Film Screening: Roman Polanski's "Chinatown"
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Chinatown is a 1974 American film, directed by from a screenplay by , and starring , , and . The film was inspired by the , a series of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th century by which Los Angeles interests secured water rights in the . The production, a release, was the director's last film in the United States, and features many elements of , particularly a multi-layered story that is part and part .
In 1991, the film was selected by the for preservation in the United States for films that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," and it is frequently listed among the greatest in world cinema. The 1975 saw it nominated eleven times, with an Oscar going to Robert Towne for . The honored it for , , , and . The placed it second among .