Category: 15
All Genres: Documentary
Release Year: 2003
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Runtime: 47
Rating: (0)
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English
Director: Ian Taylor
Sound: Dolby Digital
Taglines:

Humanity needs Tibet. Tibet needs humanity.

Writing by: Ian Taylor - writer

Produced by: Keiko Hagihara Bang - executive producer
Samanna Lui - producer
Michael Ruggiero - executive producer: Independent Film Channel

Cast: Jackie Chan - Himself
Pei-pei Cheng - Herself (as Cheng Pei Pei)
David Chiang - Himself
Yuen Chor - Himself (as Chor Yuen)
Dr. Ng Ho - Himself
Kara Hui - Herself (as Wai Ying Hung)
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo - Himself (as Sammo Hung)
Bruce Lee - (archive footage)
Ting Leung - Himself
Jet Li - Himself
Chia Hui Liu - Himself (as Ka Fai Lau)

Music: Nicolás Sorin
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Plot Outline: A look at the martial arts and kung fu cinema of Hong Kong.
Plot: A look at Hong Kong action films, from their roots in choreography of Beijing Opera and the Wuxia tradition of honorable solitary fighters to the evolution in film from martial arts (swordplay) to Kung Fu (fists, feet, and sticks). Talking heads discuss actors: the stylized fighting of David Chiang, the realism of Bruce Lee, and the comedy of Jackie Chan. They discuss directors: King Hu and Cheng Che, whose work leads to international successes of Ang Lee and John Woo. There's a demonstration of editing in the camera, and there are discussions of Japan's influence, the increased violence of 70s and 80s films, the emergence of the superhero, and the films' cultural subtext.

Movie Quotes: Mark: In any case, it'll be spooky-spooky


Crazy Credits: We know about 3 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Stunt Coordinator ... Christophe Lawrence This is actually Christopher Kann since he did all his own stunts.

Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Anachronisms: Several films are shown with an incorrect year of release, such as Detour (listed as 1946), Easy Rider (listed as 1968), Badlands (listed as 1974), Rain Man (listed as 1987), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (listed as 1986) and Y tu mam

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