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b'Rounding off our "Neo-Noir" pairing, we move ahead three years from our first film and turn to a film much truer to its film noir roots, a film that teamed director Roman Polanski, writer Robert Towne, and producer Robert Evans for a film that saw Jack Nicholson nominated for his fourth role in the "Best Actor" category. In 1974\'s classic "Chinatown," Nicholson plays J. J. Gittes, a successful Los Angeles private eye, who is hired by the wife of Hollis Mulwray (Darrell Zwerling) the head of the high-profile Chief Engineer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, on suspicion of infidelity. After concluding the case, he is met by Mulwray\'s actual wife, Evalyn (Faye Dunaway), who claims to know nothing about Gittes being hired to spy on her husband. When Hollis turns up dead, so begins an intricate cat-and-mouse game between J. J. and Evelyn that takes a series of unexpected twists and turns as the truth of entire conspiracy is slowly revealed, and it\'s more sordid than even Gittes expected! Also starring John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Diane Ladd, and Roy Jenson. Plus, the Geeks and GIT disclose what two gangster comedies will fill their next pairing (with laughs, hopefully)!'