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The Two Jakes
Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.
1990 · Directed by Jack Nicholson · 137 min · Crime · Mystery · Thriller · 9 frames
Tagline
They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.
Crew
- Written by: Robert Towne
- Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond
- Edited by: Anne Goursaud
- Music: Van Dyke Parks
- Production design: Jeremy Railton, Richard Sawyer
- Produced by: Jack Nicholson, Robert Evans, Harold Schneider
Cast
- Jack Nicholson as J.J. "Jake" Gittes
- Harvey Keitel as Julius "Jake" Berman
- Meg Tilly as Kitty Berman
- Madeleine Stowe as Lillian Bodine
- Eli Wallach as Cotton Weinberger
- Rubén Blades as Mickey Nice
- Frederic Forrest as Chuck Newty
- David Keith as Det. Lt. Loach
- Richard Farnsworth as Earl Rawley
- Tracey Walter as Tyrone Otley
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $19,000,000
- Box office: $10,005,969
- Themes: sequel, los angeles, california, private detective, neo-noir, excited
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