@patrickc3419.....not sure why it has taken you so long to see this film - I first saw it when it was originally released in 1974 - but good to hear that you enjoyed it. For me, it is in my 'top 5' all-time favourite films, and I have it on DVD and video, the originally released [vinyl] soundtrack LP by Jerry Goldsmith as well as a number of [extremely collectible] black and white promotional still photos. It is without doubt Jack Nicholson's finest ever film [which includes work such as '5 Easy Pieces' 'The Last Detail', 'The Passenger' and 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'] and I am convinced that Nicholson himself knows that. [he tried to replicate 'Chinatown's' excellence by directing and acting in the very disappointing 'sequel' - 'The Two Jakes' in 1990]. Robert Towne's absolutely superb screenplay [which is actually recognised as the greatest screenplay of all time] is simply mesmerising. Combined with Roman Polanski's expert and deft direction and excellent performances by the stellar supporting cast [Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez et al] 'Chinatown is a total masterpiece.
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OOh yea, Polanski had a way of squeezing out the best actors
YES IT IS WEIRD... Like the reverse when Prince would sing 1999 in 198X and when 1999 eve came most young people were like 'who is Prince and what is this song?'
A MASTERPIECE of a film. From the costumes, the hair and makeup. Everything about this film was done to perfection. The actors are at their prime and Roman Polanski's directing is masterful. One of Hollywood's best films. Personally, I think it's the BEST film of L.A. in the 30's.
In 1974 I was ten years old. I first saw Chinatown on TV in 1978. A brilliant story about water in an unstable environment. A timeless movie that never goes out of date!!
The very original soundtrack here, which was replaced like a week before the movie opened. Changes the entire way you view the flick, IMO. It was changed for the better. Great, great flick; an absolute masterpiece. Library of Congress stuff.
The 70s were not a great time for Americans but it produced some amazing films. This, Taxi Driver, Dirty Harry. They were cynical and bleak but utterly brilliant.
This really put Roman on the map and enabled him to become a star and get parents to trust him with their young and even prepubescent daughters. He’ll of a director that filthy pedophile…
Love Chinatown. They should have skipped the sequel (The Two Jakes) and instead did a prequel so we'd learn what happend to Gittes as a young cop in Chinatown that made him who he was.
@@playstationaccount4473 Yes he is. What he is not in, is every shot. But, where he's not in the shot, it's from his point of view. The entire story is told from Jake's point of view, and he is an unreliable narrator.
It really doesn't give anything away, it just seems like it once you know the story. I saw this trailer in 1974 and then a week later saw the movie, and was totally blindsided by the ending. In 1974, we didn't see that coming. We all walked out of the theater in silence, taking it in. Very few films do that to people.
James Hong appears in this movie as Evelyn's butler but I recognized him from the Seinfeld "Chinese Restaurant" episode as well ..........Seinfeld......LOL! Cheers!
One sad aspect of this film is that Towne conceived it as the first in a trilogy. The second part, “The Two Jake’s” went through much conflict and only got mixed reviews on release (I thought it was great) the third part was to be titled “Gittes vs Gittes” and would’ve dealt with the building of LAX. Now with Towne’s death we’ll never see it
Pro Tip: If ever you are watching an old movie for the first time, DON'T watch the trailer past like 50% or you might spoil the endings. Just get a taste, then go watch it. I can't tell you how many 30s-70s films I just saw that the trailers gave away too much.
The Batman new trailer brought me here. Matt Reeves is all about this movie you can see it all over the Batman trailer watch this movie if you haven’t it’s epic .
Chinatown 1974 starring John Huston Tim mcgarry John hillerman Perry Lopez Richard bakalyan rance Howard Roy jenson Roy roberts noble wilingham. Jim Burk
It’s Philip Lambro’s original score for the film. It was junked after the test screening went so badly, but it’s actually a masterpiece (it’s available commercially now). I think for contractual reasons, they had to keep it in the trailer.
Nice movie, but trailer seems funny bcoz it tell some story, but according to me, Faye dunaway should win best actress but she missed it m guessing, eventhough she later wins in network
@@vthekingv I watched Citizen Kane to see what the fuss was about. It's good..but it's not the greatest of all time. I liked it enough to see some of the appeal; but to say it's the greatest? No. I don't think so.
Can someone explain me why Evelyn's daughter was seeing her husband? Like why? I didnt get the point of that and how and why happened? Also shes like a child in the movie. Its a reallly good movie but didnt get that part
The trailer is long mostly because it's a movie from the Seventies, and at the time trailers were basically short movies, but yeah, Chinatown is two hours something long
Deployment on redline airborne for roll calling pos...idoc only... air con plane training mdway to others locations...truth meals arriving for others from students cooks to be...
dont forget the back up hero's wife had bruises on her eye, the guy who towards the end of the film was asked to drive off when Jake brought the cops to his house.
What an average movie. I don't get the hype. Other Polański movies (even the lesser revered ones, like Bitter Moon) are at least 6million times better than this snoozer.
faye dunaway always play vicious, corrupt, disturbed y troubled characters. i think she has typecasted herself into these roles. y for what benefit. how does this help her grow as a person.
Looks like an interesting movie but why is it named Chinatown and I haven't seen a single Asian person. At least put one Asian person in there even just for it's namesake!
One of the worst wastes of my time ever, absolutely boring and average as hell in every way possible. How this movie has good reviews is beyond me. Seems like just another boring artsy movie the critics pretend to like and everyone else just goes along with it because they don't want to seem dumb. What a snore fest of a movie. The entire premise of the movie is boring as hell geez. What an incredibly boring movie. Oh no some guys are wasting water or something because it has something to do with money or something snore fest, complete snore fest. I find it funny how horror movies are always ripped on for having quote "unlikeable characters" but who in THIS movie is likeable aside from Jack Nicolson? Not a single character in this movie is remembered by anyone who watches it five days after just viewing it, FACT. If people ever talk about this movie they just say "oh that's a Roman Polanski movie" and that's it. Can't believe I wasted my time attempting to watch this nearly passing out from the boredom cause of it all..yaaawwwwn. Lol are these people saying that this is one of the greatest movies of all time? How? What did it do that was so great? It did nothing. The acting wasn't great, the story was boring as hell and generic as hell, the cinematography was just like anything else at the time, literally everything in this movie wasn't great at all lmfao, it's just a boring average detective movie, never watching another detective movie ever again unless I know it has some action, the whole detective thing has always been boring as hell actually so I don't even know why I attempted to watch this, shows like criminal minds are far better than this stinkface of a movie. Yawn yawn yawn my god was this boring.
Being on Netflix now, I’ve finally seen this movie for the first time. Absolutely brilliant. Possibly the best Jack Nicholson performance I’ve seen.
Glad you lied it. I saw it fifty years ago when it was released. It still holds up. Timeless film.
@patrickc3419.....not sure why it has taken you so long to see this film - I first saw it when it was originally released in 1974 - but good to hear that you enjoyed it. For me, it is in my 'top 5' all-time favourite films, and I have it on DVD and video, the originally released [vinyl] soundtrack LP by Jerry Goldsmith as well as a number of [extremely collectible] black and white promotional still photos.
It is without doubt Jack Nicholson's finest ever film [which includes work such as '5 Easy Pieces' 'The Last Detail', 'The Passenger' and 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'] and I am convinced that Nicholson himself knows that. [he tried to replicate 'Chinatown's' excellence by directing and acting in the very disappointing 'sequel' - 'The Two Jakes' in 1990].
Robert Towne's absolutely superb screenplay [which is actually recognised as the greatest screenplay of all time] is simply mesmerising. Combined with Roman Polanski's expert and deft direction and excellent performances by the stellar supporting cast [Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez et al] 'Chinatown is a total masterpiece.
OOh yea, Polanski had a way of squeezing out the best actors
It's weird to think that making this movie set in 1937 then would be the equivalent of making a movie set in 1984 this year.
Wouldn’t be worth the effort would it.
Jake's last case.
YES IT IS WEIRD... Like the reverse when Prince would sing 1999 in 198X and when 1999 eve came most young people were like 'who is Prince and what is this song?'
It's actually 1974.
@@checkpointfilms It was released in 1974, but the film takes place in 1937.
A MASTERPIECE of a film. From the costumes, the hair and makeup. Everything about this film was done to perfection. The actors are at their prime and Roman Polanski's directing is masterful. One of Hollywood's best films. Personally, I think it's the BEST film of L.A. in the 30's.
I thought Polanski was the director not Huston?
@@DennisNedryisStillAlive I stand corrected. It "was" Polanski. Just shows you.......
Still one of the best movies ever made imho.
Hold it there, kitty cat.
@randywhite3947 lol
In 1974 I was ten years old. I first saw Chinatown on TV in 1978. A brilliant story about water in an unstable environment. A timeless movie that never goes out of date!!
your 50 years old
How is this movie timeless when it’s Literally set in a very specific time in history
@@rubbencaldderon8034 not the brightest bulb in the pack are ya?
One of the best films of the seventies which is saying something. Three excellent performances, Nicholson, Dunaway and Huston.
Not just seventies, Chinatown is one of the greatest film ever made.
One of the best films of ALL TIME
this thing contended against the Godfather Part II in 1974 for Best Picture
If there's ever a film where I love every second, it's this one.
Try memento.
@@cothinker680 try schindler's list
Chinatown and L.A. Confidential: Two of the best film noirs ever made about Los Angeles or any town for that matter.
Its a shame how basic instinct isnt celebrated as much as these two,really captures the essence of san franciso
Reno 911 actually true also
..." Your Husband keeps lousy company people ...As bad as there is in L.
A. ...And that's as bad as there is ....
@@LYCANCLANTEAM How about " Fatal Instinct "
Let's not forget The Big Lebowski
The greatest screenplay of all-time.
All About Eve
Network.
I can watch this movie over & over again.
One of the best movies ever made...with outstanding music ,/ background score.. thanks for sharing..!!
Each single shot is to enjoy endless without being bored.Just incredible. Polanski is the utmost badass in cinema history.
You already sound bored.
The very original soundtrack here, which was replaced like a week before the movie opened. Changes the entire way you view the flick, IMO. It was changed for the better. Great, great flick; an absolute masterpiece. Library of Congress stuff.
one of my favorite movies. So 'true' and Faye Dunaway + Jack were phenomenal . corruption lessons still ring true
A girl like you is better than that.
The 70s were not a great time for Americans but it produced some amazing films. This, Taxi Driver, Dirty Harry. They were cynical and bleak but utterly brilliant.
I'm starting to think, the shittiier the times get, the better the filmmakers. And if that's true, we are in for a ride in the near future
Also THX 1138, The Godfather, Alien and Jaws!
Apparently they had more creative freedom then.
The one who flew over the cuckoos nest
Why weren't the 70s great for Americans? in fact, when is there a time that's not great for Americans? lol
One of Matt Reeves inspiration for The Batman, ironically it has the Joker in it haha.
The Batman is very clearly influenced by this film
I wanted to see what this movie looked like after watching Batman
Something in the way playing in the background
This really put Roman on the map and enabled him to become a star and get parents to trust him with their young and even prepubescent daughters. He’ll of a director that filthy pedophile…
The opening scene in the trailer matches the opening scene of The Batman, so definitely seems like an inspiration.
1937...this is the year Jack Nicholson was born on
2:00 I can really see Matt Reeves inspiration for the batman here
Lmao
Hhhhhh
This made me laugh way more then It needed to hahaa
I'M VENGEANCE!
Love Chinatown. They should have skipped the sequel (The Two Jakes) and instead did a prequel so we'd learn what happend to Gittes as a young cop in Chinatown that made him who he was.
I love the music in this trailer. The piano music especially. It’s very evocative.
Rest in peace Robert Towne..........awsome movie
never old this gem
the world: exists
everyone: *M R G I D D E S*
Happy 50th Anniversary. 20th June 1974 is the release date.
Hard to believe a half century has passed.
fun fact-
Jack Nicholson (Jake Gittes) is present in every scene of the film.
Damn really? I don't think so. I love this film and am imagining it now....will have to see it again..no way he's in each scene.
@@playstationaccount4473 Yes he is. What he is not in, is every shot. But, where he's not in the shot, it's from his point of view. The entire story is told from Jake's point of view, and he is an unreliable narrator.
Feeling sorry for those who watched this trailer before the movie
It really doesn't give anything away, it just seems like it once you know the story. I saw this trailer in 1974 and then a week later saw the movie, and was totally blindsided by the ending. In 1974, we didn't see that coming. We all walked out of the theater in silence, taking it in. Very few films do that to people.
@@lemorab1 That was my reaction too. It left me stunned.
Jack nicholson legend
Nicholson is Badass 🕶️
Thank you so much
I love this movie so much I thought the twist in it was great
Couldn't figure what the hell was going on until the end of the movie, best thriller I've ever seen!
@@johnnyquest6115 ik right the director Roman Polanski makes a cameo appearance in this movie
@@joeymartinez9854 I know, he did it better than Alfred Hitchcock ever did!
@@johnnyquest6115 I wouldn't go that far
The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions the movie.
Yeah, pretty much. The whole thing is about how Jake fails.
My favourite movie 😍
I find the ending somewhat gut wrenching... I think I am traumatised from that movie (first time watching it last night)
How old are you?
Yes. Very cynical movie. That's the point.
Not even close. You should watch Hereditary, now that's traumatizing.
why is that?
I immediately searched for this after seeing a reference from family guy's new episode
Wht was the ref...wht was the ep
Did they ever redo the trailer with the soundtrack that made it into the movie??
No, they didn't. That was a far superior soundtrack.
Rest In Peace Robert Evans
JF read His Autobiography The Kid Stays In The Picture (I believe it's called?) Brilliant
James Hong appears in this movie as Evelyn's butler but I recognized him from the Seinfeld "Chinese Restaurant" episode as well ..........Seinfeld......LOL! Cheers!
Lol. Me too
"Forget it jake it's just chinatown..."
Dunaway is splendid. Huston the perfect ogre.
....una " obra de arte"..!!!
“You can’t handle the truth!”
That was jack and faye's Oscars dammit! Joan Crawford
I thought it was Jack and Joan that playing here lol
The batman led me here
R.I.P Robert Towne
I hate watching a commercial on top of another commercial.
One sad aspect of this film is that Towne conceived it as the first in a trilogy. The second part, “The Two Jake’s” went through much conflict and only got mixed reviews on release (I thought it was great) the third part was to be titled “Gittes vs Gittes” and would’ve dealt with the building of LAX. Now with Towne’s death we’ll never see it
Pro Tip: If ever you are watching an old movie for the first time, DON'T watch the trailer past like 50% or you might spoil the endings. Just get a taste, then go watch it. I can't tell you how many 30s-70s films I just saw that the trailers gave away too much.
If chinatown was remake today -
My opinion -
Director -David Fincher
JJ Gittes- Leodicaprio
Evelyn Mulrey - Rosamund Pike
not a remake but a continuation.the sequel in 1990 was bad.but a better continuation would be great
@@johnjackson7045 David Fincher himself said he will remake it
@@quddus0079 cool
@@quddus0079 hope he change the ending, as the original movie ending was polanski idea rather than the true script ending
@@kaeltkottmir The ending made the movie.
"YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH"
The Batman new trailer brought me here. Matt Reeves is all about this movie you can see it all over the Batman trailer watch this movie if you haven’t it’s epic .
Mein geliebter Roman Polanski,
ich freue mich RIESIG auf Dich!
The new Southpark specials are based on this. Giving a nod.
Is this the original trailer that shows the whole movie? Is the narrator Eddie Barth or Lionel Standing?
Chinatown 1974 starring John Huston Tim mcgarry John hillerman Perry Lopez Richard bakalyan rance Howard Roy jenson Roy roberts noble wilingham. Jim Burk
Sad that the old chinatown was demolished😢
What's the name of the music in the first 30 seconds?
Does anyone know the name for the music with piano in this trailer?
It’s Philip Lambro’s original score for the film. It was junked after the test screening went so badly, but it’s actually a masterpiece (it’s available commercially now). I think for contractual reasons, they had to keep it in the trailer.
@@davidsolomons1110 Thank you so much!
Nice movie, but trailer seems funny bcoz it tell some story, but according to me, Faye dunaway should win best actress but she missed it m guessing, eventhough she later wins in network
Where to find this movie Netflix Amazon or RUclips please help anyone
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Buy it lol
Own this one---you'll need to watch it many times to 'get' it......and it's worth it every time.
Currently on Netflix
Playing with infantrymen...goodstanding.
This movie one of my list of favorite movies, with "The Dark Knight", "Citizen Kane" and "Star Wars".
Predator and The Thing. Alien.
Lmao citizen kane is a favorite of yours? Wonder if that's because you actually.enjoy it or is because of others...
@@vthekingv Both. And I wanted to see because a spanish philosopher reccomended.
@@vthekingv I watched Citizen Kane to see what the fuss was about. It's good..but it's not the greatest of all time. I liked it enough to see some of the appeal; but to say it's the greatest? No. I don't think so.
The dark knight isnt very good
Watched it recently.
Joe Swanson brought me here...that's Chinatown...
This trailer gives way too much away.
Forget it... it’s chinatown
Name the Movie Star on the wall that Jake has in his Office.
Steven Crowder sent me here
Travis Callahan irony since he’d probably be hired as one of Noah’s goons
Forget it jake, its chinatown
Hey Jack Nicolson
Looking at jack here reminds me of Timothy olyphants face
this and motherless brooklyn shows why we need a Director, a proper one
Can someone explain me why Evelyn's daughter was seeing her husband? Like why? I didnt get the point of that and how and why happened? Also shes like a child in the movie. Its a reallly good movie but didnt get that part
Is the movie good to watch? Looks interesting though
she was 15 at the time she ran away (probably pregnant)
Where’s the Chinese??
2:00 you will never ever see that in Hollywood movies again lol. Any depiction of male on female violence is scrubbed from existence
I love this perfect movie. But this trailer is awful, and it gives away too much. Should not have revealed the nose slice or shown so much of the end.
Great film despite it's sad ending ....
The film is great because of the sad ending.
I like to watch old movies using boxxy software. Anyone know about that app?
Ilegal
Yeah..I do bro....but it's not safe...I suggest you two apps "Movie zone & movie store"... download via any search engine
Teatv
This is what happens to stupid people who ask smart questions and smart people who ask stupid questions
Anti- Chinese ads oh boy !
Roman Polanski was just getting even with Jake’s nose for what Tex Susan. and Patricia did to Sharon and her friends
One of the worst trailers ever for one of the greatest films ever.
this is a great trailer
I agree. But it shows that without Jerry Goldsmith, it would have just been another movie.
Long trailer = long movie?
The trailer is long mostly because it's a movie from the Seventies, and at the time trailers were basically short movies, but yeah, Chinatown is two hours something long
You be ev knight ride assignment with your north
Way to just spoil the entire movie
lastima que paramount se volvio tan mediocre
This is Polanski's last movies to ever involved in Hollywood before his outrageous pedophilic stunt in 1977!
Pretty little liars planet nine skies coming to get you back... find money tresses... shhh.
I'm really sad. Wish I could watch this with someone.... I'll see myself out sorry to be depressing
Deployment on redline airborne for roll calling pos...idoc only... air con plane training mdway to others locations...truth meals arriving for others from students cooks to be...
The Best/Worst movie ending ever. I'm not sure who I dislike more Noah Cross or Roman Polanski!
Back in the days when you could hit a woman.
Sheesh
dont forget the back up hero's wife had bruises on her eye, the guy who towards the end of the film was asked to drive off when Jake brought the cops to his house.
First
No matter how many times i watch this movie, it's still slow and boring
What an average movie. I don't get the hype. Other Polański movies (even the lesser revered ones, like Bitter Moon) are at least 6million times better than this snoozer.
Los...it's pronounced Los.
grammar is hard.
faye dunaway always play vicious, corrupt, disturbed y troubled characters. i think she has typecasted herself into these roles. y for what benefit. how does this help her grow as a person.
This ending is so stupid and evil that it is unforgivable. So far from a realistic event that it is only to traumatize the audience. Shame on you.
It's a Goddamn Noir, you fool!
Good trailer vs average movie 🤔🤔🤔🤔
It's one of the greatest movies ever made.
Looks like an interesting movie but why is it named Chinatown and I haven't seen a single Asian person. At least put one Asian person in there even just for it's namesake!
trash
One of the worst wastes of my time ever, absolutely boring and average as hell in every way possible. How this movie has good reviews is beyond me. Seems like just another boring artsy movie the critics pretend to like and everyone else just goes along with it because they don't want to seem dumb. What a snore fest of a movie. The entire premise of the movie is boring as hell geez. What an incredibly boring movie. Oh no some guys are wasting water or something because it has something to do with money or something snore fest, complete snore fest. I find it funny how horror movies are always ripped on for having quote "unlikeable characters" but who in THIS movie is likeable aside from Jack Nicolson? Not a single character in this movie is remembered by anyone who watches it five days after just viewing it, FACT. If people ever talk about this movie they just say "oh that's a Roman Polanski movie" and that's it. Can't believe I wasted my time attempting to watch this nearly passing out from the boredom cause of it all..yaaawwwwn. Lol are these people saying that this is one of the greatest movies of all time? How? What did it do that was so great? It did nothing. The acting wasn't great, the story was boring as hell and generic as hell, the cinematography was just like anything else at the time, literally everything in this movie wasn't great at all lmfao, it's just a boring average detective movie, never watching another detective movie ever again unless I know it has some action, the whole detective thing has always been boring as hell actually so I don't even know why I attempted to watch this, shows like criminal minds are far better than this stinkface of a movie. Yawn yawn yawn my god was this boring.
Polanski sucks
Same thing happened to me with The Godfather
My goodness are you 12 or what
@@TheFate23🤣🤣🤣