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: ChinatownIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman directed by: Roman Polanski  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: Video On Demand Release Date: October 01, 2008 Running Time: 131 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: June 19, 1974 Sales Rank: 7103 Related Items: Average Rating:
 Rating:  - CRISP, CRACKLING, AND DARKCHINATOWN is, to state the obvious, one of the great Hollywood classics, featuring fabulous dialogue, a sensational story, incredible acting from Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway ( at the top of their game ), and stiletto-sharp direction from Roman Polanski. This is the kind of dark, steamy, pot-boiler that defined noir, and very few films have ever done it as well- and none better. This is an excellent product with great sound, and a sharp transfer. There are also plenty of extras. An ... Read More Rating: - Can there be anything more noir than that?This film is a masterpiece because it is nothing but what we expect and we expect something different at every single moment of it, so that we are disappointed and surprised and held breathless every fifteen minutes when one of our expectations goes down the chute. At first we think it is one more private eye's business or investigation in some kind of affair with some married man. But it does not fit at all with the professional dedication of the suspected unfaithful man. He is obviously looking ... Read More Rating:  - Great Noir But Too Bad About the DVD!"Chinatown" represents an updating of the great noir films of the past such as "Double Indemnity" and especially of "Maltese Falcon" which happens to be together with "Sunset Boulevard" my favourite representatives of the genre although "Chinatown" more closely resembles the "Maltese Falcon". Nicholson parallels Bogart here and Dunaway does Astor and ironically John Huston, the director of the "Maltese Falcon" has an acting role here. "Chinatown" does a great job in bringing the noir ... Read More Rating:  - ChinatownChinatown is a unique film in many ways and is considered a classic. It is generally deemed to be a film noir but i have to admit I had a little trouble seeing it. Many of the plot elements fit the film noir genre but visually it was a little harder for me to see. I enjoyed watching the film but the ending changed my opinion a bit. First of all, the plot and dialogue was very intelligent and I really like that about it. I'm not surprised that script won an academy award; it certainly deserved it. The ... Read More Rating: - ChinatownWhat a great movie - and such good acting. Jack Nicolson and Faye Dunaway are superb in this movie. Browse for similar items by category: 
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