Chinatown & The Two Jakes R1 SCEs in November
24-07-2007 19:16 | 7049 views | Dave Foster | Show Backlinks
Paramount Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Chinatown (Special Collector’s Edition) and its follow-up, The Two Jakes (Special Collector’s Edition) on 6th November 2007.
A landmark movie in the film noir tradition, Roman Polanski's Chinatown stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in...Chinatown. Co-starring film legend John Huston and featuring an Academy Award®-winning script by Robert Towne, Chinatown captures a lost era in a masterfully woven movie that remains a timeless gem.
Features include:
Jack Nicholson returns as private eye Jake Gittes in The Two Jakes, in which he also takes on directing duties. Much has changed since we last saw Jake. The war has come and gone; 1948 Los Angeles teems with optimism and fast bucks. But there's one thing Jake knows hasn't changed: "Nine times out of ten, if you follow the money you will get to the truth." And that's the trail he follows when a routine case of marital hanky panky explodes into a murder that's tied to a grab for oil--and to Jake's own past.
Features include:
A landmark movie in the film noir tradition, Roman Polanski's Chinatown stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in...Chinatown. Co-starring film legend John Huston and featuring an Academy Award®-winning script by Robert Towne, Chinatown captures a lost era in a masterfully woven movie that remains a timeless gem.
Features include:
- Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
- English DD5.1 Surround
- English Restored Mono
- French, Spanish and Portuguese Mono
- English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles
- 4 Featurettes:
- Chinatown: The Beginning and The End!
- Chinatown – Style
- Acting Chinatown
- Chinatown: The Classic
- Theatrical Trailer
Jack Nicholson returns as private eye Jake Gittes in The Two Jakes, in which he also takes on directing duties. Much has changed since we last saw Jake. The war has come and gone; 1948 Los Angeles teems with optimism and fast bucks. But there's one thing Jake knows hasn't changed: "Nine times out of ten, if you follow the money you will get to the truth." And that's the trail he follows when a routine case of marital hanky panky explodes into a murder that's tied to a grab for oil--and to Jake's own past.
Features include:
- Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
- English DD5.1 Surround
- English, French and Spanish DD2.0 Surround
- Portuguese Mono
- English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles
- Featurette: Jack on Jakes
- Theatrical Trailer
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Oh well, I guess some 'legends' want their performances to speak for themselves. Or something.
Piss poor show by Paramount yet again. Their so-called Special Editions are always distinctly below par. :(
The best we can hope for really is an outstanding A/V improvement I guess?
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Interesting it has 'restored mono'. Is that the original soundtrack? If so, all credit to them for paying attention to original mono as few care these days, though expect it to be dropped on R2. Though IMDB quotes stereo soundtrack but that may not be accurate. Thought my old DVD was mono.
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Considering Polanski's smaller films have had better DVDs, this is very poor.