Tai-Pan (1986)
Tai-Pan is a 1986 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 results fared poorly at the box office and in critical reviews. Director Daryl Duke believed that a mini-series à la Shōgun or Noble House would have been a far superior means of covering the complexity of Clavell's novel.
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Cast:
- Vic Armstrong
- Dickey Beer
- Katy Behean
- John Bennett
- Derrick Branche
- Bryan Brown
- Joan Chen
- Cheng Chuang
- Frans Dames
- Rosemarie Dunham
- Robert Easton
- Richard Foo
- Nicholas Gecks
- Carol Gillies
- Pat Gorman
- Tim Guinee
- Michael C. Gwynne
- Billy Horrigan
- Denise Kellogg
- Bill Leadbitter
- Phil Chatterton (tongplaw)
- Norman Rodway
- Patrick Ryecart
- Kyra Sedgwick
- Chen Shu
- Rob Spendlove
- John Stanton
- Janine Turner
- Russell Wong