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Chinatown: Centennial Collection |  | Actors: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Fritzi Burr, Cecil Elliott
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
Buy New: $30.97
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Rating:  245 reviews
Sales Rank: 44114
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Original recording remastered, Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Portuguese (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 131 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 072984
UPC: 097360729849
EAN: 0097360729849
ASIN: B002HK9HR8
Theatrical Release Date: 1974
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 10/06/2009 Run time: 130 minutes Rating: R
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Roman Polanski's brooding film noir exposes the darkest side of the land of sunshine, the Los Angeles of the 1930s, where power is the only currency--and the only real thing worth buying. Jack Nicholson is J.J. Gittes, a private eye in the Chandler mold, who during a routine straying-spouse investigation finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a jigsaw puzzle of clues and corruption. The glamorous Evelyn Mulwray (a dazzling Faye Dunaway) and her titanic father, Noah Cross (John Huston), are at the black-hole center of this tale of treachery, incest, and political bribery. The crackling, hard-bitten script by Robert Towne won a well-deserved Oscar, and the muted color cinematography makes the goings-on seem both bleak and impossibly vibrant. Polanski himself has a brief, memorable cameo as the thug who tangles with Nicholson's nose. One of the greatest, most completely satisfying crime films of all time. --Anne Hurley
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 Blu Ray March 5, 2010
Juan Luna Trevino (Bellingham, WA)
I am wondering when this movie will be available in Blu ray. It's a masterpiece.
A great achievement in the art of noir March 4, 2010
Reef Shark (Houston, Texas)
Chinatown is a dark bit of neo-noir cinema directed by the great Roman Polanski (Rosemary's Baby) and starring three time Academy Award winning actor Jack Nicholson (both of whom are no strangers to dark stories). So to say that Chinatown is a journey into the darkside of humanity is putting this gloomy story lightly. Everything about this movie has a lingering feel to it that refuses to leave a viewer's head. Is it the characters or the plot? It's both. Chinatown is a mystifying puzzle of a film that immerses its viewers into its world.
Chinatown is not a nice film, being in no way your typical Hollywood picture. I could really feel how this film was made during the Vietnam War because everything about it is very cynical to say the least. The characters are hateful and are constantly following questionable and deplorable morals in order to finish their jobs. In a normal Hollywood picture a man like Jake might be looked down upon, but in Chinatown the other characters are so cruel that the stubborn detective becomes an enormously charismatic lead. He's sarcastic as well as a scoundrel, but that's Jake's charm. He likes to put things bluntly in an often *dark* comical light. Jake can be beat down, sliced up, and shot at yet will keep on going in search of the truth. It's a determination that can't be healthy for the character, but admirable nonetheless. How he keeps such good humor about the events is anyone's guess.
Jack Nicholson's performance is one of the best I've seen out of him (and that's saying something) truly embodying J. J. "Jake" Gittes; I really believed that this character could be for real. Jake Gittes will bring you into Chinatown with a fast tongue and scathing sarcasm.
With such a bleak film it's almost hard to believe it can be such a beloved classic, yet here it remains as one of the greatest films of all time. But why is this? People always seem to look for happy endings; a quick fix that wraps the story up in a tidy little package. While some may view Chinatown's ending as a flaw it is in actuality one of the things that makes it a stand out movie.
The sad, quite frankly, tragic ending is one that lingered in my mind (and I'm sure those of everyone else who saw it) long after it had ended. Chinatown isn't meant to please its viewer. It succeeds because it challenges the viewer to look into the dark reality of life while also questioning what the characters in the film might have done differently. A tale of murder, dumping water and incest might not be good for a mainstream audience, but for viewers who want a movie that stimulates all their senses there are few better than Roman Polanski's Chinatown.
A great director brings his or her vision to screen without compromise. Polanski does this without flaw.
Chinatown February 16, 2010
paddy wagon (PALM DESERT, CA, US)
This is an excellent movie. Stars and director are amazing. Quality of the film was very good. Shipping and handling of the product was exceptional. Thank you!
Re: Special Collector's Edition 2007 February 13, 2010
BruceB (Michigan)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When trying to decide what release of Chinatown to buy, I was looking for reviews regarding the video quality of a particular release because some DVDs look like they were copied from VHS tapes. Instead of finding the information I needed, I got "noir"ed to death. In spite of the useless reviews, I am happy to report that the "Special Collector's edition - 2007" version of Chinatown has descent video quality compared to other standard-definition DVDs.
Chinatown February 7, 2010
J. Watts
DVD arrived swiftly, and in wonderful condition. The price point for this product was perfect, and I intend to buy more media from Amazon in the future!
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