Chinatown - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Chinatown"
Chinatown (1974)
Timing:
2:10 (130 min)
7.91/10
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7.704/10
41602
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8.1/10
376000
376000
Film crew
Director
Producer
Writer
Casting
Jane Feinberg
Casting
Editor
Sam O'Steen
Editor
Art Direction
W. Stewart Campbell
Art Direction
Costume Design
Anthea Sylbert
Costume Design
Production Design
Richard Sylbert
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Set Decoration
Ruby R. Levitt
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Hank Edds
Makeup Artist
Lee C. Harmon
Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Unit Production Manager
Associate Producer
Second Assistant Director
Michele Ader
Second Assistant Director
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Hugh K. Gagnier
Camera Operator
Property Master
Script Supervisor
May Wale Brown
Script Supervisor
Hairstylist
Susan Germaine
Hairstylist
Vivienne Walker
Hairstylist
Sound Mixer
Larry Jost
Sound Mixer
Boom Operator
Clint Althouse
Boom Operator
Screenplay
Assistant Editor
Florence Williamson
Assistant Editor
Key Grip
Bernie Schwartz
Key Grip
Special Effects
Logan Frazee
Special Effects
Gaffer
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
Assistant Director
Hawk Koch
Assistant Director
Music Editor
John C. Hammell
Music Editor
Wardrobe Supervisor
Richard Bruno
Wardrobe Supervisor
Jean Merrick
Wardrobe Supervisor
Title Designer
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Sound Editor
Bob Cornett
Sound Editor
What's left behind the scenes
- In 1973, Paramount Studios offered Robert Towne $175,000 to write a screenplay adaptation of "The Great Gatsby." However, Towne instead chose to work on his original screenplay, "Chinatown," for only $25,000.
- Jack Nicholson's character, Jake Gittes, was named after the actor's friend and producer, Harry Gittes.
- While preparing for filming, Robert Towne and the film's director, Roman Polanski, titled each scene of the screenplay with individual sentences, wrote these sentences on scraps of paper, and taped them to the door of the office in Polanski's house where they worked. The game was to move these slips of paper around until they fell into the correct order.
- According to Robert Towne, it took him at least 10 months to write the screenplay. The most difficult part for him was finding a starting point for the action.
- After receiving the footage shot on the first day from the lab, Polanski was furious because, based on the success of "The Godfather" (1972), producer Robert Evans had ordered the film to be developed with a reddish tint. Roman Polanski demanded that the film be developed normally.
- In one interview, Robert Towne admitted that he hadn't intended to set the final scene in Chinatown. However, two weeks before the end of filming, someone said: 'Goodness, the film is called 'Chinatown,' and there isn't a single scene in that area.'
- A heated discussion flared up between Polanski and Towne regarding the ending: ultimately, Polanski won, not wanting a happy ending. In 1999, Towne rewatched the film and admitted that he had been wrong. Roman Polanski said that the sad ending of the film was closer to him because of the murder of his wife, Sharon Tate. Faye Dunaway recounted that Evelyn was supposed to lose her sight, in analogy with Oedipus, who blinded himself after his marriage turned out to be incestuous. The actress really wanted this ending to remain in the film, but problems arose with the makeup artists, resulting in the decision to simply shoot Evelyn.
- In 1973, Paramount Pictures offered Robert Towne $175,000 to write a screenplay adaptation of “The Great Gatsby.” However, Towne instead chose to work on his original screenplay, “Chinatown,” for just $25,000.
- After receiving the footage shot on the first day from the lab, Polanski was furious, as producer Robert Evans, based on the success of “The Godfather” (1972), had ordered the film to be developed with a reddish tint. Roman Polanski demanded that the film be developed normally.
- In one interview, Robert Towne admitted that he did not intend to make Chinatown the location for the final scene. However, two weeks before the end of filming, someone said, "My God, the film is called 'Chinatown,' and there isn't a single scene in that district."
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