Tai-Pan (1986)
| Release Date | 07 November 1986 |
| Budget | $25,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $4,000,000 |
| Tagline | There can only be one. |
| Genre | Adventure, Drama |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | China |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Historical Epic |
| Themes | Feuds, Culture Clash, Colonialism |
| Tones | Rousing, Lavish, Sweeping |
| Tags | British, China, Hong Kong, Opium, Prostitute/prostitution, Revenge, Rival, Swordfight |
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 Shogun or Noble House would have been a far superior means of covering the complexity of Clavell's novel.
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