Chinatown

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film mystery film neo-noir film

Chinatown is a 1974 neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski, widely regarded as one of the greatest American films for its complex plot, atmospheric style, and iconic performances by Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.

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Label Occurrences
Chinatown canonical 34

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
neo-noir film ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy Evelyn Mulwray – Faye Dunaway ⓘ
J. J. Gittes – Jack Nicholson ⓘ
Noah Cross – John Huston ⓘ
cinematographyBy John A. Alonzo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Roman Polanski ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Sam O'Steen ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
homeMediaFormat Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
listedIn AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies ⓘ
mainCharacter J. J. Gittes ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
oscarAward Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
oscarCategoryWon Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
oscarNominatedFor Best Actor ⓘ
Best Actress ⓘ
Best Art Direction ⓘ
Best Cinematography ⓘ
Best Costume Design ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
surface form: Best Director

Best Film Editing ⓘ
Best Original Score ⓘ
Best Picture ⓘ
Best Sound ⓘ
oscarNominationsCount 11 ⓘ
oscarRecipient Robert Towne ⓘ
producer Robert Evans ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the greatest American films ⓘ
releaseDate 1974-06-20 ⓘ
releaseYear 1974 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 130 ⓘ
screenwriter Robert Towne ⓘ
sequel The Two Jakes ⓘ
setInCity Los Angeles ⓘ
setInPeriod 1930s ⓘ
settingFeature Owens Valley water wars ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles water supply controversy
starring Faye Dunaway ⓘ
Jack Nicholson ⓘ
John Huston ⓘ
theme corruption ⓘ
fatalism ⓘ
incest ⓘ
power ⓘ

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New Hollywood → notableFilm → Chinatown ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → hasNotableWinner → Chinatown ⓘ
Rance Howard → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
Roman Polanski → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
Roman Polanski → directed → Chinatown ⓘ
John Huston → actedIn → Chinatown ⓘ
Jack Nicholson → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
Burt Young → appearedIn → Chinatown ⓘ
Bradbury Building → hasMediaAppearance → Chinatown ⓘ
The Mysterious Mr. Wong → setting → Chinatown ⓘ
Diane Ladd → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
Robert Evans → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
John A. Alonzo → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
John A. Alonzo → workedOn → Chinatown ⓘ
Jerrald King Goldsmith → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
Faye Dunaway → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
Sam O'Steen → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
Robert Towne → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
Robert Towne → awardReceivedForWork → Chinatown ⓘ
Robert Towne → wroteScreenplayFor → Chinatown ⓘ
J. J. Gittes → appearsIn → Chinatown ⓘ
Evelyn Mulwray – Faye Dunaway → appearsIn → Chinatown ⓘ
subject surface form: Evelyn Mulwray
Noah Cross – John Huston → appearsIn → Chinatown ⓘ
subject surface form: Noah Cross
Noah Cross – John Huston → antagonistIn → Chinatown ⓘ
subject surface form: Noah Cross
The Two Jakes → follows → Chinatown ⓘ
James Hong → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
Joe Mantell → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
Joe Mantell → characterIn → Chinatown ⓘ
John → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
subject surface form: John Joseph Nicholson
John Joseph Nicholson → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
Gerald Tommaso DeLouise → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
Chinatown film series → hasPart → Chinatown ⓘ
Chinatown film series → notableWork → Chinatown ⓘ
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills → includesFilm → Chinatown ⓘ