One of my favorite John Carpenter movies is his supernatural martial arts action comedy BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, which I watched repeatedly on cable throughout my childhood. I found out later that it was a box office disappointment when it was released in 1986, but in my household it was one of the biggest hits of the '80s.
Scream Factory has now given BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA a collectors edition Blu-ray release, and copies of that release can be purchased at THIS LINK. There's also a limited edition steelbook you can get HERE.
In case you missed it, the film stars Kurt Russell as
Jack Burton, a tough-talking truck driver whose life goes into a supernatural tailspin when his best friend's fiancée is kidnapped. Jack suddenly finds himself in a murky, danger-filled world beneath San Francisco's Chinatown, where Lo Pan, a 2,000-year-old magician, mercilessly rules an empire of spirits. Facing down a host of unearthly terrors, Jack battles through Lo Pan's dark domain in a full-throttle, action-riddled ride to rescue the girl.
The Scream Factory 2-disc Blu-ray release boasts "bountiful bonus content, featuring over four hours of brand-new interviews with the cast and crew, new audio commentary, and much more!"
Here's the breakdown of the bonus features:
Disc 1:
– NEW Audio Commentary with producer Larry Franco
– NEW Audio Commentary with special effects artist Steve Johnson, moderated by filmmaker Anthony C. Ferrante
– Audio Commentary with director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell
– Isolated Score
– Theatrical Trailers
– TV Spots
– Vintage Audio Interview with John Carpenter
– Electronic Press Kit – interviews and profiles
– Gag Reel
– Music Video
– Deleted and Extended Scenes
– Extended Ending
– Photo Galleries – movie stills, posters and lobby cards, publicity photos and behind-the-scenes photos
Disc 2:
– NEW You’re the Hero – an interview with actor Dennis Dun
– NEW The Soul of Lo Pan – an interview with actor James Hong
– NEW Able to Be Myself – an interview with actor Donald Li
– NEW The Tao of Thunder – an interview with actor Carter Wong
– NEW The Tao of Rain– an interview with actor Peter Kwong
– NEW The Hatchet Man Speaks – an interview with actor Al Leong
– NEW Damn Wiley Prescott – an interview with writer W.D. Richter
– NEW It Was A Western Ghost Story – an interview with writer Gary Goldman
– NEW The Poetry of Motion – an interview with associate producer/martial arts choreographer James Lew
– NEW Into the Mystic Night – an interview with The Coupe De Ville’s member Nick Castle
– NEW Since We Were Kids – an interview with second unit director/The Coupe De Ville’s member Tommy Lee Wallace
– NEW Love and Art – a conversation with movie poster artist Drew Struzan
– Return to Little China – an interview with director John Carpenter
– Being Jack Burton – an interview with actor Kurt Russell
– Carpenter and I – an interview with director of photography Dean Cundey
– Producing Big Trouble – an interview with producer Larry Franco
– Staging Big Trouble – an interview with stuntman Jeff Imada
– Interview with visual effects artist Richard Edlund
– Vintage Featurette
This thing is packed, just the sort of release a movie this awesome deserves.
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