Chinatown

1974
16
2 Std. 10 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

8,1/10

359.156

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

1.574

223

Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)

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Conspiracy Thriller Hard-boiled Detective Psychological Drama Psychological Thriller Tragedy Drama Mystery Thriller

Ein Privatdetektiv wird angeheuert, einen Ehebrecher zu entlarven, und bemerkt bald, in einem Netz aus Betrug, Korruption und Mord gefangen zu sein.Ein Privatdetektiv wird angeheuert, einen Ehebrecher zu entlarven, und bemerkt bald, in einem Netz aus Betrug, Korruption und Mord gefangen zu sein.Ein Privatdetektiv wird angeheuert, einen Ehebrecher zu entlarven, und bemerkt bald, in einem Netz aus Betrug, Korruption und Mord gefangen zu sein.

Regie
- Roman Polanski
Drehbuch
- Robert Towne
- Roman Polanski
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

8,1/10

359.156

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

1.574

223

Regie
- Roman Polanski
Drehbuch
- Robert Towne
- Roman Polanski
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Am besten bewerteter Film #164

1 Oscar gewonnen
- 21 Gewinne & 24 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
After several takes that never looked quite right, Faye Dunaway got annoyed and told Jack Nicholson to actually slap her. He did and felt very guilty for it, despite it being Dunaway's decision. The shot made it into the movie.

Patzer
In the orange grove scene, Gittes's car has its right front tire shot and deflated, yet it is not deflated when the car hits the tree.

Zitate
Walsh: Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.

Crazy Credits
The film opens with the 1940's Paramount logo.

Alternative Versionen
TV versions omit the "screwing like a chinaman" joke told by Jake.

Verbindungen
Edited into Die Spur führt zurück (1990)

Soundtracks
I Can't Get Started
By Ira Gershwin and Vernon Duke
Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra
(Courtesy of RCA Records)

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Very impressive

So I finally watched one of the most iconic films ever made. The mystery and suspense in Chinatown is fully-blown as a neo-noir film. It perfectly captures the time period in which it takes place, and its central story is very well-written. The performances are fantastic, the highlight being Faye Dunaway, whose only other performance I have seen is Network and she plays both characters with such precise distinction and force. The cinematography, art direction, and music give it the right mood as well, and the ending is quite brilliant, in fact, perfect. Overall, I don't know if I would say I loved it, but this is a film I can see revisiting in the future no doubt about it.