| Tai-Pan | |
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| Directed by | Daryl Duke |
| Written by | John Briley Stanley Mann |
| Based on | Tai-Pan by James Clavell |
| Produced by | Raffaella De Laurentiis |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Edited by | Antony Gibbs |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
| Distributed by | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$25 million[1][2][3] |
| Box office | $2 million[4][3] |
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.
- ^ "Chinese red tape causes problems". Daily News of Los Angeles. 1986-01-17. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
- ^ "Keel news". Chicago Tribune. Jan 9, 1986. p. 24 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b KNOEDELSEDER, WILLIAM K Jr. (Aug 30, 1987). "De Laurentiis PRODUCER'S PICTURE DARKENS". Los Angeles Times. p. 1.
- ^ ALJEAN HARMETZ (Jan 17, 1987). "'86 a Strong Year for Film Industry". New York Times. p. 11 – via ProQuest.