The Two Jakes (1990)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance • 2h 17m
Overview
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.
Director: Jack Nicholson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Rubén Blades, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Richard Farnsworth, Tracey Walter, Joe Mantell, James Hong, Perry Lopez, Jeff Morris, Rebecca Broussard, Paul A. DiCocco Jr., John Hackett, Rosie Vela, Allan Warnick, Susan Forristal, Will Tynan, Van Dyke Parks, William Duffy, Sue Carlton, Don McGovern, Luana Anders, Pia Grønning, John Herman Shaner, Michael Shaner, Lee Weaver, Malek Abdul-Mansour, Kenneth Cervi, Annie Marshall, Ian Thorpe, Collette Northrop, Patricia Durham, Randi Ingerman, Joy Wayman, Bob George, Suzanne Mitchell, Alan Chaffin, Wyn Costello, Lisa Croisette, Jessica Z. Diamond, Scott Flynn, Benard Ihgner, Earl Palmer, Simeon Pillich, Herman Riley, Faye Dunaway, Tom Waits, Paulie DiCocco, James Ent, Jeffery Thomas Johnson, Dwight F. Lay, Tereza Rizzardi
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Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has terrible encoding, but presumable still better than Paramount Presents Blu-ray from Chinatown 4K.
Italian was an old Blu-ray, and not the latest restoration. Unfortunately, there's no caps comparison yet.
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Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has terrible encoding, but presumable still better than Paramount Presents Blu-ray from Chinatown 4K.
It was an old Blu-ray, and not the latest restoration. Unfortunately, there's no caps comparison yet.
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Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has terrible encoding, but presumable still better than Paramount Presents Blu-ray from Chinatown 4K.
Italian was an old Blu-ray, and not the latest restoration. Unfortunately, there's no caps comparison yet.
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Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has terrible encoding, but presumable still better than Paramount Presents Blu-ray from Chinatown 4K.
It was an old Blu-ray, and not the latest restoration. Unfortunately, there's no caps comparison yet.
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Kino UHD has terrible encoding
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Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has terrible encoding, but presumable still better than Paramount Presents Blu-ray from Chinatown 4K.
Italian was an old Blu-ray, and not the latest restoration. Unfortunately, there's no caps comparison yet.
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Kino UHD has terrible encoding
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Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has terrible encoding, but presumable still better than Paramount Presents Blu-ray from Chinatown 4K.
Italian was an old Blu-ray, and not the latest restoration. Unfortunately, there's no caps comparison yet.
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