Chinatown (BLU)
Roman Polanski
Synopsis
Directed by Roman Polanski (Repulsion), this classic noir homage stars Jack Nicholson (The Departed) as Jake Gittes, a private eye in 1930's Los Angeles who unwittingly becomes a pawn in a complex murder-and-land rights scheme.
Through his investigations, Gittes soon begins to suspect deeper, more perverse motivations behind the case as he becomes involved with a mysterious femme fatale (Faye Dunaway, Network) and a ruthless water baron (John Huston, director of The African Queen).
Nominated for eleven Oscars at the 1975 Academy Awards Ceremony - Best Picture: Robert Evans; Best Director: Roman Polanski; Best Actor: Jack Nicholson; Best Actress: Faye Dunaway; Best Film Editing: Sam O'Steen; Best Art Direction: Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell, & Ruby Levitt; Best Costume Design: Anthea Sylbert; Best Cinematography: John A. Alonzo; Best Sound Mixing: Bud Grenzbach & Larry Jost; Best Music Score: Jerry Goldsmith; and Best Original Screenplay: Robert Towne - the film ultimately won just one for Towne's screenplay.
Paramount's Blu-ray presents the film in its 2.39:1 original aspect ratio with both 5.1 and restored monaural Dolby TrueHD audio tracks. The disc also carries a number of bonus supplements, including:
- Commentary with Robert Towne and David Fincher
- Three-part Water and Power documentary with Robert Towne: - The Aqueduct
- Chinatown: An Appreciation retrospective with filmmakers Steven Soderbergh, James Newton Howard, Kimberly Peirce, and Roger Deakins
- Three behind-the-scenes featurettes: - Chinatown: The Beginning and the End
- Theatrical trailer
- The Aftermath
- The River & Beyond
- Chinatown: Filming
- Chinatown: The Legacy
Product Details
- Format: Color, Widescreen
- Language: English, French, Spanish
- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
- Aspect Ratio: 2:35:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: R
- Label: Paramount
- Release Date: 04/03/2012
- Run Time: 130 minutes
- Catalogue #: 07471
- Region: All Regions