Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Directed by John Carpenter

Big Trouble in Little China movie poster

Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.

Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Dean Cundey · Composers: Alan Howarth, John Carpenter · Editors: Mark Warner, Edward A. Warschilka, Steve Mirkovich · Production Design: John J. Lloyd

Production: Taft Entertainment Pictures

Budget: $25.0M

Script: Read the script on Script Slug

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