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Big Trouble in Little China
Some People Pick The Darnedest Places To Start A Fight!
( Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy )


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MPAA Rating:
PG-13

US Runtime: 99 min

Premiere Date:
Jul 02, 1986   [USA]
 
Director: John Carpenter
 
Writers: Gary Goldman
David Z Weinstein
WD Richter
 
Music by John Carpenter
Alan Howarth
 
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
 
Edited by: Steve Mirkovich
Mark Warner
 
Production Companys: 20th Century Fox
TAFT Entertainment Pictures
 


Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$25,000,000 (USA)
Color Info:
Color (DeLuxe)
Laboratory:
DeLuxe
Sound Mix:
the double-d symbol Dolby / 70 mm 6-Track
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Panavision
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm / 70 mm

Quotes:

  • Jack Burton: Everybody relax, I'm here.
     
  • Jack Burton: What is that stuff?
    Egg Shen: It is black blood of earth.
    Jack Burton: You mean oil?
    Egg Shen: No, I mean black blood of earth.
     
  • Jack Burton: Would you just stop rubbing your body up against mine, because I can't concentrate when you do that.
     
  • Jack Burton: Ok, you people! Sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning. And if we're not back by dawn... call the president.
     
  • Jack Burton: Ready? I was BORN ready.
     

Trivia:

  • Some of the lightning forms a Chinese symbol as it disappears. The symbol translates as "carpenter". This film was directed by John Carpenter.
     
  • The ending song is performed by The Coupe de Villes. A band whose members include John Carpenter, Nick Castle and Tommy Lee Wallace (second unit director on this picture)
     

DVD Easter Eggs: (Hidden So You Don't See Anything You Don't Want To See)



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