Tai Pan
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Actor: Bill Leadbitter, Bryan Brown, Joan Chen, John Stanton, Tim GuineeDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Tai Pan
Movie Review: A decent film featuring good casting
Summary: 3 Stars
"Tai-Pan" probably should have been a miniseries, given the complex, multifaceted nature of the James Clavell novel from which it derives. No matter, this film, while falling far short of telling the whole story contained in the book, still succeeds in being good entertainment. And it does manage to tell the broad strokes of Clavell's story -- the founding of Hong Kong and the bitter rivalry of the great British merchant houses that led to its establishment.
The casting in this film is unusually good, and the characterizations of the main players, Dirk Struan, Tyler Brock, their sons, May-May, are all very true to the book. In fact, even if the storyline is forced by the two-hour format to outrageously condense the novel's storyline, the characters are captured with extreme fidelity. The overall result is a film that is good, solid entertainment if perhaps not a masterpiece.
Those who have read the novel will have no difficulty appreciating this film and it is to them that it comes highly recommended.
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