Kurt Russell’s Tank Top and Trucker Style in Big Trouble in Little China

Kurt Russell and Kim Cattrall in Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Vitals Kurt Russell as Jack Burton, troublesome truck driver San Francisco, Fall 1985 Film: Big Trouble in Little China Release Date: July 2, 1986 Director: John Carpenter Costume Designer: April Ferry WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background John Carpenter’s cult classic Big Trouble in Little China was released 40 years ago today on July 2, 1986. Following their initial collaboration in The Thing (1982), Kurt Russell stars as cocky trucker Jack Burton, who indeed lands in big trouble in little China—specifically San Francisco’s Chinatown district—when his friend’s fiancée is kidnapped by a local street gang and then again kidnapped by henchmen serving the reclusive sorcerer David Lo Pan (James Hong), who needs a green-eyed wife to break an ancient curse. Jack and his friend Wang Chi (Dennis Dun) are joined by appropriately named attorney Gracie Law (Kim Cattrall) on their quest through the literal underground to retrieve…