Big Trouble in Little China

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action film comedy film cult film fantasy film film

Big Trouble in Little China is a 1986 cult-classic action-comedy fantasy film directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, known for its blend of martial arts, supernatural elements, and tongue-in-cheek humor set in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

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Big Trouble in Little China canonical 18
1986 film Big Trouble in Little China 1
Big Trouble in Little China (1986 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf action film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
cult film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
antagonist Lo Pan ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematicUniverse standalone film ⓘ
cinematographyBy Dean Cundey ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Carpenter ⓘ
distributedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Edward A. Warschilka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark Warner ⓘ
Steve Mirkovich ⓘ
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
genre action ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
martial arts film ⓘ
supernatural film ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
leadActorCharacter Kurt Russell as Jack Burton ⓘ
mainCharacter Egg Shen in Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ
surface form: Egg Shen

Gracie Law ⓘ
Jack Burton ⓘ
Wang Chi ⓘ
musicBy Alan Howarth ⓘ
John Carpenter ⓘ
notableFor blend of martial arts and supernatural elements ⓘ
depiction of Chinese-American folklore ⓘ
tongue-in-cheek humor ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Larry Franco ⓘ
surface form: Larry J. Franco
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
releaseDate 1986-07-02 ⓘ
releaseYear 1986 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 99 ⓘ
setIn San Francisco Chinatown ⓘ
surface form: Chinatown, San Francisco

San Francisco ⓘ
starring Dennis Dun ⓘ
James Hong ⓘ
Kate Burton ⓘ
Kim Cattrall ⓘ
Kurt Russell ⓘ
Victor Wong ⓘ
title Big Trouble in Little China self-link ⓘ
writer David Z. Weinstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gary Goldman ⓘ
W. D. Richter ⓘ

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Victor Wong → notableWork → Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ
Kurt Russell → notableWork → Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Big Trouble in Little China (1986 film)
Kim Cattrall → notableWork → Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ
Larry Franco → notableWork → Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ
Larry Franco → workedOn → Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ
W. D. Richter → notableWork → Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ
W. D. Richter → wroteScreenplayFor → Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ
James Hong → notableWork → Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ
James Hong → workFeaturedIn → Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ
Kate Burton → notableWork → Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ
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Big Trouble in Little China → title → Big Trouble in Little China self-link ⓘ
John Carpenter → notableWork → Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ
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Egg Shen in Big Trouble in Little China → appearsIn → Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ
subject surface form: Egg Shen
this entity surface form: 1986 film Big Trouble in Little China
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subject surface form: Egg Shen
this entity surface form: Big Trouble in Little China (1986)