Chinatown (film)

Chinatown is a American neo noirfilm (1974) by Roman Polanski. ==Story[ Edit] == The film is set in Los Angeles in the time of the great depression. The cynical private detective Jake ' J.J. ' Gittes is hired to the corridors of a certain Hollis Mulwray, the Chief Engineer of the Department of water management of the city. Gittes Mulwray photographs while this a blonde young lady coast; This leads to a scandal in the press. shortly after, drowns Mulwray.

Commissioned by Mulwrays wife Gittes examines the circumstances around his death. It encounters on a complicated conspiracy around water rights and lose a bit of his nose. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Prizes[ Edit] ==
 * Jack Nicholson: Jake Gittes
 * Faye Dunaway: Evelyn Cross Mulwray
 * John Huston: Noah Cross
 * Roman Polanski: gangster with knife
 * Academy Award (1975) for the best original scenario; ten Ocarnominaties in other categories, including best film, best male lead and best female lead
 * BAFTA for best actor, best director and best screenplay