Big Trouble in Little China
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Big Trouble in Little China is a 1986 film about an adventure in San Francisco's Chinatown that puts a gung-ho trucker and his unlikely allies in the middle of a centuries-old supernatural battle between good and evil.
- Directed by: John Carpenter. Written by: Gary Goldman and David Z. Weinstein.
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[edit] Jack Burton
- Like I told my last wife, I said "Honey, I never drive faster than I can see. Besides, it's all in the reflexes."
- Just remember what old Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, the poison arrows fall from the sky and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big old storm right in the eye and says "Give me your best shot. I can take it."
- When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if you paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have you paid your dues, Jack? Yessir, the check is in the mail."
[edit] Dialogue
- Wang Chi: Here's to the Army and Navy and the battles they have won; here's to America's colors, the colors that never run.
- Jack Burton: May the wings of liberty never lose a feather.
- Jack Burton: Ah, You know what ol' Jack Burton says at a time like this?
- Thunder: Who?
- Jack Burton: Jack Burton... me!
- Jack Burton: [pointing to Chinese writing in an elevator] What does that say?
- Wang: Hell of Boiling Oil.
- Jack Burton: You're kidding.
- Wang: Yeah, I am. It says "Keep Out."
- Jack Burton: I don't get this at all. I thought Lo Pan—
- Lo Pan: Shut up, Mr. Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it!
- Egg Shen: Can see things no one else can see. Do things no one else can do.
- Jack Burton: Real things?
- Egg Shen: As real as Lo Pan!
- Jack Burton: Hey, what more can a guy ask for?
- Egg Shen: Oh, a six-demon bag!
- Jack Burton: Terrific, a six-demon bag. Sensational. What's in it, Egg?
- Egg Shen: Wind, fire, all that kind of thing!
[edit] Taglines
- Some people pick the darnedest places to start a fight!
- Adventure doesn't come any bigger!
- Try to find big reason before you visit world of magic...
- Jack Burton's in for some serious trouble and you're in for some serious fun.
- A Mystical, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Kung Fu, Monster, Ghost Story!
[edit] Cast
- Kurt Russell - Jack Burton
- Kim Cattrall - Gracie Law
- Dennis Dun - Wang Chi
- James Hong - David Lo Pan
- Victor Wong - Egg Shen
- Kate Burton - Margo
- Donald Li - Eddie Lee
- Carter Wong - Thunder
