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Year of the Dragon
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.
1985 · Directed by Michael Cimino · 134 min · Action · Crime · Thriller · 8 frames
Tagline
It isn't the Bronx or Brooklyn, it isn't even New York. It's Chinatown... and it's about to explode.
Crew
- Screenplay: Oliver Stone, Michael Cimino
- Cinematography: Alex Thomson
- Edited by: Noëlle Boisson, Françoise Bonnot
- Music: David Mansfield
- Production design: Wolf Kroeger
- Produced by: Dino De Laurentiis
Cast
- Mickey Rourke as Stanley White
- John Lone as Joey Tai
- Ariane as Tracy Tzu
- Leonard Termo as Angelo Rizzo
- Raymond J. Barry as Louis Bukowski
- Caroline Kava as Connie White
- Eddie Jones as William McKenna
- Joey Chin as Ronnie Chang
- Victor Wong as Harry Yung
- K. Dock Yip as Milton Bin
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Mandarin, English, Polish, Vietnamese
- Studios: The De Laurentiis Company, Michael Cimino Productions
- Budget: $24,000,000
- Box office: $18,707,466
- Themes: drug smuggling, heroin, chinatown, chinese mafia, cop
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