The Two Jakes

Name: The Two Jakes
Director: Jack Nicholson
Released: 1990
Duration: 137 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach

1990 · 137 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 16,082 VOTES · DIR. Jack Nicholson

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,639 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:17 # I left a note

00:05:37 in room 19-H of the Bird of Paradise Motel in Redondo Beach

00:09:23 something you can sit on besides Loach.

00:13:58 You may be slick as a floorwalker

00:19:42 'Honey, I think you do know. We're talking about Katherine Mulwray. '

00:24:10 That's fine. I have no quarrel with that.

00:29:11 'The signs are in all those old familiar places

00:34:09 How you gonna plead at the preliminary hearing?

00:40:27 - You don't have to do that. - If I don't, you will.

00:48:12 (Gittes) 'The city's different at night.

00:53:11 - Uh, Mrs Bodine... - Hmm?

00:58:54 Mark never talked about women with me. He was a chaser.

01:04:12 Somebody's following Berman besides me.

01:10:36 Ah, Miss Teel, how nice to see you.

01:15:58 - And if there is no other agreement? - Then the original owner

01:20:43 What's that for?

01:25:49 (Gittes) What business you got with Jake Berman?

01:29:51 You're off this case and suspended for 30 days. And you!

01:35:39 I can make the rest of your life awful easy.

01:42:17 Jake... Jake cared about land.

01:48:28 'I'm based in bedroom one... '

01:52:27 It has no place in my courtroom. Do yourself a favour.

01:58:44 We wanted to have a baby.

02:05:54 sometimes I think that's the best thing.

Cast & Characters

Jack Nicholson Jake Gittes Harvey Keitel Jake Berman Meg Tilly Kitty Berman Madeleine Stowe Lillian Bodine Eli Wallach Cotton Weinberger Rubén Blades Mickey Nice Frederic Forrest Newty David Keith Loach Richard Farnsworth Earl Rawley Tracey Walter Tyrone Otley

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,639

Dialogue density12.0 lines / min

First line00:00:17

Final line02:05:54

Production Record

DirectorJack Nicholson

LanguageEnglish

Budget$19,000,000

Revenue$10,005,969

IMDb votes16,082