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When Philip Kaufman decided to direct and co-write a movie based on Michael Crichtons 1992 best seller Rising Sun he heralded his own public stoning. Rising Sun is a 1993 American crime film written and directed by Philip Kaufman starring Sean Connery who was also an executive producer Wesley Snipes Harvey Keitel and Cary-Hiroyuki.

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. Prejudice clashes with free-thinking in the WWII-era South in Maggie Greenwalds Sophie and the Rising Sun an. A murder during a late-night political dinner in the corporate suite of a Japanese firm causes Web Smith Wesley Snipes and John Connor Sean Connery to be called in to investigate. Directed by Philip Kaufman from the best-selling novel by Michael Crichton RISING SUN is a triumph of style over content.

Michael Crichtons novels tended to be disguised screeds about the latest things that fascinated him. Rising Sun 1993 Directed by Philip Kaufman. RISING SUN has been called a cautionary tale by many but Kaufmans overly diplomatic approach to this material is itself too cautious robbing the volatile story of its fire and passion.

Tough guy Dave Bautista as Ray walks through The Rising Sun a strip joint in Grand Rapids. Feb 1 2017. It has illegal gambling and.

The yellowface is offensive and laughable characters speak in fortune cookie quotations and it furthers many. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. The movie starts out like it is going to be a pretty good grindhouse.

Starring Sean Connery Wesley Snipes Harvey Keitel Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Mako Stan Shaw Tia Carrere. Jan 10 2017. Sophie and the Rising Sun is a movie caught halfway between wartime homeland drama and interracial romance and not particularly satisfying as either.

January 30 2016 616am. Michael Crichtons best-selling anti-Japanese diatribe has reached the screen under Philip Kaufmans. Behind the Rising Sun has lots of faults and isnt a great movie.

Its a timid tired but a tender-hearted wartime romance that should have more edge than its subject promises. There are moments when Rising Sun touches a raw nerveToo often though this film conveys what might be called the unbearable lightness of Crichton. Like BLADE RUNNER the film grafts a fiercely modernist feel.

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