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Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Roman
Polanski |
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Anamorphic
widescreen |
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Dolby Digital
5.1 |
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DTS |
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Trailer(s) |
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Featurette(s) |
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Documentary |
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Audio commentary
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Deleted scenes
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Concept art
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Multi-angle
feature |
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Jake
Gittes:Alright, enough is enough... You can't eat the Venetian blinds,
Curly. I just had 'em installed on Wednesday.
Jack
Nicholson stars as Jake Gittes, a private eye on the trail of political
conspiracy and personal tragedy in 1930s Los Angeles.
 Director
Polanski fuses authentic 1940s film noir atmosphere and aesthetics
with a 1970s sensibility, creating one of the greatest detective films
of all time and providing Nicholson with a career-best performance. |
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Identical releases are available for Region 1 and Region 2.
The
DVD image is anamorphic and framed at 2.35:1. The colors seem a little
faded here and there, but overall the image is clear and mostly free
of compression artifacts. The soundtrack is presented in the original
monaural version, in a dolby 2.0 mix, and in an all-new Dolby 5.1 remix,
that adds the sumptuous score and some sound effects to the rear channels.
Extras
are limited to the original trailer and a half-hour documentary featuring
interviews with the director, the screenwriter and the producer of Chinatown.
It's highly informative and very entertaining. There
is some subtle wavy animation in the interactive menus, along with some
cues from the soundtrack. They are nicely designed with a good feel for
the look of the film.
Dan Hassler-Forest
Reviewed: 2001
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