![: Chinatown (25th Anniversary Widescreen Edition) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/212CDJPKK0L._SL160_.jpg)
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792160151
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, Letterboxed, Original recording reissued, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792160150
Label: Paramount
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Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: November 23, 1999
Running Time: 131 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: June 20, 1974
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
Roman Polanski's brooding film noir exposes the darkest side of the land of sunshine, the Los Angeles of the 1930s, where power is the only currency--and the only real thing worth buying. Jack Nicholson is J.J. Gittes, a private eye in the Chandler mold, who during a routine straying-spouse investigation finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a jigsaw puzzle of clues and corruption. The glamorous Evelyn Mulwray (a dazzling Faye Dunaway) and her titanic father, Noah Cross (John Huston), are at the black-hole center of this tale of treachery, incest, and political bribery. The crackling, hard-bitten script by Robert Towne won a well-deserved Oscar, and the muted color cinematography makes the goings-on seem both bleak and impossibly vibrant. Polanski himself has a brief, memorable cameo as the thug who tangles with Nicholson's nose. One of the greatest, most completely satisfying crime films of all time. --Anne Hurley
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- chinatown great movieMelancholy movie plot; very worth watching; those who "love to hate" rich interfering daddies and politicians versus the good guys will enjoy. Get out the kleenex box for the ending!!
Great Jack Nicholson acting AGAIN
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- A classic -- a clearer storyline would have made it better"Chinatown" is a classic detective flick in which Jack Nicholson flaunts his formidable acting talent. The storyline of this film is convoluted and murky, but the atmospherics and the acting are all first-rate. The early 20th Century California setting gives this film a wonderful ambiance that I have always found to be irresistible. No one should miss this one.
The story is basically about the corruption of money and politics involved in California water politics of the early 20th ... Read More
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- Review for Amazon! why mix the reviews ?????hi see this 2009 edition for chinatown, I see the reviews and are reviews from other editions... so bad!!! I want see separate reviews for every product!!! please DONT MIX THE REVIEWS!!!!!!!!!!
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- Polanski's Film Noir ClassicNicholson and Polanski were in rare form when they conspired to put out this film, which was successful both commercially and artistically. Looking at the film today on DVD, it still holds up as a timeless classic.
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- Just What We Had Been Looking ForThe "Chinatown" DVD was an item that we had shopped for and found through Amazon. DeeVeeDees offered this brand-new product at a very low price. The item was carefully packaged and shipped as well. We certainly recommend this seller!
