Chinatown

Chinatown

Release Date

1974

Director

  • Roman Polanski

Cast

  • Jack Nicholson
  • Faye Dunaway
  • John Huston

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

When Los Angeles private eye J.J. "Jake" Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired by Evelyn Mulwray to investigate her husband's activities, he believes it's a routine infidelity case. Jake's investigation soon becomes anything but routine when he meets the real Mrs. Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) and realizes he was hired by an imposter. Mr. Mulwray's sudden death sets Jack on a tangled trail of corruption, deceit, and sinister family secrets as Evelyn's father (John Huston) becomes a suspect in the case. Roman Polanski's acclaimed neo-noir thriller received 11 Academy Award nominations, and won for Best Original Screenplay.



Past Programs

2016

Who controls Maine's water?

Maine Film Center / Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville, ME

Water Quality: An International Dilemma

Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA

2018