My friend Joe Scott will be screening the John Carpenter-helmed film "Big Trouble in Little China" on March 4th (which happens to be my 40th birthday) at the Carousel Luxury Cinemas in Greensboro, NC. The showtimes for the film are 7:30 and 10:00 p.m.
"China" is part of the Mixed Tape Series, which started with "The Big Lebowski" last fall. Scott will show another Carpenter-Kurt Rusell collaboration the remake of "The Thing," (which I believe came out in 1987, and I think they are remaking that film yet again! The original film with James Arness of "Gunsmoke" fame came out in the fifties), on March 11th.
Carpenter and Russell also worked together on "Escape from New York" and its sequel "Escape from LA."
"China" also features the ever-sexy Kim Cattrall in one of her best post-'Porky's' films and cult actor James Hong as the evil David Lo Pa.
I must profess that it's been more than two decades since I've seen the film, but I found the following trivia about "China" on the Internet Movie Database:
-The body count is 46
-Russell was Carpenter's only choice, but the studio wanted Jack Nicholson or Clint Eastwood for the lead. Fortunately, both were involved with other projects.
-The post-production period was a mere four months!
-Carter Wong, who plays Thunder, actually worked as a martial arts instructor in Hong Kong.
-Cattrall wore green-eye contacts for the film.
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