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Year of the Dragon (1985) [R]

Release Date:
August 16, 1985

Original Title:
Year of the Dragon

Alternate Titles:
Dragens år
L'anno del dragone
Manhattan Sur
イヤー・オブ・ザ・ドラゴン

Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The De Laurentiis Company

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  DE: 16  FR: U  GB: 18  JP: R18+  KR: 18  US: R 

Runtime: 134

It isn't the Bronx or Brooklyn, it isn't even New York. It's Chinatown... and it's about to explode.

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In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.

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Additional Second Assistant Director:
Michael Stevenson

Art Direction:
Victoria Paul

Costume Design:
Marietta Ciriello

Director:
Michael Cimino

Director of Photography:
Alex Thomson

Editor:
Noëlle Boisson
Françoise Bonnot

Makeup Artist:
David Forrest

Makeup Designer:
Alberto Fava

Novel:
Robert Daley

Original Music Composer:
David Mansfield

Producer:
Dino De Laurentiis

Production Design:
Wolf Kroeger

Screenplay:
Michael Cimino
Oliver Stone

Script Supervisor:
Yvonne Axeworthy

Set Decoration:
Robert Drumheller
Gretchen Rau
Randy Ostrow
Richard Kane

Sound Editor:
Rich Steven
Jack Kirschner
Richard Adams

Sound Mixer:
David Stephenson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Jay M. Harding
Michael J. Kohut
Carlos Delarios

Stunt Coordinator:
Buddy Van Horn

Stunt Double:
Hannah Kozak

Stunts:
Diane Peterson
Debby Porter

Supervising Sound Editor:
James J. Klinger

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