Chinatown / Long Road Productions ; directed by Roman Polanski ; produced by Robert Evans ; written by Robert Towne.

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Material type:

FilmLanguage: English Publisher: United States : Paramount, 1974Publisher: United States : Paramount Home VideoPublisher: United States : RCADescription: 1 dvd sound, color 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

Audience:

General
Adult

ISBN:

0792159578

Uniform titles:

Chinatown (Motion picture)

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LOC classification:

VBI 2641-2643 (viewing copy)
DAA 0264 (viewing copy)
DAA 0265 (viewing copy, copy 2)
DAA 0098-0099 (viewing copy)
VTA 7201-7202 (master)
CQA 0688-0694 (theatrical projection print)
CQA 1487-1493 (theatrical projection print, copy 2)
CQA 0895-0901 (non-viewing print)

Production credits:

Photography, John A. Alonso ; editor, Sam O'Steen ; production designer, Richard Sylbert ; music, Jerry Goldsmith.

Awards:

This film was selected for the National Film Registry.

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Diane Ladd, Roman Polanski.Summary: Los Angeles private eye Jake Gittes is approached by a mysterious woman who wishes to have her husband investigated. As the case unfolds, though, he discovers it to be much more complex and dangerous than he had expected, involving politics, powerful men, and terrible family secrets.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
DVD	Idaho Springs Public Library	DVDFIC	DVD FIC CHI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	30404100265766

Videodisc viewing copies are reissues; reissue dates from videodisc jackets. DLC

Optical videodisc viewing copies (DAA 0264 and DAA 0265) have two discs in one jacket.

Originally filmed in Panavision.

On videodisc jackets: LV8674 (optical); RCA 00613 (CED); CED videodisc is RCA SelectaVision.

Non-viewing print (CQA 0895-0901) was donated when this film was selected for the National Film Registry.

Theatrical projection print, copy 2 (CQA 1487-1493) was acquired for LC's National Film Preservation Tour, featuring titles from the National Film Registry. DLC

Not viewed.

Sources used: Monthly film bulletin, v. 41, p. 171; Variety, 6-19-1974; videodisc jackets; M/B/RS preliminary cataloging record.

Photography, John A. Alonso ; editor, Sam O'Steen ; production designer, Richard Sylbert ; music, Jerry Goldsmith.

Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Diane Ladd, Roman Polanski.

Los Angeles private eye Jake Gittes is approached by a mysterious woman who wishes to have her husband investigated. As the case unfolds, though, he discovers it to be much more complex and dangerous than he had expected, involving politics, powerful men, and terrible family secrets.