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21 February 1988 (USA)
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Plot:
Ian Struan Dunross is chairman of Struan & Co, the oldest and largest of the British-East Asia trading companies...
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy.
Another 1 nomination
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James Clavell . . . clairvoyant ? . . .
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Cast
(Series Credited cast)| Pierce Brosnan | ... | Ian Dunross | |
| Deborah Raffin | ... | Casey Tcholok | |
| Ben Masters | ... | Linc Bartlett | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Keith Bonnard | ... | Tip Tok-Toh | |
| Tia Carrere | ... | Venus Poon | |
| Eric Chen | ... | Hotel Consierge | |
| Khigh Dhiegh | ... | Four Finger Wu | |
| Richard Durden | ... | Paul Havergill | |
| Denholm Elliott | ... | Alastair Struan | |
| Brian Fong | ... | Goodweather Poon | |
| John Fujioka | ... | Baldhead Kin | |
| Helen Funai | ... | Mrs. Kwang | |
| David Henry | ... | Bruce Johnjohn | |
| John Houseman | ... | Sir Geoffrey Allison | |
| George Innes | ... | Alexej Travkin | |
| Gordon Jackson | ... | Supt. Armstrong | |
| Nancy Kwan | ... | Claudia Chen | |
| Burt Kwouk | ... | Philip Chen | |
| Harris Laskaway | |||
| Steven Vincent Leigh | ... | John Chen (as Steven Leigh) | |
| Kay Tong Lim | ... | Brian Kwok | |
| Leon Lissek | |||
| Lisa Lu | ... | Ah Tam | |
| Choy-Ling Man | ... | Mary Li | |
| Pip Miller | ... | Insp. John Smyth | |
| Julia Nickson | ... | Orlanda Ramos (as Julia Nickson-Soul) | |
| Bennett Ohta | ... | Richard Kwang | |
| Edward Petherbridge | ... | Jason Plumm | |
| Duncan Preston | ... | Pugmire | |
| Nicholas Pryor | |||
| John Rhys-Davies | ... | Quillan Gornt | |
| David Shaughnessy | (as David Shaughnessy) | ||
| Michael Siberry | ... | Linbar Struan | |
| Dudley Sutton | ... | Commissioner Roger Crosse | |
| Damien Thomas | ... | Lando Mata | |
| Irene Tsu | |||
| John Van Dreelen | ... | Jacques DeVille | |
| Vincent Wong | ... | Lim Chu | |
| Ping Wu | ... | Paul Choy | |
| Ric Young | ... | Tsu-Yan | |
| Galen Yuen | ... | Smallpox Kin | |
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James Clavell's Noble House
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355 min
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Struans was founded in 1841 and celebrates its 150th anniversary - meaning the miniseries takes place in 1991. Since the mini-series was broadcast in 1989, that makes it a 'future history' story and, by the strict definition, qualifies it as a science fiction film!
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Ian Dunross:
[speaking to Lim Chu, who had disabled Quillan Gornt's brakes] If I want some foreign devil's brakes buggered, I will order it. The Noble House has always maintained its pre-eminence by holding more honor than its competitors.
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Returning to this series by way of the DVD issue, as a Clavell fan, I am struck by its incredible background authenticity. From Victoria Peak to Aberdeen, from the fabled Peninsula Hotel to the Star ferries, and from the glittering highrises to the teeming streets and bobbling junks. The basic plot line, as with "Taipan" AND "Shogun," may be spun out of a rich and creative imagination, but it is the fleshing out and storied detail of ALL the dramatis personae that counts here. I note, with some amusement, the individual responses to the individual portrayals/performances, but, aside from such idiosyncratic reactions, the fact remains that the ensemble is spot-on. Pierce Brosnan herein one-ups his latterday Bondings, much more realistic AND convincing, and, in response to the fellow who found Ben Masters wanting in that he projected nothing but "jerk," isn't that what was the intention? For the rest, not one quibble. And Khigh Diegh probably had his very best effort here, just as the rest of the "Asian" cast, including Lisa Lu's made-up old amah. Clavell has, once again, stormed history to project the then present, the mid-80s?, and, in the process, eerily foreshadowing the future that is today? From the free-wheeling, high-stakes Ponzi schemings of its principals, bar none, to its lowliest "coolies." But why has no one, to date, mined Clavell's "Reap the Whirlwind" insights that are ominously and, again, eerily, applicable to Iran? Oh, well, someone eventually will. Belatedly, of course. Finally, Clavell's prophetic projections of the continuing geopolitical power struggles and power plays continues to be bull's-eye on the mark. Scary, isn't it? Aiyah! And "Eeeee" as well.