The Joy Luck Club (1993)
September 8, 1993Release Date
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
September 8, 1993Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tamlyn Tomita
Waverly - The Daughter
Rosalind Chao
Rose - The Daughter
Kiều Chinh
Suyuan - The Mother
Tsai Chin
Lindo - The Mother
France Nuyen
Ying-Ying - The Mother
Lisa Lu
An-Mei - The Mother
Ming-Na Wen
June - The Daughter
Lauren Tom
Lena - The Daughter
Chao Li Chi
June's Father
Victor Wong
Old Chong
Melanie Chang
June - Age 9
Wayne Wang
Director
Irene Ng
Lindo - Age 15
Amy Tan
Writer
Christopher Rich
Rich
Ronald Bass
Writer
Russell Wong
Lin Xiao
Michael Paul Chan
Harold
Patrick Markey
Producer
Philip Moon
Ken
Andrew McCarthy
Ted
Fen Tian
Auntie #1
Vivian Wu
An Mei's Mother
Rachel Portman
Composer
Amir Mokri
Cinematographer
Jack Ford
Mr. Jordan
Maysie Hoy
Editor
Diane Baker
Mrs. Jordan
Yu Feihong
Ying Ying - Age 16-25
Risa Bramon Garcia
CastingDirector
Heidi Levitt
CastingDirector
Donald Graham Burt
ProductionDesigner
Oliver Stone
Executive Producer
Bill Abbott
Music Editor
Richard C. Franklin
Sound Effects Editor
Phil Bray
Still Photographer
Janet Yang
Executive Producer
Charleen Richards-Steeves
ADR Mixer
Lewis Goldstein
Dialogue Editor
Albert Gasser
Sound Effects Editor
Gary Gegan
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Diana Kunce
Art Direction
Jim Poynter
Set Decoration
Gary A. Hecker
Foley Artist
Lydia Tanji
Costume Design
Leslie Park
Script Supervisor
Curtis Choy
Sound Mixer
Dan O'Connell
Foley Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 8, 1993
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 19m
Content RatingR
Budget$11,000,000
Box Office$32,861,136
Filming LocationsSan Francisco, United States
Genres
Wiki.
The Joy Luck Club (simplified Chinese: 喜福会; traditional Chinese: 喜福會; pinyin: Xǐ Fú Huì) is a 1993 American drama film about the relationships between Chinese-American women and their Chinese immigrant mothers. It was directed by Wayne Wang and stars Tsai Chin, Kieu Chinh, Lisa Lu, France Nuyen, Rosalind Chao, Lauren Tom, Tamlyn Tomita, and Ming-Na Wen. The film is based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Amy Tan, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronald Bass. The film was produced by Bass, Tan, Wang, and Patrick Markey, while Oliver Stone served as an executive producer. Four older women, all Chinese immigrants living in San Francisco, meet regularly to play mahjong, eat, and tell stories. Each of these women has an adult Chinese-American daughter. The film reveals the hidden pasts of the older women and their daughters, and how their lives are shaped by the clash of Chinese and American cultures as they strive to understand their family bonds and one another.
Development of the project began when Wang approached Tan in 1989 at the time of the novel's release. Concerned about the novel's complex storytelling and character development, they teamed up with Bass in January 1990, who added a farewell party not in the original novel and voice-overs to compress the film's storytelling without changing the main plot. Carolco Pictures initially supported the project until 1990, when the filmmakers turned down the contract for not receiving the creative control that they demanded. After the first draft was written between August and November 1991, the filmmakers shifted to Hollywood Pictures in spring 1992. Principal photography took place in San Francisco, the novel and the film's main setting, in October 1992 and then in China in February 1993. Filming ended in March 1993.
The film was privately screened in sneak previews in spring 1993 and film festivals in August and September 1993. It premiered in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco on September 8, 1993. With the film's $10.5 million budget, it was moderately successful in the box office, earning $32.9 million in the United States. It received positive critical reaction, but also criticism for its negative portrayal of Asian-American and Asian male characters.In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".