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Chinatown / written by Robert Towne ; produced by Robert Evans ; directed by Roman Polanski ; a Paramount presentation ; Long Road Productions.
LIBRA VHS PN1997 .C4644222 1990
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--Drama.
- Los Angeles (Calif.).
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Film noir.
- Gangster films.
- Video recordings.
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (131 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Hollywood, CA : Paramount Home Video, [1990]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- VHS ; hi-fi.
- analog
- magnetic
- stereo
- VHS
- Summary:
- Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky climate of sunbaked southern California of the 1930s, is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. He 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.
- Participant:
- Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Bruce Glover, Joe Mantell, Roy Jenson, Diane Ladd, Dick Bakalyan, John Huston.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, John A. Alonzo ; music, Jerry Goldsmith.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974.
- ISBN:
- 0792106105
- OCLC:
- 36603779
- Publisher Number:
- 097360867435
- 8674 Paramount Home Video
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