Big Trouble In Little China (1-Disc Special Edition)

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

A cult favorite (and one of director John Carpenter's personal favorites), BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA is a fantasy-action film that is brilliantly imaginative, funny, and absorbing. Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and underneath, San Francisco's Chinatown. An ancient Chinese prince and Chinatown crimelord has kidnapped a beautiful green-eyed woman, who is the fiancee to Jack's best friend. Jack must help his friend rescue the girl before the evil Lo Pan uses her to break the ancient curse that keeps him a fleshless and immortal spirit. Carpenter uses all the best elements of martial arts films, 1940s old action serials, Chinese mythology and straight-forward American adventure to make up a tale wild with imagination. Kurt Russell is wonderful as the brash, brave, and reluctant hero Jack Burton, who is hysterically out of place in this world of magic potions, goblins and curses. A visually stunning work that ranks as one of Carpenter's best films.

DVD FEATURES:

• Region 1
  Keep Case
  Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
  Full Frame - 1.33
  Letterbox - 1.85
  
• Audio:
  Dolby Surround - English
  Dolby Surround - French
  DTS Surround 4.1 - English
  
• Additional Release Material:
  Audio Commentary: John Carpenter - Director, Kurt Russell - Star
  
• Interactive Features:
  Interactive Menus
  Scene Access
  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Director:

   

  John Carpenter

• Star:

   

  Peter Kwong, Victor Wong, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Pax, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kate Burton, James Hong, Kurt Russell, Carter Wong

• Producer:

   

  Larry J. Franco

• Screenwriter:

   

  W.D. Richter, Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein

• Composer:

   

  John Carpenter, Alan Howarth

• Director of Photography:

   

  Dean Cundey

• Executive Producer:

   

  Keith Barish, Paul Monash

• Visual Effects Supervisor:

   

  Richard Edlund

REVIEWS:

• "...Carpenter is conspicuously with it....An upscale send-up..." — New York Times
• "...[The] costuming, sets, stunts and special visual effects by Richard Edlund are particularly lavish..." — Variety

REVIEWS: