Tai Pan
by Daryl Duke
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Actor: Bryan Brown, Joan Chen, Kyra Sedgwick, Russell WongDirector: Daryl Duke
Brand: Trinity
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: T-1453
Studio: Trinity Home Ent
Movie Reviews of Tai Pan
Movie Review: "CLAVELL'S SHREDDED TAPESTRY"
Summary: 5 Stars
***** stars for Clavell's novel, but only * star for the abridged movie version.
As NEWSWEEK dubbed it in its movie section, November 17, 1986, (the film had previously released on October 3rd, 1986), "Clavell's shredded tapestry".
Why would anyone want to reduce this sprawling, epic 590 page novel down to only a two hour's length film??? Well, somewhat easy to figure, it was released to the general public in movie theatres by the De Laurentis Entertainment Group not to cable as were the other two epic novels, SHOGUN and NOBLE HOUSE. Most audiences, therefore, cannot, would not, want to set through several hours of viewing in a movie theatre.
This magnificent epic novel of Hong Kong was only equaled or bettered by NOBLE HOUSE, a follow up book which carried the TAI-PAN story forward to a contemporary setting and ending. With the action taking place on both land and sea, TAI-PAN is a dazzling read, but limited in span as only a couple hour motion picture. Main problem: it is very much abridged, not as Clavell wrote it, and it leaves out much of the story, thereby becoming disjointed in its limited telling.
So it's a bit of good and bad: Good that the DVD is now available, but less 'good' because of its brevity. It is a film, however, still worth watching, and for those few who haven't read the book, probably none of this will matter much!
Semper Fi.
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