The Monkey King Havoc in Heavens Palace
Soi Cheang, 2014
The Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en, 1592
The Monkey King Havoc in Heavens Palace is a movie directed by Soi Cheang in 2014 and based on the book The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en, first published in 1592. The movie features Donnie Yen, Chow Yun-Fat, Aaron Kwok, Yitian Hai, Peter Ho, Gigi Leung, and others.
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Movie vs Book
Year
2014
Minutes
90
Movie Rate
4.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Monkey King Havoc in Heavens Palace
Original title: Xi you ji: Da nao tian gong
Director: Soi Cheang
Country: China
Year: 2014
Length: 1h30m
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Year
1592
Pages
574
Book Rate
8.52
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Book
The Journey to the West
Author: Wu Cheng'en
Country: China
First published in: 1592
Length: 574 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Journey to the West
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Mini-Series by Peter MacDonald
Movie by Rob Minkoff
Movie by Stephen Chow, Chi-Kin Kwok
Movie by Soi Cheang
Movie by Anthony Stacchi
User polls & recommendations
“Successful movies based on books are their own thing. Being too faithful can hurt the movie.”
PETER DINKLAGE (Actor)
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