Paramount (Robert Evans production)
Oscar Nominations: 11
Picture, produced by Robert Evans
Director: Roman Polanski
Actor: Jack Nicholson
Actress: Faye Dunaway
Screenplay (Original): Robert Towne
Cinematography: John A. Alonzo
Art Direction-Set Decoration: Richard Sylbert and W. Stewart Campbell
Costume Design: Anthea Sylbert
Editing: Sam O'Steen
Sound: Budd Guzenbach and Larry Lost
Score (Original Dramatic): Jerry Goldsmith
Oscar Awards: 1
Screenplay (Original)
Oscar Politics
One of the few film noirs to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, “Chinatown” received as many nominations (11) as Francis Coppola's “The Godfather: Part II” (also made by Paramount), which swept 6 major Oscars: Picture, Director, Screenplay (Adapted), Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro) Art Direction (Dean Tavoularis and Angelo Graham), and Original Dramatic Score (Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola).
