Year of the Dragon (film)
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| Directed by | Michael Cimino |
| Screenplay by | Oliver Stone Michael Cimino |
| Based on | Year of the Dragon by Robert Daley |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
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| Cinematography | Alex Thomson |
| Edited by | Françoise Bonnot |
| Music by | David Mansfield |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Mandarin Cantonese Polish |
| Budget | $21.5-24 million |
| Box office | $18.7 million (US/Canada) $30.4 million (worldwide rentals) |
Year of the Dragon is a 1985 American crime thriller film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino, and starring Mickey Rourke, John Lone, and Ariane Koizumi. The film follows a tough New York City police captain (Rourke) battling a ruthless Chinese-American Triad boss (Lone). The screenplay, written by Cimino and Oliver Stone, is based on a 1981 novel of the same title by Robert Daley.
Cimino's first film after the box office failure of Heaven's Gate (1980), Year of the Dragon is a New York crime drama and an exploration of gangs, the illegal drug trade, ethnicity, racism, and stereotypes.
Released by MGM/UA Entertainment on August 16, 1985, the film received mixed reviews and did not perform well at the US box office, though it did receive two Golden Globe Award nominations: Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for John Lone and Best Original Score for David Mansfield. It has gained a cult following in the years since its release.