The Two Jakes (1990)
The Two Jakes (1990)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Jack Nicholson
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes / Director / Producer
Harvey Keitel
Julius 'Jake' Berman
Meg Tilly
Kitty Berman
Madeleine Stowe
Lillian Bodine
Eli Wallach
Cotton Weinberger
Rubén Blades
Mickey Nice
Frederic Forrest
Chuck Newty
David Keith
Det. Lt. Loach
Richard Farnsworth
Earl Rawley
Tracey Walter
Tyrone Otley
Joe Mantell
Lawrence Walsh
James Hong
Kahn
Perry Lopez
Captain Lou Escobar
Jeff Morris
Tilton
Rebecca Broussard
Gladys
Paul A. DiCocco Jr.
Liberty Levine
John Hackett
Mark Bodine
Rosie Vela
Linda
Allan Warnick
Rippey
Susan Forristal
Delores
Will Tynan
Judge Dettmer
Richard Sawyer
ProductionDesigner
Van Dyke Parks
Francis Hannah / Original Music Composer
William Duffy
Desk Sergeant
Sue Carlton
Mattie Rawley
Don McGovern
Bartender
Luana Anders
Florist
Dean Hill
Cop with Parrot
Pia Grønning
Dr. Elsa Branchauer
John Herman Shaner
Saul
Michael Shaner
Benny
Lee Weaver
Caddy #1
Malek Abdul-Mansour
Caddy #2
Kenneth Cervi
Prowler
Annie Marshall
Client with Dog
Ian Thorpe
Errol Flynn Look-alike
Collette Northrop
Cigarette / Hat Check Girl
Patricia Durham
Clarissa
Randi Ingerman
Lana
Joy Wayman
Lady Asleep
Bob George
Bar Maitre D'
Suzanne Mitchell
The Redhead
Alan Chaffin
Bar Manager
Wyn Costello
Black Eye Woman
Lisa Croisette
Actress at Max Factor
Jessica Z. Diamond
Receptionist
Scott Flynn
Golf Advisor
Benard Ihgner
Singer at Green Parrot
Earl Palmer
Green Parrot Band
Simeon Pillich
Green Parrot Band
Herman Riley
Green Parrot Band
Faye Dunaway
Evelyn Mulwray (voice)
Tom Waits
Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Paulie DiCocco
Liberty Levine (uncredited)
James Ent
Bailiff (uncredited)
Jeffery Thomas Johnson
Golfer (uncredited)
Dwight F. Lay
Man Getting Shoeshine (uncredited)
Fred Moon
Office Worker (uncredited)
Tereza Rizzardi
Woman at Max Factor (uncredited)
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Robert Towne
Writer / Characters
Anne Goursaud
Editor
Harold Schneider
Producer
Robert Evans
Producer
Bob Newlan
Sound Editor
Richard Schreiber
Art Direction
Wayne A. Finkelman
Costume Design
Julia Evershade
Supervising Sound Editor
Elliot Tyson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jerry Wunderlich
Set Decoration
Art Rochester
Production Sound Mixer
Greg P. Russell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 10, 1990
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 17m
Content RatingR
Budget$19,000,000
Box Office$10,005,969
Genres
Wiki.
The Two Jakes is a 1990 American neo-noir mystery crime drama film and the sequel to the 1974 film Chinatown. Directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, who reprises his role from the movie, it also features Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Richard Farnsworth, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Rubén Blades, Tracey Walter and Eli Wallach. Reprising their roles from Chinatown are Joe Mantell, Perry Lopez, James Hong, and, in a brief voice-over, Faye Dunaway. The musical score for the film is by Van Dyke Parks, who also appears as a prosecuting attorney. The screenplay is by Robert Towne, whose script for Chinatown won an Academy Award.
The Two Jakes faced a troubled production and went through several years of development hell. Various actors were attached at several points, including Joe Pesci and Roy Scheider, with screenwriter Towne also at one point set to direct and producer Robert Evans set to co-star. Filming finally took place with Nicholson at the helm, filming around Los Angeles in the early summer of 1989. The film was released by Paramount Pictures on August 10, 1990. The film received mixed reviews and was not a box office success and plans for a third film, with Gittes near the end of his life, were abandoned.