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Big Trouble in Little China (1986) [PG-13]

Release Date:
May 30, 1986

Original Title:
Big Trouble in Little China

Alternate Titles:
Golpe en la pequeña China
John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China
Kiçik Çin'də Böyük Bəla
Masacre en el Barrio Chino
Os Aventureiros do Bairro Proibido
Rescate en el Barrio Chino
Wielka Draka w Chińskiej Dzielnicy
Большой переполох в маленьком Китае
Големи неприятности в китайския квартал
妖魔大闹小神州

Genres:
Action | Comedy | Fantasy

Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
SLM Production Group
TAFT Entertainment Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 12  DE: 16  ES: 12  FR: U  GB: 15  GR: PG  HU: 12  IE: 15  IT: T  JP: R18+  NL: 12  PT: M/12  RO: 15  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 100

Jack Burton's in for some serious trouble and you're in for some serious fun.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Jack Burton, a tough-talking truck driver, goes into a supernatural tailspin when his best friend's fiancée is kidnapped.

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Production

Adaptation:
W.D. Richter

Art Direction:
Les Gobruegge

Associate Producer:
James Lew
Jim Lau

Casting:
Joanna Merlin

Costume Design:
April Ferry

Director:
John Carpenter

Director of Photography:
Dean Cundey

Editor:
Steve Mirkovich
Edward A. Warschilka
Mark Warner

Executive Producer:
Paul Monash
Keith Barish

First Assistant Director:
Larry Franco

Hairstylist:
Susan V. Kalinowski

Makeup Artist:
Ken Chase

Martial Arts Choreographer:
James Lew
Jim Lau

Original Music Composer:
John Carpenter
Alan Howarth

Producer:
Larry Franco

Production Design:
John J. Lloyd

Screenplay:
David Z. Weinstein
Gary Goldman

Second Assistant Director:
Matt Earl Beesley

Second Unit Director:
Tommy Lee Wallace

Set Decoration:
George R. Nelson

Set Designer:
Steven Schwartz
Craig Edgar

Sound Effects:
William Hartman
Anthony Milch

Sound Effects Editor:
David Williams
Laja Holland
Hal Sanders
Martin Dreffke
Peter Hubbard
Lenny Jennings
David A. Fechtor
David M. Ice
Eric Lindemann
Monika Dorfman-Lightstone

Sound Mixer:
Thomas Causey

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Richard Overton
Don J. Bassman
Kevin F. Cleary

Sound Recordist:
Robert Renga

Stunt Coordinator:
Kenny Endoso

Stunt Double:
Dick Warlock

Stunts:
Janet Brady
Simone Boisseree
Leland Sun
Mike Washlake
Sherri Nickerson
Tom Bergman
Harry Wong
Bobby Itaya
T.K. Anthony
Dennis Scott
Eddie Wong
Ken Fritz
Tommy J. Huff
Chuck Clarke
Hayward Soo Hoo
Joe Tornatore
Jack West
Beth Nufer
Phil Chong
Conan Lee
Bill Saito
David Cadiente
Dean Wein
Bob K. Cummings
Jeff Imada
Gary McLarty
Jimmy Nickerson
Denise Kellogg
Debbi A. Davison
Kent Hays
George Endoso
Mark Giardino
Eddy Donno

Unit Production Manager:
James Herbert

Visual Effects Producer:
Richard Edlund

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