2000)Company Credits
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Jake Gittes: All right, Curly. Enough's enough. You can't eat the Venetian blinds. I just had them installed on Wednesday.
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(1936)
from the film "Swing Time"
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields See more »
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The movie's line "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown!" was voted as the #71 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007. See more »Goofs
Continuity: In the orange grove scene, Gittes car has its right front tire shot and deflated, yet it is not deflated when the car hits the tree. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Jake Gittes: All right, Curly. Enough's enough. You can't eat the Venetian blinds. I just had them installed on Wednesday.
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"The Way You Look Tonight"(1936)
from the film "Swing Time"
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields See more »
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