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Basic facts

Original title Tai-Pan
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 1987-05-22

Cast

Bryan Brown
Dirk Struan (Tai-Pan)

John Stanton
Tyler Brock

Joan Chen
May-May

Tim Guinee
Culum Struan

Bill Leadbitter
Gorth Brock

Russell Wong
Gordon Chen

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Title for Swedish Video release

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Art Director
Film Editor

Cast

Bryan Brown Dirk Struan (Tai-Pan)
John Stanton Tyler Brock
Joan Chen May-May
Tim Guinee Culum Struan
Bill Leadbitter Gorth Brock
Russell Wong Gordon Chen
Katy Behean Mary Sinclair
Kyra Sedgwick Tess Brock
Janine Turner Shevaun Tillman
Norman Rodway Aristotle Quance
John Bennett Orlov
Derrick Branche Vargas
Cheh Chang Jin-Qua
Patrick Ryecart kapten Glessing
Nicholas Gecks Horatio Sinclair
Carol Gillies mrs Brock
Michael C. Gwynne Cooper
Bert Remsen Tillman
Barbara Keogh mrs Quance
Lisa Lu Ah Gip
Rosemary Dunham mrs Fotheringill
Robert Easton Zergejev
Zhang Jie Lin
Rob Spendlove Nagrek
Chen Shu Chen Sheng
Kwang Pan Kwang Kuo
Chan Lub Bun elderly Chinese woman
Chan Koon Tai Wung
Richard Foo Lin Din
Siu Kam executioner
Job Stewart dr Gonzales
Jovita Adrineda servant girl
Patty Toy poxed whore
Jocelyn Lew beaten whore
Denise Kellog nude model
Charles Woods
Pat Gorman
Bob Appleby
Ian Sheridan
Mac Wheater British merchants
Leslie Peterkin piper
Vic Armstrong drunken sailor
Dickey Beer
Billy Horrigan
Bronco McLoughlin Brock's crew

Companies

Production Company De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Inc.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Sandrew Film & Teater AB
Distributor in Sweden (Video) Scanbox Sweden AB 1995

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 126731
Date 1987-03-23
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3480 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (J-D-C Widescreen)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Dolby Stereo
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 3480 meter
Length in minutes 127 min


Original work

Original title Tai-Pan (Novel)
Author James Clavell


Release dates

Release in Sweden 1987-05-22 Royal Gothenburg 127 min
1987-05-22 Sandrew Stockholm 127 min
1987-05-22 Victoria Stockholm 127 min (samt ytterligare 1 plats)
Video release 1995-12 Sweden 122 min

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 11
Colour prints 11
Slides SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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