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The Two Jakes

Year:

1990

Duration:

137 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Jack Nicholson

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1990-08-10

Filming Locations: 5608 S Soto St., Huntington Park, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $19,000,000

Opening Weekend: $3,729,149 (USA) (12 August 1990)

Gross: $10,005,969 (USA) Filming Dates July 1989 - October 1989 Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Madeleine Stowe

The Two Jakes

Michael Shaner

Jack Nicholson

J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

Harvey Keitel

Julius 'Jake' Berman

Meg Tilly

Kitty Berman

Eli Wallach

Cotton Weinberger

Rubén Blades

Michael 'Mickey Nice' Weisskopf

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

Ralph Tilton

Rebecca Broussard

Gladys

Paul A. DiCocco Jr.

Liberty Levine

John Hackett

Mark Bodine

Rosie Vela

Linda

Allan Warnick

Manfred P. Rippey

Susan Forristal

Delores

Will Tynan

Judge Alexander K. Dettmer

Van Dyke Parks

Francis Hannah

William Duffy

Desk Sergeant

Sue Carlton

Mattie Rawley

Don McGovern

Bartender (as Don McGovern)

Luana Anders

Florist

Dean Hill

Cop with Parrot

Pia Grønning

Dr. Elsa Branchauer

John Herman Shaner

Saul

Lee Weaver

Caddy #1

Malek Abdul-Mansour

Caddy #2

Kenneth Cervi

Prowler (as Ken Cervi)

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 at Clinic

Bob George

Bar Maitre D'

Suzanne Mitchell

The Redhead

Alan Chaffin

Bar Manager

Wyn Costello

Black-Eye Woman

Lisa Croisette

Laura Teal, Actress at Max Factor (as Lisa Regina Croisette)

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

Paulie DiCocco

Liberty Levine (uncredited)

James Ent

Bailiff #2 (uncredited)

Jeffery Thomas Johnson

Golfer (uncredited)

Moreen Littrell

Military Wife (uncredited)

Meredith McKenzie-Alcus

Mother with Baby (uncredited)

John Michael Quinn

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Tereza Rizzardi

Woman at Max Factor (uncredited)

Tom Waits

Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Second and final cinema movie [to date, July 2013] that actors Meg Tilly and Harvey Keitel have both worked on. The first had been Off Beat (1986) around four years earlier.

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The nickname of Julius Berman (Harvey Keitel) was "Jake" whilst the nickname of Michael Weisskopf (Rubén Blades) was "Mickey Nice".

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Jack Nicholson plays a character, Jake Gittes, reprized from his earlier Chinatown (1974) film, with a similar first name to his own.

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Goofs

On the golf course Gittes tosses away his cigarette to drive the ball. When he is shown standing by to watch Berman tee off, he takes a drag on a cigarette that he not only did not have time to light, but did not have time to smoke it down to its current length.

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The .38 Smith & Wesson revolver Berman used to kill Bodine wasn't available until 1950. The film is set in 1948.

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On the homes under construction in the B&B subdivision, the mottled texture of the sheathing indicates it to be Oriented Strand Board (OSB) and not plywood. OSB did not appear in construction until the Late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Quotes

Walsh: Does that mean he wants you to prove your own client is guilty of murder?

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Jake Gittes: You can follow the action, which gets you good pictures. You can follow your instincts, which'll probably get you in trouble. Or, you can follow the money, which nine times out of ten will get you closer to the truth.

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Jake Gittes: We're talkin' about oil here, right, Ty?

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