Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Title:

Chinatown / 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.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

Target Audience Note:

Rated R.

Series:

Widescreen DVD collection

Widescreen DVD collection.

Subjects:

Water rights -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.

Murder -- Drama.

Incest -- Drama.

Gangsters -- Drama.

Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Drama.

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Drama.

Genre:

Film noir.

Feature films.

Detective and mystery films.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Evans, Robert, 1930-2019.

Polanski, Roman.

Alonzo, John A., 1934-2001.

Towne, Robert.

Nicholson, Jack.

Dunaway, Faye.

Hillerman, John.

Lopez, Perry, 1929-2008.

Young, Burt.

Glover, Bruce, 1932-

Mantell, Joe, 1915-2010.

Jenson, Roy, 1927-2007.

Ladd, Diane.

Bakalyan, Richard, 1931-2015

Huston, John, 1906-1987.

Paramount Pictures Corporation.

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.

Special features include: Theatrical trailer; retrospective interviews with Roman Polanski, Robert Evans and Robert Towne.

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.

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

DVD; stereo, Dolby digital, NTSC Region 1; widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs.

In English (5.1 surround), restored English mono, or French; closed-captioned.

Academy Award: Best Screenplay

Contents:

Special features include: Theatrical trailer; retrospective interviews with Roman Polanski, Robert Evans and Robert Towne.

ISBN:

9786317018136

0792159578

9780792159575

9786314959289

6314959284

9781415729038

1415729034

0792156447

9780792156444

Publisher Number:

15516

Other Number:

73320406

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

920100

# Local items in:

0

# System items in:

0

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Chinatow