The Two Jakes is a 1990 American mystery film, and a sequel to the 1974 film Chinatown.
Directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, it also features Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Richard Farnsworth, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Rubén Blades, Tracey Walter and Eli Wallach. Reprising their roles from Chinatown are Joe Mantell, Perry Lopez, James Hong, and, in a brief voice-over, Faye Dunaway.
It was released by Paramount Pictures on Aug...
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The Two Jakes is a 1990 American mystery film, and a sequel to the 1974 film Chinatown.
Directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, it also features Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Richard Farnsworth, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Rubén Blades, Tracey Walter and Eli Wallach. Reprising their roles from Chinatown are Joe Mantell, Perry Lopez, James Hong, and, in a brief voice-over, Faye Dunaway.
It was released by Paramount Pictures on August 10, 1990. The film was neither a box office nor critical success. Plans for a third film about the character of J.J. Gittes near the end of his life have been abandoned.
Los Angeles, 1948. Jake Berman (Harvey Keitel) has hired private investigator Jake "J.J." Gittes (Jack Nicholson) to catch his wife in the act of committing adultery. During the sting, Berman shoots the man, who turns out to be his partner in a real estate company.
Gittes, under scrutiny for his unwitting part in the crime, must figure out if it was justifiable homicide or...
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