Directed by:
Jack NicholsonScreenplay:
Robert TowneCinematography:
Vilmos ZsigmondComposer:
Van Dyke ParksCast:
Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Rubén Blades, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Richard Farnsworth, Tracey Walter (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
This sequel to CHINATOWN opens in the postwar boom of 1948 as developers rapaciously exploit the natural resources of Southern California. With his small, dingy practice expanded into a thriving operation, Private Investigator Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is now a card-carrying member of the bourgeoisie and engaged to be married. He still does a divorce case occasionally, however, and it is just such a case that draws Gittes into a complicated web of intrigue and corruption involving the mysterious daughter of the dead Evelyn Mulwray. When the husband of an adulterous wife (whom Gittes is investigating) murders his wife's lover, it first appears to be a simple crime of passion. But as the case unfolds, it turns out that the victim was actually the husband's real-estate partner, and the murder may have been committed in order to gain control of a lucrative property development. In his effort to solve the mystery, Jake is forced to reexamine the painful events of his past--specifically, his love affair with Evelyn Mulwray. (official distributor synopsis)
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Wild Bill And The Two Jakes
Original Motion Picture Scores
Label: Super Tracks Music
Year: 1997
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 57:38
1. | WILD BILL: Love Theme | Van Dyke Parks | 01:39 |
2. | A New Day | Van Dyke Parks | 01:52 |
3. | Saloon Piano | Van Dyke Parks | 02:16 |
4. | First Gunfight | Van Dyke Parks | 02:15 |
5. | The Heart Of Darkness | Van Dyke Parks | 01:00 |
6. | "Sempre Librera" - Stephanie Vlahos | Giuseppe Verdi | 03:08 |
7. | Bill And Jane | Van Dyke Parks | 02:06 |
8. | The Burning Sun | Van Dyke Parks | 02:55 |
9. | Wild Bill | Van Dyke Parks | 01:15 |
10. | Finale: "Leaning On Jesus" | Van Dyke Parks | 03:24 |
11. | THE TWO JAKES: Main Theme | Van Dyke Parks | 03:25 |
12. | Wild Cats | Van Dyke Parks | 02:42 |
13. | Jake On The Road | Van Dyke Parks | 01:37 |
14. | "You Came Out Of A Dream" | Van Dyke Parks | 02:38 |
15. | The Plot Thickens | Van Dyke Parks | 04:46 |
16. | Oil Fields | Van Dyke Parks | 02:15 |
17. | An Old Friend | Van Dyke Parks | 01:41 |
18. | The Shooting | Van Dyke Parks | 01:16 |
19. | Femme Fatale | Van Dyke Parks | 01:23 |
20. | "Cherry" | Van Dyke Parks | 02:10 |
21. | Clues | Van Dyke Parks | 02:09 |
22. | Jake's Journey | Van Dyke Parks | 02:49 |
23. | Her Mother's Eyes | Van Dyke Parks | 04:37 |
24. | Finale | Van Dyke Parks | 02:20 |