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Noble House | |
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Genre | Action/Drama |
Based on | Noble House by James Clavell |
Screenplay by | Eric Bercovici |
Directed by | Gary Nelson |
Starring | |
Composer | Paul Chihara |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Executive producer | James Clavell |
Producers | Eric Bercovici Frederick Muller |
Production location | Hong Kong |
Editor | Peter Holt |
Running time | 376 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | February 21 February 24, 1988 | –
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Noble House is an American action-drama television miniseries that was produced by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, and broadcast by NBC in four segments on February 21–24, 1988. Based on the 1981 novel of the same name by James Clavell, it features a large cast headlined by Pierce Brosnan as business tycoon Ian Dunross and was directed by Gary Nelson. Due to time restrictions, several of the many subplots from the book were removed.
This was NBC's second miniseries adaptation of a Clavell novel, the first being 1980's highly successful Shōgun. Both take place in the same fictional universe with Noble House featuring connections to Shōgun and another Clavell work, Tai-Pan.
For the miniseries, the timeframe of the novel was changed; Clavell's original novel takes place in the early 1960s, but the miniseries was updated to the 1980s. The building prominently displayed and used as Struan's is Jardine House.