Chinatown (1974) Trailer

[TheNostaglicFlower]

So want to get this movie on dvd.

[somotastic21]

@TheNostaglicFlower How come at the end of the movie the guy says to Jack, "Forget it. It's Chinatown" ? I didn't get that. What did he mean by that?

[Alltyme11210]

Golden age of broad smacking brought me here. LMAO!!!!

[BLICKSTEINHUGHES]

I am 12 and this is my favorite movie. Doesn't this tell you something...Chinatown is the best movie!

[1995yuda]

@BLICKSTEINHUGHES good taste for your age =)

keep it....

[vnisanianisback]

This was the second and last American film Polanski made. Imagine how many more films he could have made in America had it not been for that sex scandal. Hell, maybe that girl could have had a successful career as a young actress. Unfortunately, both the girls' and especially Polanski's reputations are forever tainted.

[blasttyrant419]

Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.

[TheSnowdropFan]

This is one of my all time favorite movies.A great script,a great cast,a great movie.

[instacopy1]

WOW! I've never seen any of Polanski's early work. Surprising, really. Frantic, The Ninth Gate, and Ghost Rider. I only enjoy a film Roman makes every ten years. Any film freak would.

[BLICKSTEINHUGHES]

I saw this movie when I was 10 years old (now I am 12) and is my favorite movie of all time. An actuall fact is that is rated the 7th best movie of all time.

[QAndJMovies2]

Let's all just pretend that there was never a sequel to Chinatown and that this movie it one of the best and a classic and one of Jack Nicholson's best

[dndrequiem]

00:16 The narrator sounds just like Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime, Eeyore, Venger). I'll bet it is. :)

[keys112009]

@dndrequiem ha! it does sound like him your right!

[filmteknik]

I was going to tell a friend who has not yet seen the movie to watch the trailer here but your comments give away too much. I will point her in another direction.

[daveibukun]

I never understood this movie no matter how many times i watched it.

[CoolerKing37]

@daveibukun What's not to understand? In the end, the bad guys win.

[Theslydonkey]

nicholson is amazing in this

[xaxie1]

Incredible to see a 70's movie trailer that doesen't have spoliers :L

[Lockemeister]

John Houston is pretty creepy. 

[dahfshx]

the last scene of the movie is just mind blowing!!!!

[03004452309]

suspense start from the very first scene of the movie and goes till end

best movie best movie

[rievans57]

An exceptional screenplay. The plot point at the end of act one, the risk taken by the lead character, the obstacles in his way are all there. Today's screenwriter should be ashamed of themselves for not following the lead of the great Robert Towne.

[4Topwood]

@rievans57

"Today's screenwriter should be ashamed of themselves for not following the lead of the great Robert Towne."

Are you kidding? Few screenwriters are as gifted. You can't blame them for not using what they don't have.

[rievans57]

@4Topwood It's not gifted.  It's devotion to craft. Towne did incredible research then blended plot, character and antagonism to create a memorable story. Gifted makes it sound easy or magical. Hard work is probably a better analogy.

[4Topwood]

@rievans57 Hard work is necessary, of course, and I didn't mean to imply otherwise. But you make it sound like every other screenwriter is just slacking off. I don't believe that. I believe plenty care about their craft but couldn't produce anything near to the excellence of this screenplay no matter how hard they tried. They just don't have what Robert Towne has.

[rievans57]

@4Topwood Which era of Hollywood told the greatest stories the 70's or today? Why? This should help you to understand the point I'm trying to make.

[4Topwood]

@rievans57

Sure, Hollywood in the 70's told better stories than the tripe we're sold today. But in part, that's b/c the 70's were overall a better era for filmmakers. It wasn't just Hollywood but Anglo-American films like "The Go-Between" or Australian movies like 'Picnic at Hanging Rock".

I do see your point, though, thanks for clarifying and for an genuinely interesting discussion.

[rievans57]

@4Topwood At this point you probably won't but I'll give you one more crack at it. If you read anything about how to write a screenplay and then read the script for "Chinatown" you might get it then. Most great films are great because the writer understood the craft of screenwriting. Robert Towne's work on this film is a classic example of that. Most of today's screenwriters seem to have forgotten that. They make tons of money but they don't make great works of art. That's my point!

[4Topwood]

@rievans57 "They make tons of money but they don't make great works of art. That's my point!"

That's my point, too. It's the comparatively few great artists who make great works of art. The rest are just hacks. You put too much emphasis on the script, which need be only good, not great, to make a great film. E,g., the cinematography of "Days of Heaven" is greater factor in its success than its script.

[rievans57]

@4Topwood Your off track. The question is why? Why was the script for "Chinatown" as good as it was? It was not because Robert Towne was gifted. It was hard work and a strong grasp of the craft of screenwriting that led to this masterpiece.

[7beers]

Goddamn Florsheim shoe.

[kingcaesar5]

the thing that bothers me about this movie is there is a line where the guy who Jack catches his wife cheating, then Jack comes to his house and he's about to introduce Jack to his wife, who has a black eye, and he says, "hey honey, this is the guy", and she cuts him off. What was he about to say, "hey honey this is the guy who caught you cheating and thats why you have a black eye"?

[palehousepress]

we found a reincarnation - pale house

[unicorn187]

A sneer pride through his disgust. Yes it is.

[lippy88lizzy]

one of my uni lecturers LOVES this film - he reckons it's got the best last line in the history of screenplays or something like that - we all looked at him as if to say "oh ... right." lol

[mattkimfilm]

Chinatown with no Asians. Amazing.

[VegardMinde]

What does the term "Chinatown" mean ?

[Stephanie3189]

It's a district in Los Angeles.

[tattisalles1989]

@VegardMinde

Chinatown is a district in Los Angeles where lives many families with asian ascendence .

[mynameisiansmum]

0:14

What happens to John Huston's face when he says "anything"?

[ilvtofku]

he just delivered that line with some frightening facial effect, maybe a little bit over the top.

[unicorn187]

@mynameisiansmum its called a 'sneer'.

[mynameisiansmum]

@unicorn187 Well, not really...

[dantean]

I love Townes' screenplay (and the film itself, obviously), but have always thought that too much has been made of its greatness. The ending incest revelation falls a little flatter to me than a "greatest ever" should be allowed. It (the ending) neatly wraps up the story's mystery without metaphorically answering any larger ones in the way, say, Citizen Kane's non-answer/answer does.

[Cosmic86x]

this movie is absolutely epic!! an instant classic. the actors, director, story, music, the location (Los Angeles in the 30's) everything is perfect

[balkan9014]

jack nicholson looks so different today but great movie gotta say

[dani9714]

This movie is great! gotta love Jack Nicholson..and Faye Dunaway was a beauty :)

I have the soundtrack of this movie and is really nice too,very "old style" instrumentals

[bebelehaut]

They all look good and yet, all is passing away... Who are their replacements?

Jack was a STAR and where in Heavens is Ms. Faye Dunaway? :)

[Nes232]

whats the name of the song with the arpegio!?

[Nes232]

the MUSIC SOUNDS LIKE JUSTICE!

[MrJamjam43]

@Nes232 nah, it sounds like a sped up version of the goosebumps song.

[arunsomanbhopal]

plz tell me the music starting from 0.25

[underbightdog23]

@Nes232 That has to be the funniest comment I have ever read

[TheSlippySock]

@Nes232 your right man, it does sound quite like justice, i wonder what it is

[davidbowie1100]

@TheSlippySock

Whoever chose this trailer music didn't do the movie JUSTICE. Should have had a more ambient suspenseful tune in keeping with the 1930's and movie sountrack itself. Sounds like some 80's futuristic thriller music haha

[omdlani]

you know what happen to noisy fellas? they get caught in switzerland :)))

[DarthNub]

Where does this trailer come from? It's not the original theatrical trailer that's on the DVDs.

Is it a VHS or laserdisc trailer? It's 4:3, so I'm guessing it's not a theatrical trailer of any kind, & the mention of The Two Jakes suggests it's from the early 1990s.

[CaliforniaTD]

There's something strange about Jack Nicholson with a massive bandage on his nose that makes him look incredibly badass.

[moderjoker]

there's sometyhing about that knife that makes polanski incredibly badass too. I think joe pesci borrowed something from this little character !

[Blar45687]

You know what happens to noisy people ... they get their noses cut!

[AriesTRam]

One of the most painful scenes in cinema, Blar45687, along with the tooth drilling in Marathon Man!

[gregieb0i]

I didn't see no asians. =[

I wanna see a young Nicholson though! =]

[lawfulheart]

Young Nicholson was unbelievably hot and sexy

[JacknicholsonftwxXx]

Indeed *drewl*

[TheyCallMeSophie]

thank god im not the only one!

[tidalriddle]

I like my nose. I like breathing through it.

[juliangen]

hahahahahahahaahha my name is jau

[julianozain]

It is a great movie. A highlight of the retro spirit of the 70s..