Year of the Dragon(Movie, 1985)

Name: Year of the Dragon
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1985
Duration: T02:14:00
Rating: 3.4

2h 14min | Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 176 votes)

Year of the Dragon is a 1985 American neo-noir crime thriller film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino, and starring Mickey Rourke, John Lone, and Ariane Koizumi. The film follows a tough New York City police captain (Rourke) battling a ruthless Chinese-American Triad boss (Lone). The screenplay, written by Cimino and Oliver Stone, is based on a 1981 novel of the same title by Robert Daley. Cimino's first film after the box office failure of Heaven's Gate (1980), Year of the Dragon is a New York crime drama and an exploration of gangs, the illegal drug trade, ethnicity, racism, and stereotypes. Released by MGM/UA Entertainment on August 16, 1985, the film received mixed reviews and was a box office flop, though it did receive two Golden Globe Award nominations: Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for John Lone and Best Original Score f... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Year of the Dragon

nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star

About 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.

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Trailer for Year of the Dragon + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Year Of The Dragon (1985) - Trailer HD 1080p(Trailer, 2:31)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: New York City (NYC), Vancouver, Thailand, North Carolina

Plays in: New York City (NYC)

Made by: Dino De Laurentiis Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Polish (PL), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 08/16/1985

Cast: Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane Koizumi, Raymond J. Barry, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Eddie Jones, Caroline Kava, Jack Kehler

Director: Michael Cimino

Producer: Dino De Laurentiis

Screenwriter: Michael Cimino, Oliver Stone

Film Editor: Noëlle Boisson

Director of Photography: Alex Thomson

Composer: David Mansfield

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Manhattan Sur"

"L'anno del dragone"

"イヤー・オブ・ザ・ドラゴン"

Keywords: chinatown, drug smuggling, chinese mafia, heroin, cop

Budget: 24,000,000 USD

Revenue: 18,707,466 USD (= 78%)

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Year of the Dragon(Movie, 1985)

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