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Chinatown
Chinatown is a 1974 film about a private investigator (Nicholson) hired to expose an adultery case, but his investigation turns into a mystery of elements: murder, betrayal, and water.
- Directed by Roman Polanski. Written by Robert Towne.
- Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston.
Jake Gittes
- You're dumber than you think I think you are.
- So there's this guy Walsh, do you understand? He's tired of screwin' his wife...So his friend says to him, "Hey, why don't you do it like the Chinese do?" So he says, "How do the Chinese do it?" And the guy says, "Well, the Chinese, first they screw a little bit, then they stop, then they go and read a little Confucius, come back, screw a little bit more, then they stop again, go and they screw a little bit...then they go back and they screw a little bit more and then they go out and they contemplate the moon or something like that. Makes it more exciting." So now, the guy goes home and he starts screwin' his own wife, see. So he screws her for a little bit and then he stops, and he goes out of the room and reads Life Magazine. Then he goes back in, he starts screwin' again. He says, "Excuse me for a minute, honey." He goes out and he smokes a cigarette. Now his wife is gettin' sore as hell. He comes back in the room, he starts screwin' again. He gets up to start to leave again to go look at the moon. She looks at him and says, "Hey, whats the matter with ya. You're screwin' just like a Chinaman!" [Laughs hysterically.]
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- Escobar: Isn't that your phone number?
- Jake Gittes: Is it? I forget. I don't call myself that often.
Noah Cross
- 'Course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.
- Either you bring the water to L.A. or you bring L.A. to the water.
- See, Mr. Gitts, most people never have to face the fact that, at the right time and the right place, they're capable of...anything!
Conversations
- Jake Gittes: I just want to know what you're worth. Over ten million?
- Noah Cross: Oh my, yes.
- Jake Gittes: Why are you doing it? How much better can you eat? What can you buy that you can't already afford?
- Noah Cross: The future, Mr. Gitts, the future.
- ...
- Evelyn Mulwray: I see you like publicity, Mr. Gittes. Well, you're going to get it.
- Jake Gittes: Now wait a minute, Mrs. Mulwray. I think there's been some misunderstanding here. There's no point in getting tough with me. I'm just trying--
- Evelyn Mulwray: I don't get tough with anyone, Mr. Gittes. My lawyer does.
- ...
- Jake Gittes: Who is she? And don't give me that crap about your sister because you don't have a sister.
- Evelyn Mulwray: I'll tell you. I'll tell you the truth.
- Jake Gittes: Good. What's her name?
- Evelyn Mulwray: Katherine.
- Jake Gittes: Katherine who?
- Evelyn Mulwray: She's my daughter.
- [Jake Gittes slaps Evelyn Mulwray]
- Jake Gittes: I said I want the truth.
- Evelyn Mulwray: She's my sister. [another slap] She's my daughter. [another slap] My sister, my daughter.
- [two more slaps]
- Jake Gittes: I said I want the truth!
- Evelyn Mulwray: She's my sister and my daughter!
- ...
- Jake Gittes: Evelyn, put that gun away. Let the police handle this.
- Evelyn Mulwray: He owns the police!
Others
- Man with Knife (Roman Polanski): You're a very nosy fellow, kitty cat. Huh? You know what happens to nosy fellows? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their noses.
- [last lines]
Walsh: Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
Cast
- Jack Nicholson - J. J. (Jake) Gittes
- Faye Dunaway - Evelyn Cross Mulwray
- John Huston - Noah Cross
- ...
- Roman Polanski - Directed by
- Robert Towne - Writeen by
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