Chinatown' is infamous for its strained and heated production, with Jack Nicholson initially being bemused by the demands of ...

Jack Nicholson plays Jake Gittes ... and Nicholson were nominated for Academy Awards for their performances in "Chinatown." ...

The line -- "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." -- is uttered by Lawrence Walsh (Joe Mantell), the partner of Jack Nicholson's sardonic private eye Jack Gittes, after Jake's love interest Evelyn ...

The thriller is one of the most popular and long-lived movie genres, going back to the early days of the medium and still ...

Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown” depicts private detective J.J. “Jake” Gittes, played by Jack Nicholson, attempting to solve the ...

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Here’s where you can stream The Big Sleep. Chinatown reimagines the noir genre, placing Jack Nicholson's J.J. "Jake" Gittes at the center of a web of deceit, corruption and murder that spans the ...

Towne won an Oscar for his 1974 crime and corruption thriller Chinatown, which starred Jack Nicholson as a private detective. He was nominated for four Oscars during his career in total ...

star Ray Nicholson was asked about his approach to the genre and how fans have likened the smile on his character’s poster to that of his father Jack Nicholson‘s deranged smirk for the seminal ...