Liam Gaughan is a writer at Collider with a passion for classic films and the work of Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.
The Big Picture While discussions about the greatest actors of all time tend to include figures like Marlon Brando, Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, and Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson’s name shouldn’t be left off. With a deep resume of classics under his belt, Nicholson has worked with some of the best directors ever, and won three Academy Awards in doing so.
Although there are a few passing references to the events of Chinatown, The Two Jakes is a largely standalone sequel that tells an original neo-noir story. Although the shady businessman Jake Berman hires him to spy on his wife, Kitty , Jake is shocked when his employer unexpectedly commits murder. Berman kills his wife's lover, placing Jake in yet another unscrupulous web of intrigue where he becomes a suspect.
While he was ultimately satisfied with the results of the first film, Towne had intended for Chinatown to be the first entry in a trilogy about Jake’s adventures in Los Angeles. Towne had originally planned to direct the sequel himself in 1976 with Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman joining the project, but production was shut down when Paramount Pictures mogul Robert Evans wanted to play a part in the film.
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