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Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne.The film stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.It was inspired by the California water wars: a series of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th century that resulted in Los Angeles securing water rights in the Owens Valley. [4]
John Marcellus Huston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics.
Huston is also known for directing Key Largo (1948), The Misfits (1961), The Night of the Iguana (1964), Fat City (1972), and Annie (1981). Huston acted in numerous films receiving a nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for The Cardinal (1963), and Chinatown (1975) respectively.
The Two Jakes is a 1990 American neo-noir mystery film and the sequel to the 1974 film Chinatown. [4] Directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, who reprises his role of J.J. “Jake” Gittes from the first film, the cast also features Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Richard Farnsworth, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Rubén Blades, Tracey Walter and Eli Wallach.
The Los Angeles Times wrote "Sam Wasson's fascinating and page-turning description of the talent and ideas behind 'Chinatown' is more than a mere biography of a landmark movie; it aims to flesh out the wild and woolly era that incubated it, roughly the late 1960s to the late 1970s, and in this it mostly succeeds."
Actor and director Jack Huston is adding “podcast producer” to his resume. Huston will executive produce “Time Capsule: The Silver Chain,” a new podcast out Feb. 29 unveiling the ...
He was also associate producer of Richard C. Sarafian's Man in the Wilderness (1971) and Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), both of which featured Huston in supporting acting roles. Ericson himself appeared in Chinatown (billed as "Doc Erickson") as the man in the barber shop who is challenged by Jack Nicholson.
He collaborated with director John Huston in Prizzi's Honor (1985), for which Nicholson earned another Best Actor nomination from the Academy. [12] His role as Francis Phelan in Ironweed (1987) garnered him yet another Oscar nomination for Best Actor. [13] He then portrayed the Joker in the Tim Burton-directed Batman (1989).