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The Only Main Actors Still Alive From The Cast Of Chinatown
In "Chinatown," Nicholson plays the morally coy private detective Jake Gittes who finds himself in a seedy world of corruption and deceit after taking on what looks like a simple job. For his ...
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As ‘Chinatown' Turns 50, Robert Towne Reflects on His Netflix Prequel Plans With David Fincher and Writing Jack Nicholson's Most Iconic Role
"Chinatown, with all its implications for an evolving Los Angeles, is central to understanding the evolving Jake Gittes, as is his friendship with and dependence on his partner Lou Escobar," Towne ...
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"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."
The line -- "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." -- is uttered by Lawrence Walsh (Joe Mantell), the partner of Jack Nicholson's sardonic private eye Jack Gittes, after Jake's love interest Evelyn ...
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Chinatown - Full Cast & Crew
In 1937 Los Angeles, private investigator Jake 'J.J.' Gittes specializes in cheating-spouse cases. His current target is Hollis Mulwray, high-profile chief engineer for the Los Angeles Department ...
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The Batman Is Influenced by Gritty 1970s Cop Movies With “Street-Grounded Stories”
A key influence is 1974 neo-noir mystery Chinatown, about private investigator J. J. “Jake” Gittes (Jack Nicholson), who discovers the depth of corruption in 1937 Los Angeles while investigati ...
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Two Severed Legs Wash Up In Palos Verdes, Say Police
the grisly remains washed up just a couple miles north of where Roman Polanski filmed Jack Nicholson’s Jake Gittes discovering that precious water is being dumped into the ocean in Chinatown.