TY - ADVS AU - Towne,Robert AU - Polanski,Roman AU - Evans,Robert AU - Nicholson,Jack AU - Dunaway,Faye AU - Ladd,Diane AU - Huston,John AU - Hillerman,John TI - Chinatown SN - 0792156447 AV - CM DVD 00279 U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 1999/// CY - Hollywood, CA PB - Paramount KW - Water rights KW - California KW - Los Angeles KW - Drama KW - Murder KW - Incest KW - Gangsters KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.) KW - Los Angeles (Calif.) KW - History KW - Film noir KW - Features KW - mim KW - Mysteries KW - Detective films and programs KW - Videodiscs KW - gmgpc KW - Detective and mystery films N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974; Includes theatrical trailer and retrospective interviews with Evans, Towne, and Polanski (13 min.); Director of photography, John A. Alonzo; production design, Richard Sylbert; film editor, Sam O'Steen; music, Jerry Goldsmith; Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Bruce Glover, Joe Mantell, Roy Jenson, Diane Ladd, Dick Bakalyan, John Huston; Rated R N2 - Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite 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 ER -