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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
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An All-American trucker gets dragged into a centuries-old mystical battle in Chinatown. Director:John Carpenter |
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Cast
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| Kurt Russell | ... | ||
| Kim Cattrall | ... | ||
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Dennis Dun | ... | |
| James Hong | ... | ||
| Victor Wong | ... | ||
| Kate Burton | ... | ||
| Donald Li | ... | ||
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Carter Wong | ... | |
| Peter Kwong | ... | ||
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James Pax | ... | |
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Suzee Pai | ... | |
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Chao Li Chi | ... | |
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Jeff Imada | ... | |
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Rummel Mor | ... | |
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Craig Ng | ... | |
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Storyline
While kung fu warriors and otherworldly spirits battle over the fate of two women, Russell's swaggering idiot manages to knock himself out or underestimate the forces he's dealing with. Jack Burton, a tough-talking, wisecracking truck driver whose hum-drum life on the road takes a sudden supernatural tailspin when his best friend's fiancee is kidnapped. Speeding to the rescue, Jack finds himself deep beneath San Francisco's Chinatown, in a murky, creature-filled world ruled by Lo Pan, a 2000-year-old magician who mercilessly presides over an empire of spirits. Dodging demons and facing baffling terrors, Jack battles his way through Lo Pan's dark domain in a full-throttle, action-riddled ride to rescue the girl. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China See more »Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$2,723,211 (USA) (6 July 1986) (1053 Screens)Gross:
$11,100,000 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, TAFT Entertainment Pictures, SLM Production Group See more »
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Pinstripe lawyer: What I'd like to do today is get your version of what happened.
Egg Shen: Oh, you mean the truth.
Pinstripe lawyer: Of course. First, just state your name and your occupation for the record.
Egg Shen: Oh, Egg Shen. Bus driver.
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Written by John Carpenter
Performed by The Coupe de Villes See more »
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Trivia
The short knives wielded by the "Three Storms" warriors, that Thunder calls "Hui Huan Dou" (Soul-Returning Blades) are in fact Nepalese Kukri. These knives were made famous for their usage by the Gurkhas in the British Indian Army. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Lo Pan encounters Gracie, who is just seeing the floating Mao Yin, Lo Pan's pinky-nail is as long as the others for just one scene. In all of the other scenes his pinky nail is extended. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Pinstripe lawyer: What I'd like to do today is get your version of what happened.
Egg Shen: Oh, you mean the truth.
Pinstripe lawyer: Of course. First, just state your name and your occupation for the record.
Egg Shen: Oh, Egg Shen. Bus driver.
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"Big Trouble in Little China"Written by John Carpenter
Performed by The Coupe de Villes See more »
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