Big Trouble in Little China

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DVD Features:

Rated: PG-13
Run Time: 1 hours, 39 minutes
Video: Color
Released: August 27, 2002
Originally Released: 1986
Label: 20Th Century Fox
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
NTSC
Packaging: Keep Case - Sensormatic
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Aspect Ratio: Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:

Dolby Surround - English
Dolby Surround - French
DTS Surround 4.1 - English

Additional Release Material:

Audio Commentary: John Carpenter - Director, Kurt Russell - Star

Interactive Features:

Scene Access
Interactive Menus

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Kurt Russell & Kim Cattrall
Performer:		James Hong, Dennis Dun, Victor Wong, Kate Burton, Carter Wong, Peter Kwong & James Pax
Directed by		John Carpenter
Edited by		Steve Mirkovich, Mark Warner & Edward A. Warschilka
Screenwriting by		W.D. Richter, Gary Goldman & David Z. Weinstein
Composition by		Alan Howarth & John Carpenter
Produced by		Larry J. Franco
Director of Photography:		Dean Cundey
Executive Production by		Paul Monash & Keith Barish

Memorable Quotes and Dialog:

"Hey, I'm a reasonable guy. But I've just experienced some very unreasonable things."

- Jack Burton (Kurt Russell)

"Now I'm not saying that I've been everywhere and I've done everything, but I do know it's a pretty amazing planet we live on, and a man would have to be some kind of fool to think we're alone in this universe."

- Jack Burton

"Next time some eight foot tall, wild-eyed maniac taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall and asks you if you've paid your dues, well, you just do what ol' Jack Burton always does at a time like that. You stare that sucker right back in the eye. 'Have you paid your dues, Jack'' 'Yes sir, the check is in the mail.'"

- Jack Burton

"Oh, my God...what is that'"

- Jack Burton

Entertainment Reviews:

New York Times

Jul 2, 1986

New York Times

May 21, 2003

Variety

Jul 2, 1986

Common Sense Media

Aug 9, 2016

San Diego CityBeat

Nov 3, 2018

eFilmCritic.com

May 2, 2016

Lessons of Darkness

Apr 6, 2010

Product Description:

A cult favorite (and one of director John Carpenter's personal favorites), BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA is a fantasy-action film that is brilliantly imaginative, funny, and absorbing. Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and underneath, San Francisco's Chinatown. An ancient Chinese prince and Chinatown crimelord has kidnapped a beautiful green-eyed woman, who is the fiancee to Jack's best friend. Jack must help his friend rescue the girl before the evil Lo Pan uses her to break the ancient curse that keeps him a fleshless and immortal spirit. Carpenter uses all the best elements of martial arts films, 1940s old action serials, Chinese mythology and straight-forward American adventure to make up a tale wild with imagination. Kurt Russell is wonderful as the brash, brave, and reluctant hero Jack Burton, who is hysterically out of place in this world of magic potions, goblins and curses. A visually stunning work that ranks as one of Carpenter's best films.

Plot Synopsis:

Kurt Russell stars in this action fantasy about a wisecracking trucker who attempts to rescue his friend's fiancee from a 2,000-year-old magician who lives beneath San Francisco's Chinatown. He must battle demons, goblins and other terrors as he makes his way through the magician's dark domain.

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Production Notes:

Theatrical release: July 2, 1986.
Though the outdoor sets look real, 90% of them, including Chinatown, were actually built on Fox sound stages.
The martial arts expert who developed Jun Fan kick-boxing for the legendary Bruce Lee took part in choreographing the film's extraordinary stunts and fight scenes.
When the character of Lightning is killed by a falling boulder, he forms a Chinese symbol. The symbol means "carpenter," the last name of the director.

The script for BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA originally began as a sequel to THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI, but was re-written when director John Carpenter and Kurt Russell took over the project.