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Plot Outline: A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water. (more)(view trailer)
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One of the top 100 films of all time
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Date: 6 August 2002 Summary: One of the top 100 films of all time
The year 1974 was very memorable. That year several films were
successes
which consisted of Francis Coppula's "The Godfather:Part II",Alan Pakula's
political thriller "The Parallex View",Robert Aldrich's "The Longest
Yard",and not to mention the disaster epics of the day;Irwin Allen's "The
Towering Inferno",and Mark Robson's "Earthquake" not to mention the films
"The Conversation",and "The Great Gatsby" to name a few. But one film in
particular stood out from all the rest and it shows why that was one of the
100 top films of all time.
The year was 1974. The motion picture is "Chinatown".
Jack Nicholson graduated for star to superstar playing a gumshoe in
this
marvelously intricate film noir of the 70's directed by Roman Polanski,who
has a memorable cameo as a sadistic hood,gives Nicholson
the most famous nose job in motion picture history. Robert Towne's
Oscar
winning script(whom they used in some acting and writing classes as
a
learning tool in some colleges)brilliantly depicts 1940's Los
Angeles
as a glittering cesspool of murder,incest,and corrupt land deals.
Faye
Dunaway steals the picture with a haunting performance as the
film's
alluring female fatale,and John Huston,as her creepy millionaire father,will
make your skin crawl. The stunning finale still packs an emotional
wallop.
The film was nominated for 11 Oscars including Best Picture and won three
for Best Original Score(Jerry Goldsmith),Best Screenplay(Robert Towne),and
Best Supporting Actor(John Huston).
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