10 x 10 x 10 to the 10TH POWER!!!

Rating: 10/10 (6 September 2014)

My grandparents lived in the Owens Valley during this very time --- their parents having been early pioneers there --- and they lived this story, fighting with all the fight they had in them, writing letters to editors to every relevant newspaper, politician, and doing whatever else they possibly could to save the water rights! This was the story of their time, their local community's struggle with the Big City ruthlessness, indifference, and about the David vs. Goliath battle they had on their hands over their rights to their hard-fought-for land, and THEIR WATER!
Roman Polanski did a SUPERB job in telling the story of what my family generations ago, and their fellow-pioneers of the land, went through, and fought for, as did Jack Nicholson, and the rest of the cast.
I count this masterpiece as, not only one of Jack Nicholson's best roles, and performances, but also, one of the best movies to come out of Hollywood at that time, or any other.