Chinatown Paramount, of course, which distributed the film in 1974, would like to have its cake and eat it too.

Along with "Chinatown," (1974) which starred Jack Nicholson as a private eye hired by Faye Dunaway to investigate her husband, Towne also wrote "Shampoo" (1975) starring Warren Beatty and "The ...

Chinatown (1974) Paramount Pictures / Paramount Pictures You have probably been told by a lot of people to watch Chinatown. Well, there’s a good reason for that.

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 ...

Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind the script for 1974 classic Chinatown, has died, his publicist confirmed to THR. He was 89.

Netflix’s Milestone Movies Collection Debuts With 1974 Classics Including ‘Chinatown,’ ‘The Conversation,’ ‘Blazing Saddles’ By Pat Saperstein ...