Tai-Pan (1986)
- Directed by
- Daryl Duke
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 07m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 34 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 19th century China, a British merchant fights for power and control over the opium trade in Hong Kong. The story follows his personal and professional battles amid colonial tensions.
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What happens
Tai-Pan is a 1986 adventure drama film directed by Daryl Duke, loosely based on James Clavell's 1966 novel of the same name. While many of the same characters and plot twists are maintained, a few smaller occurrences are left out. Filmed under communist Chinese censorship, some portions of Clavell's story were considered too offensive to be filmed as written and considerable changes were made. The De Laurentiis Entertainment Group handled the production and were actively seen battling the Chinese Government and Labor boards over the film during shooting. The film was a critical and box office bomb. Duke believed that a mini-series à la 1980's Shōgun or 1988's Noble House would have been a far superior means of covering the complexity of Clavell's novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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