Product Details

• Actors: Jack Nicholson
• Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: November 6, 2007
• Run Time: 267 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000UAE7S6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #13,112 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Chinatown - 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. The Two Jakes - Jack Nicholson returns as private eye Jake Gittes in this atmospheric Chinatown follow-up that's hit upon "the elusive sequel formula for somehow enhancing a great original" (Mike Clark, USA Today).Much has changed since we last saw Jake. The war has come and gone; 1948 Los Angeles teems with optimism and fast bucks. But there's one thing Jake knows hasn't changed: "Nine times out of ten, if you follow the money you will get to the truth." And that's the trail he follows when a routine case of marital hanky panky explodes into a murder that's tied to a grab for oil--and to Jake's own past.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jack Nicholson Collection, May 31, 2008

By	Poultry Princess (Cody, WY USA) - See all my reviews

These are two of Jack Nicholson's finest films. In so many of his films, Nicholson plays unbalanced characters with strange behaviors bordering on the psychotic. Don't get me wrong, he has always played these roles brilliantly, but it's nice to see that he can tackle a serious role now and again and play it exceedingly well. The plots here are complex and satisfying, the other players also accomplished and interesting. Two very good films.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the wait., December 21, 2007

By	W. Pardlow "Semi-Grumpy" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Even though both films have already been released on DVD. Having both of them packaged together. With the new interviews makes it worthwhile.

5.0 out of 5 stars Competent Presentation of Exciting Film (Chinatown), September 30, 2009

By	K. CRAIG - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the best presentation of Chinatown I've seen to date, and am very pleased with the purchase. The quality of the films (and backstory features) are very pleasing and, in the case of the latter, insightful. I will place the disclaimer that I am a big Polanski fan, as well as the genre in question, so that does create a natural bias. It's the ideal product for folks wanting the whole picture. If you follow the money, it will lead you to this superior combo... - k