Year of the Dragon (film)

Year of the Dragon
Theatrical poster[1]
Directed byMichael Cimino
Screenplay byOliver Stone
Michael Cimino
Based onYear of the Dragon
by Robert Daley
Produced byDino De Laurentiis
Starring
CinematographyAlex Thomson
Edited byFrançoise Bonnot
Music byDavid Mansfield
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • August 16, 1985 (1985-08-16) (United States)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Mandarin
Cantonese
Polish
Budget$21.5-24 million[3][4][5]
Box office$18.7 million (US/Canada)[3][6][7]
$30.4 million (worldwide rentals)[5]

Year of the Dragon is a 1985 American crime thriller film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino, and starring Mickey Rourke, John Lone, and Ariane Koizumi. The film follows a tough New York City police captain (Rourke) battling a ruthless Chinese-American Triad boss (Lone). The screenplay, written by Cimino and Oliver Stone, is based on a 1981 novel of the same title by Robert Daley.

Cimino's first film after the box office failure of Heaven's Gate (1980), Year of the Dragon is a New York crime drama and an exploration of gangs, the illegal drug trade, ethnicity, racism, and stereotypes.

Released by MGM/UA Entertainment on August 16, 1985, the film received mixed reviews and did not perform well at the US box office, though it did receive two Golden Globe Award nominations: Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for John Lone and Best Original Score for David Mansfield. It has gained a cult following in the years since its release.

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