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Landmark movie in the film noir tradition, Roman Polanski's Chinatown stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) 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. Co-starring film legend John Huston and featuring an Academy Award-winning script by Robert Towne, Chinatown captures a lost era in a masterfully woven movie that remains a timeless gem.

2000 · 2h 10m
Director Roman Polanski

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Chinatown

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Landmark movie in the film noir tradition, Roman Polanski's Chinatown stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) 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. Co-starring film legend John Huston and featuring an Academy Award-winning script by Robert Towne, Chinatown captures a lost era in a masterfully woven movie that remains a timeless gem.

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© Statutory declaration under section 52A of the Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended): We, Paramount Pictures Corporation located at 5555 Melrose Ave. Hollywood, CA 90038 hereby declare that we are the owners of the copyright for distributing this cinematography film, having secured necessary consent and license from the producer of the film.

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
2000
Run Time
2 hr 10 min
Rated
U/A 16+
Content Advisories
Alcohol Consumption, Smoking or Tobacco Use, Language, Nudity, Violence, Sexual Content
Region of Origin
United States
© Statutory declaration under section 52A of the Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended): We, Paramount Pictures Corporation located at 5555 Melrose Ave. Hollywood, CA 90038 hereby declare that we are the owners of the copyright for distributing this cinematography film, having secured necessary consent and license from the producer of the film.

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Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Arabic , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Traditional , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Korean , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Russian , Spanish (Latin America) , Swedish , Turkish

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.