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 premiered in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco on September 8, 1993. The film was privately screened in sneak previews in spring 1993 and film festivals in August and September 1993. 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. After the first draft was written between August and November 1991, the filmmakers shifted to Hollywood Pictures in spring 1992. Carolco Pictures initially supported the project until 1990, when the filmmakers turned down the contract for not receiving the creative control that they demanded. 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. 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.ĭevelopment of the project began when Wang approached Tan in 1989 at the time of the novel's release. Each of these women has an adult Chinese-American daughter.

Four older women, all Chinese immigrants living in San Francisco, meet regularly to play mahjong, eat, and tell stories. The film was produced by Bass, Tan, Wang, and Patrick Markey, while Oliver Stone served as an executive producer. The film is based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Amy Tan, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronald Bass. 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 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.

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