FILM 1907: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

FILM 1907: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

TRIVIA: Kurt Russell confessed on the DVD commentary that he was afraid of starring in the movie, because he had made a string of movies that flopped at the box-office. When he asked John Carpenter about it, he told Kurt that it didn't matter to him - he just wanted to make the movie with him.

The Chinese characters in the main title translate to "Evil Spirits Make a Big Scene in Little Spiritual State".

Kurt Russell suffered a bad case of the flu during the scene just after the brothel, so the sweat on his body is real, caused by the fever.

The vehicle Egg Shen drove in the movie was a 1936 White touring car. That car is now in Yellowstone National Park (the location, for which it was originally built), named "Hollywood", and gives tours out of Old Faithful.

John Carpenter and Kurt Russell explain on the audio commentary that the test screening was so overwhelmingly positive, that both of them expected it to be a big hit. However, 20th Century Fox put little into promoting the movie, and it ended up being a box-office bomb. In addition, the film was released in the midst of the hype for Aliens (1986), which was released sixteen days afterwards. However, it went on to be a huge cult hit through home video. Carpenter and Russell explained that the reason the studio did little to promote the film, was because they simply didn't know how to promote it.

The Brides of Lo Pan must have green eyes. Yet Kim Cattrall and Suzee Pai have brown eyes in real-life. Both wore green contacts for the movie. This is very obvious in the high definition version of the movie.

Zach Braff went as Jack Burton to Kate Hudson's 2014 Halloween party and ran into Kurt Russell at it. They posed for a photo together.

The interior of Egg Chen's garage/office is Fire Station 23, the same building used as the business interior in Ghostbusters. 

Towards the beginning of the film, Jack accompanies Wang on a trip to the airport to pick up his fiancé. A street gang by the name of The Lords of Death kidnap Wang's girl and during the ensuing chase to retrieve her, attempt to run over both of them. Watching the scene carefully, it is easy to spot that John Carpenter shot the scene backwards, with the actors performing all movements in reverse. The scene was then played forward and sped up substantially. This dramatic scene was shot using this reverse method not to confuse actors and crew (or audience for that matter), but for safety reasons due to the speed of the vehicles and lack of stunt doubles.