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The Two Jakes (1990) [R]

Release Date:
August 10, 1990

Original Title:
The Two Jakes

Alternate Titles:
A Chave do Enigma
Chinatown 2, The Two Jakes
Piège pour un Privé
唐人街續集

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Mystery

Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 14  DE: 12  DK: 15  FR: U  GB: 15  NL: 6  PT: M/16  US: R 

Runtime: 137

They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Art Direction:
Richard Schreiber

Associate Producer:
R. Blaine Currier
Alan Finkelstein

Casting:
Terry Liebling

Characters:
Robert Towne

Costume Design:
Wayne A. Finkelman

Director:
Jack Nicholson

Director of Photography:
Vilmos Zsigmond

Editor:
Anne Goursaud

Hairstylist:
Joy Zapata
Toni-Ann Walker

Makeup Artist:
Brad Wilder
Ray Sebastian

Original Music Composer:
Van Dyke Parks

Producer:
Jack Nicholson
Robert Evans
Harold Schneider

Production Design:
Jeremy Railton
Richard Sawyer

Production Sound Mixer:
Art Rochester

Set Decoration:
Jerry Wunderlich

Sound Editor:
Bob Newlan

Sound Effects Editor:
John Hoeren

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Robert J. Litt
Elliot Tyson
Greg P. Russell

Supervising Sound Editor:
Julia Evershade

Writer:
Robert Towne

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