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Tai-Pan is a 1986 adventure drama film directed by Daryl Duke, loosely based on James Clavell's 1966 novel of the same name. While many of the same characters and plot twists are maintained, a few smaller occurrences are left out. Filmed under communist Chinese censorship, some portions of Clavell's story were considered too offensive to be filmed as written and considerable changes were made.
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Certain films look much older than they actually are. That can mean two things – either the film makers deliberately took great pains to copy style and content characteristic of certain period of history; or they inadvertently made their film look hopelessly dated and anachronistic. *Tai-Pan*, 1986 period epic directed by Daryl Duke, is an example of the latter. The film is based on the eponymous novel by James Clav…More
