1930s Los Angeles. Jake Gittes is a successful 'bedroom dick': a private eye specialising in cases of marital infidelity. Paradoxically he might also be the last truly ethical man in a corrupt town. Lured into an investigation of the death-by-drowning of City Water Commissioner Hollis Mulwray, Gittes gets more than usually entwined with his new client, Mulwray's enigmatic widow Evelyn. He then finds himself crossing swords with Evelyn's redoubtable father, the aging business magnate Noah Cross, who has professional and ...
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1930s Los Angeles. Jake Gittes is a successful 'bedroom dick': a private eye specialising in cases of marital infidelity. Paradoxically he might also be the last truly ethical man in a corrupt town. Lured into an investigation of the death-by-drowning of City Water Commissioner Hollis Mulwray, Gittes gets more than usually entwined with his new client, Mulwray's enigmatic widow Evelyn. He then finds himself crossing swords with Evelyn's redoubtable father, the aging business magnate Noah Cross, who has professional and personal reasons of his own for wanting both Hollis and Evelyn silenced. Academy Award-winner for Best Original Screenplay of 1974, Robert Towne's Chinatown is widely regarded as the finest American movie script of the post-war years. Complex in narrative design, infused with the sordid real-life history of Los Angeles' economic growth and unmistakably adult in its updating of the trademark violence and sexual intrigue of film noir, on the page Chinatown still shines - and cuts - like a blade.
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Add this copy of Chinatown: Screenplay (Ff Classics) to cart. $21.57, good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2000 by Faber & Faber.
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Add this copy of "Chinatown" to cart. $45.00, like new condition, Sold by Enterprise Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Private Printing.
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As New. 147 high quality standard size paper.3 holes with heavy duty brass staples. 1st page illustrated, with title and author name. 2nd page, title, author and "Third draft, October 9th, 1973". A facsimile copy with no names, notes or any markings.; Script shipped in a box, USA.; 145 pages; Probably a mimeograph.
Add this copy of Chinatown Screenplay to cart. $58.53, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Faber & Faber.
Add this copy of Chinatown to cart. $488.82, good condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by NEVILLE.
