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List Price: $24.99 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 28228
Released: November 6, 2007 |
| Our Price: $22.13 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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| Features:
AC-3 Collector's Edition Color Dolby Dubbed DVD Subtitled Widescreen NTSC | Starring:
J a c k N i c h o l s o n | |
Editorial Review:
Chinatown - Landmark movie in the film noir tradition, Roman Polanski's Chinatown stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in...Chinatown. Co-starring film legend John Huston and featuring an Academy Award®-winning script by Robert Towne, Chinatown captures a lost era in a masterfully woven movie that remains a timeless gem. The Two Jakes - Jack Nicholson returns as private eye Jake Gittes in this atmospheric Chinatown follow-up that's hit upon "the elusive sequel formula for somehow enhancing a great original" (Mike Clark, USA Today).Much has changed since we last saw Jake. The war has come and gone; 1948 Los Angeles teems with optimism and fast bucks. But there's one thing Jake knows hasn't changed: "Nine times out of ten, if you follow the money you will get to the truth." And that's the trail he follows when a routine case of marital hanky panky explodes into a murder that's tied to a grab for oil--and to Jake's own past.
The Jack Nicholson Collection (Chinatown / The Two Jakes) Reviews:
Competent Presentation of Exciting Film (Chinatown) 
2009-09-30 - This is the best presentation of Chinatown I've seen to date, and am very pleased with the purchase. The quality of the films (and backstory features) are very pleasing and, in the case of the latter, insightful. I will place the disclaimer that I am a big Polanski fan, as well as the genre in question, so that does create a natural bias. It's the ideal product for folks wanting the whole picture. If you follow the money, it will lead you to this superior combo... - k
wonderful
2008-10-30 - I recently purchased the "Jack Nicholson Collection" Chinatown/The two Jakes.These are two of my favorite movies. I am extremely pleased with my purchase.
Jack Nicholson Collection 
2008-06-01 - These are two of Jack Nicholson's finest films. In so many of his films, Nicholson plays unbalanced characters with strange behaviors bordering on the psychotic. Don't get me wrong, he has always played these roles brilliantly, but it's nice to see that he can tackle a serious role now and again and play it exceedingly well. The plots here are complex and satisfying, the other players also accomplished and interesting. Two very good films.
Well worth the wait.
2007-12-21 - Even though both films have already been released on DVD. Having both of them packaged together. With the new interviews makes it worthwhile.
