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The Resource Chinatown

Chinatown

Label
Chinatown
Title
Chinatown
Contributor
Actor
Director
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • por
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • por
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
A private detective finds himself in over his head as he takes on a case involving the most rich and powerful people in Chinatown
Awards note
Academy Awards, 1974: Best Original Screenplay.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, John A. Alonzo; production design, Richard Sylbert; film editor, Sam O'Steen; music, Jerry Goldsmith
Intended audience
Rating: R
Language note
  • Closed-captioned
  • English, French, Portuguese or Spanish dialogue; English, French, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles
PerformerNote
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Bruce Glover, Joe Mantell, Roy Jenson, Diane Ladd, Dick Bakalyan, John Huston
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1930-2019
  • 1906-1987
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Polanski, Roman
  • Evans, Robert
  • Nicholson, Jack
  • Dunaway, Faye
  • Ladd, Diane
  • Huston, John
  • Hillerman, John
Runtime
130
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Water rights
  • Murder
  • Incest
  • Gangsters
  • Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.)
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Chinatown
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974
  • Special features: Chinatown : the beginning and the end; Chinatown: filming ; Chinatown : the legacy; theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
  • quadrophonic multichannel or surround
  • mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Special collector's edition; Widescreen edition
Extent
1 videodisc (130 min.)
Isbn
9781415729038
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
097361224442
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
12244
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn180299081
  • (Sirsi) o180299081
  • (OCoLC)180299081
  • 540861
System details
DVD
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Chinatown
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974
  • Special features: Chinatown : the beginning and the end; Chinatown: filming ; Chinatown : the legacy; theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
  • quadrophonic multichannel or surround
  • mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Special collector's edition; Widescreen edition
Extent
1 videodisc (130 min.)
Isbn
9781415729038
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
097361224442
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
12244
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn180299081
  • (Sirsi) o180299081
  • (OCoLC)180299081
  • 540861
System details
DVD
Video recording format
DVD

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