Rising Sun

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Rising Sun

film by Kaufman [1993]

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Philip Kaufman
Adaptations
Michael Crichton’s best-selling novel Rising Sun (1993), a thriller centering on the murder of a woman at the Los Angeles office of a Japanese corporation. Crichton and Kaufman initially collaborated on the screenplay, but Crichton withdrew early on, apparently as a result of Kaufman’s softening of the book’s anti-Japan…
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Michael Crichton’s best-selling novel Rising Sun (1993), a thriller centering on the murder of a woman at the Los Angeles office of a Japanese corporation. Crichton and Kaufman initially collaborated on the screenplay, but Crichton withdrew early on, apparently as a result of Kaufman’s softening of the book’s anti-Japan…
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Wesley Snipes
…James Bond), his costar in Rising Sun (1993), and screen superstar Sylvester Stallone (alias Rambo), his costar in Demolition Man (1993), Snipes’s rapid ascent to the elite Hollywood echelon occurred mainly as a result of his film portrayals of action heroes who consistently outfight, outshoot, and outsmart the “bad guys.”…
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…James Bond), his costar in Rising Sun (1993), and screen superstar Sylvester Stallone (alias Rambo), his costar in Demolition Man (1993), Snipes’s rapid ascent to the elite Hollywood echelon occurred mainly as a result of his film portrayals of action heroes who consistently outfight, outshoot, and outsmart the “bad guys.”…
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