Chinatown

Robert Towne wrote a different ending and Polanski overruled him, and Towne later agreed he was right.

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One film, two and a quarter hours. The plot is about water rights and is genuinely followable if you pay attention early.

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    Chinatown (1974) Chinatown

    A private investigator takes a routine adultery case and finds himself inside a conspiracy about the Los Angeles water supply.

Then what? The Two Jakes (1990) is a sequel directed by Jack Nicholson. It is not well regarded and a planned third film was never made.

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