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The Two Jakes
1990
· Movie
· 137 min
D
MEANRANK
56/100
Every rating
38–61
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 38, highest is IMDb on 61.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Jack Nicholson
- Writer
- Robert Towne
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 10 August 1990
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $19.0M
- Box office
- $10.0M
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