J.(Jake) Gittes (Jack Nicholson).He""s a former cop who now specializes in investigations involving messy, ""dirty"" divorce cases and extra-marital affairs." Shrek had bargained away his own day of birth, a day from his past that he couldn""t remember, and as Stiltskin reminded him: "Since you were never born, once this day comes to an end, so will you." Marguerite scoffs at the age of the proposed suitor: "One foot in the grave, I suppose, and a wig on his head.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)With a production budget of $17 million (cut from an original $36 million), and box-office gross receipts of $15 million (domestic).