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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]
There are the classics — and then there’s “Chinatown.” First released on June 20, 1974, the seminal noir feature was a resounding success at its time: a big hit for producer and Paramount ...
Chinatown (Chinese: 唐人街 ... Some paifang can be made of wood, masonry or steel and may incorporate an elaborate or simple design. Chinatown landmarks. Entrance ...
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."
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.
Interior Chinatown (stylized onscreen as INT. CHINATOWN ) is an American action comedy television series created by showrunner Charles Yu , based on his 2020 novel of the same name . His novel won the National Book Award the year it was published.
The unidentified officer, who police confirm is an Asian woman, was responding to complaints of a man menacing people in the Chinatown neighborhood around 6:45 p.m. Friday.
San Francisco filmmakers James Chan and Corey Tong made “Forever, Chinatown”, [4] [1] [5] a documentary about Wong and the “changing landscape of Chinatown” in San Francisco. [6] In 2016, the first screening of the nearly-completed documentary was shown at CAAMFest, a celebration of Asian American film, music and food, in San Francisco.