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Release Date: 1990

Cast: Tom Waits, Harvey Keitel, David Keith, Meg Tilly, Rubén Blades, Eli Wallach, Frederic Forrest, Madeleine Stowe, Jack Nicholson, Richard Farnsworth

Categories: Movies, Period Piece, Crime Thriller, Drama Film, Mystery, Crime Fiction, Neo-Noir, Thriller

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, Pia Gronning, 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 not a box office success, and received mixed critical reviews. Plans for a third film about the... MORE

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, Pia Gronning, 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 not a box office success, and received mixed critical reviews. Plans for a third film about the character of J. J. Gittes near the end of his life have been abandoned. In Los Angeles in 1948, Jake Berman (Keitel) hires private investigator Jake Gittes (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 murder and how it connects with California's booming oil industry. There is also a connection to his own past after Gittes stumbles upon a wire recording during the investigation that LESS