:56:03
Oh, I got it.
:56:06
I had no idea what the
fuck he was talking about.
:56:11
Six months later, Towne delivered
his first draft of the script.
:56:15
Just like the title, it was pure Chinese.
:56:20
Was I alone in my confusion?
:56:23
Nobody, I mean nobody, understood it.
:56:29
One day, I was summoned
to a meeting with Charles Bluhdorn.
:56:33
"Evans, don't make
this your first picture.
:56:38
No one at the studio
understands a word of it.
:56:41
The only place it'll play
is in your projection room."
:56:45
I'm thinking, thinking, thinking...
:56:49
I knew I had Nicholson locked.
:56:51
And even though I didn't understand the
script, I knew Towne was a brilliant writer.
:56:55
Sorry, Charlie, Chinatown is my next picture.
I'm gonna make it.
:57:07
Well.
:57:09
Tonight we are honoring for best motion
picture drama, Chinatown...
:57:13
...The Conversation, Earthquake,
The Godfather: Part II...
:57:19
...A Woman Under the Influence.
And the winner is...
:57:23
And the winner is...
:57:26
...Chinatown.
:57:31
Robert Evans of Paramount Pictures...
:57:33
... will accept
the Golden Globe Award for Chinatown.
:57:38
Chinatown.
:57:39
It wins every award
you could ever think of.
:57:42
To this day, I believe it's considered the
quintessential private-eye film of its time.
:57:47
It's a hell of a way to meet Catherine
Deneuve, I'll tell you that. It certainly is.
:57:53
This is the second award,
and I'm only a small part of it...
:57:57
...that I've won in my life.