James Clavell's Tai-Pan / De Laurentiis Entertainment Group.

Set during the early China trade when epic adventurers carved dynasties out of barren rock and the opium trade pitted father against son, and friends against one another. For trader Dirk Struan, the silver and opium exchange is almost impossible to resist, but everything comes to a head when he is f...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Duke, Daryl
Brown, Bryan, 1947-
Chen, Joan, 1961-
Stanton, John
Clavell, James
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2004], ©2004.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
China > History > Opium War, 1840-1842 > Drama.
Hong Kong (China) > History > Drama.
China.
China > Hong Kong.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
History.
1840 - 1842
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
History.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Tai Pan.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Set during the early China trade when epic adventurers carved dynasties out of barren rock and the opium trade pitted father against son, and friends against one another. For trader Dirk Struan, the silver and opium exchange is almost impossible to resist, but everything comes to a head when he is forced to choose between the ones he loves and profit beyond his imagination.
Note:Videodisc release of a 1986 motion picture.
Based on James Clavell's novel.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AQ3 D0037088 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
Credits:Produced by Rafaella De Laurentiis ; written by John Briley and Stanley Mann ; directed by Daryl Duke.
System Details:DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Cast:
Bryan Brown, Joan Chen, John Stanton, Tim Guinee, Bill Leadbitter, Russell Wong, Kyra Sedgwick, Bert Remsen, Janine Turner.