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The Gift Shop (Big Trouble Merchandise)

Due
to numerous requests about acquiring different Big Trouble merchandise,
here are a bunch of links and other information I have found on the subject.
Jack Burton
and Pork Chop Express Tee Shirts - 
Click Here to visit the newly redesigned Tee Shirt page!
Big
Trouble - The Soundtrack
There
is now an entire page devoted to the BTLC soundtrack! Click here to go
there.
Yes, John
Carpenter's musical score to Big Trouble in Little China IS
available! There are currently two versions out there: the original Demon
Records 1987 CD, and the new 1999 Supertracks
release with added music and bonus tracks.
Both releases are out of print, meaning you have to search on Ebay.
If anyone
finds another distributor for either score, please e-mail with the info.
Big
Trouble in Little China (1986) ©1986 Demon Records (DSCD-2)
Score composed by John Carpenter
Recording, mixing, sequencing and synthesizer programming by Alan Howarth
1.
Big Trouble in Little China (The Coupe de Villes) (3:13)
2. Pork Chop Express (3:40)
3. The Alley (2:00)
4. Here Come the Storms (2:20)
5. Lo Pan's Domain (4:30)
6. Escape from Wing Kong (8:00)
7. Into the Spirit Path (7:07)
8. The Great Arcade (7:50)
9. The Final Escape (6:58)
Total Playing Time: 43 minutes, 38 seconds
Big
Trouble in Little China (1986) ©1999 Super Tracks Music
Group (DSCD-2)
Music Composed and Performed by John Carpenter in Association with Alan
Howarth
Big
Trouble in Little China
1. Big Trouble in Little China (Performed by the Coupe de Villes) (3:19)
2. Pork Chop Express (3:59)
3. The Alley (2:02)
4. Here Come the Storms (2:14)
5. Lo Pan's Domain (6:04) **
6. Escape from Wing Kong (10:10) **
7. Into the Spirit Path (7:04)
8. The Great Arcade / Final Escape Part 1 (7:53)
9. The Final Escape Part 2 (6:58)
10. Big Trouble in Little China - Reprise (Performed by the Coupe de Villes)
(3:08)
Backstabbed
11. Opening (3:35) *
12. Alexandra (5:57) *
13. Blue Planet Interlude (3:08) *
Escape from New York
14. Atlanta Bank Robbery (3:31) *
*
Never Before Released Tracks
** Contains Previously Unreleased Music
Big
Trouble Special Edition - DVD
The
DVD contains:
-
The original film in Anamorphic
Widescreen (2.35:1 Aspect Ratio)
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4.1 DTS English
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English Dolby Digital 4.1 Surround
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English Dolby 2.0 Surround
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French Dolby Surround
-
Separate Audio track with commentary by director John Carpenter &
actor Kurt Russell
-
Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes (including an Alternate Ending)
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An Out-of-this-World Effects Montage with commentary by SFX guru, Richard
Edlund
- Still Gallery
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Advertising Gallery
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Magazine Articles
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Music Video of "Big Trouble in Little China" by John Carpenter
and the Coupe de Villes
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Movie Trailers
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Television Spots
-
Interactive DVD Menus
Amazon.com
sells the DVD used for around $16-20
Reviews
and Comments about the DVD
Here
are a few off-site review links for the new Special Edition DVD:
DVDfile.com
(3.5/5)
Cinemalaser.com
(Neat pictures here)
DVDReview.com
(Gold Award)
Currentfilm.com
(DVD Grade: B)
IGN.com
(9/10)
Amazon.com
(4.5/5)
Fan
comments:
"Just
checking in with my personal review of the DVD. Picked it up nice and early
this morning and popped in the second disc just after I got home to check
out all the extras. And boy was I impressed. First off, I found the interactive
menus to be very cool. Then I watched the original trailer which was a great
experience since I had never seen it before.
The
deleted scenes were great. I thought some of them contained great lines
from a variety of characters. It was also fun to see "what could have
been" in terms of an uncut movie. I was most impressed with the still
image gallery and the fact that there were very few regurgitated photos.
The shots from production, from publicity stills and from the deleted
scenes were all incredible.
There
were so many I haven't gotten through the whole thing yet! As for the
music video, it was so 80's I had to try hard not to laugh. I never finished
the rest of the extras, like the Robert Edlund interview, the production
notes and the featurette, but I'm looking forward to them. I popped in
the first disc just to see the quality of the film and thought It looked
great. I'm looking forward to watching it with the Carpenter/Russell commentary."
-
Anthony C. Varbero Jr.
"There
a two secret things on BTILCs DVD. First, on the second disk if you highlight
the Richard Edlund Interview and hit left, a pair of eyes will
light up in a cave this will take you to a menu with trailers for the
movies the opened in 1986. (Aliens, BTLC, and The Fly)
Second
is, if you read the DVD credits, you will be shown pictures from the Commodore
64 video game.
Keep
Shaken the Pillars of Heaven!"
-
Tony Wright
(Also
discovered by Raphael Falcon)
Big
Trouble in Little China - VHS
Own
the film that started it all on VHS!
This film
has been out on video since 1987, but was reissued by 20th Century Fox
at a cheaper price last year. You can find the "20th Century Fox Classic
Selections" version of BTLC in most stores like Walmart for around $10.
I got my copy for $6 at Best Buy on the video rack.
If you live
isolated from modern civilization, you could order the VCR tape direct
from 20th Cen. Fox for
$14.98.
The laserdisc version of BTLC can also be found through their site for
$34.98 and the letterbox version for $49.98!
You can
try to purchase the video of Big
Trouble in Little China at Tower Records.com
Big
Trouble - The Movie Poster
How
much do you want to spend for a Large Picture of Kurt Russell?
Rick's
Movie Graphics sells the reprint poster for $15.
The best
place to find the full-sized, one-sheet poster is probably EBay.
Search big
trouble in little china and look for people selling from time to time.
Big
Trouble - The Script
Thanks
to a certain fan base out on the Internet, I now have a copy of the Big
Trouble in Little China Screenplay by W.D. Richter! This 125 page
script has among other things:
-
The missing Storm lines
- The missing Miao Yin scenes and lines
- Extra Jack Burton monologues
- An even less serious tone than the existing film
- Explanations regarding the conflicts between the Bing Kong (Wing Kong)
and Suey Sings (Blue Turbans)
- A different and less satisfying ending
Now
you can read the first twenty pages of the BTLC Script!
Big
Trouble - Miscellaneous Merchandise
Big
Trouble fan "Tisha" points out that you can purchase Kurt Russell's Boots
from BTLC through a company called "Bald Mountain Moccasins," a leather
company that advertises at Renaissance Fairs. Average Price: US $ 300-600
Their website
is at www.dreamshoes.com
Indeed
Tee Shirts
Are
you a WWF Wrestling fan? It seems there was a masked Asian wrestler
named Kaientai whose trademark phrase happens to be "Indeed!"
You think the WWF executives were watching Big Trouble in Little China
when coming up with this gimmick?
Like all
respectible businesses, the WWF sold"Indeed" Tee shirts!
The shirt's no longer available on the WWF's site, but you may be able to find some on Ebay.
You can of course purchase a more appropriate "Indeed" tee shirt right from this site! Click here for details. |