Jackie Chan was born on April 7th, 1954 in Hong Kong to Charles and Lee-Lee Chan. When he was born he was born late and weighed 12 pounds. He also had a brother names Soo-Sung and a sister named Tai. In 1982 he married Lin Feng-Jiao. In that same year he also had a boy named Jaycee Chan. During his childhood he was educated at Nan Hua Elementary Academy. He was educated at Nan Hua Elementary Academy. He didn't do well at this school and his parents felt as if he didn't fit in so they transferred
Jackie Chan is a well known Chinese American Actor and a Martial-Artist, he is famous for his Martial arts movies and his techniques. From 2000-2005, Chan lent his voice to Jackie Chan Adventure for a cartoon role. Chan came on top of the box office for his third film of the Rush Hour series. He started his film career when he was at the age of eight years old, he appeared with some of his fellow "Little Fortunes", in the film Big and Little Wong Tin Bar in the late 1962. Jackie became an actor since
Colonialism in Jackie Chan Films For over 20 years Jackie Chan has been the biggest action star in most of the world. First becoming popular in his native Hong Kong in the early 80s, his popularity slowly spread across the globe, and finally hit the U.S. with the 1996 release of Rumble In The Bronx (1994.) Since then Chan has made three highly successful films with American studois and several more with the Hong Kong studio Golden Harvest. He is easily one of the most recognizable Asian movie
The Meaning of Chow Yun-Fat (It's In His Mouth) Ultimately, it comes down to his mouth. Chow Yun-Fat is the coolest movie actor in the world today, and the only way I can explain this is to talk about his mouth. He does cool things with his mouth. Smoking cigarettes is no longer an emblem of cool in the USA, but Chow does wonders with cigarette smoke in Prison On Fire. Director Ringo Lam understands this; like most of the great Hong Kong directors, he loves using slow motion and freeze frames
Chris Tucker The one and only “motor mouth,” Chris Tucker, is a great actor and cutting-edge comic who made it to stardom with his fast talking wise cracks. The sleek and slender 6’1” young African American was born in Atlanta, Georgia on August 31, 1972. Chris was the youngest of six children in his family; his parents were Norris and Mary Tucker. Norris Tucker owned his own family business, a carpet cleaning business. Chris used to work for his dad at the carpet cleaning shop so he could have
breathe of fresh air on the American “Family Movie” scene. But purely for incredible animation and good, simple FUN, Kung Fu Panda is most certainly in the Top 1! Yet, even with a star- studded cast (Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan) and stunning animation, I’m not quite sure it lives up to the hype…. For a start, the basic plot of this movie is pretty much the same as every other family film to be released this decade; the unlikely hero, believe in yourself, follow your dreams
Jackie has the ability to use any prop in his fighting scenes from ladders to dresses. He uses this to introduce comedy in his action with the coexistence of natural everyday objects into fighting mechanisms. This is similar to Keaton’s “Impossible gags” that he used in his early days of cinema before he joined MGM. (Figure 1.5) Not only has Jackie Chan been influenced by the stunt work of Buster Keaton but also in several of his films Jackie pays homage to several stunts
Police Story 3: Super Cop is the third installment of the Police Story franchise, where Jackie Chan, playing Chan Ka-Koey, stars as a Hong Kong-based police who is working undercover for the Chinese police to arrest a drug warlord. The story contains Jackie Chan’s usual hair-raising gamut of death-defying stunts, flights, and explosions. He battles against the villains atop moving motorcycle, train, cars, speed boat, trucks, and helicopter. This exhibits the concept of masculinity of Chen. However
That’s how I can get him to hand his keys over to me trustingly. He knows I’m boss at this. I’m creeping along the outskirts of Brooklyn, keeping a lookout for wavers as I sip on my deliciously steaming Cappuccino, single-handedly steering through traffic, when someone abruptly dashes out in front of the cab. My foot jams on the brakes, my hand reflexively holding the cup of coffee away from me to prevent being scorched. A lesser driver either would’ve hit the idiot jaywalker—or rather jay-sprinter—or
viewing these Asian Stereotypical films of what your average American watches on TV or at the movies. Although when Asian characters seem harmless (Jackie Chan in “Rush Hour” series) or humorous... ... middle of paper ... ...Your Ears. Dir. James Purdum and Peter Shin. Perf. Seth MacFarlane. 20th Century Fox Television, 2006. Television Program. "Jackie Chan Biography." Bio.com. Ed. Leanne French, Eudie Pak, and Laura Grimm. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 12 May 2014. "Jeremy Lin Biography." Bio
“If you're half Chinese, I'm half black. I'm your brother and I'm fly. You down with that, Snoopy? That's dope, innit?” (IMDB, 2007) Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) uses theses words in a scene during Rush Hour 3 to describe his friendship with Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker). The dynamic duo in the Rush Hour saga have been together since 1998 and their fictional friendship has become one to be rivaled with. The exceptional friendship that Lee and Carter share stems from their random
1. Introduction Made in Hong Kong (1997) is one of the independent films directed by the “grassroots director” Fruit Chan on low budget production. The cost of production was kept low by utilizing the leftover film reels and amateur actors such as Sam Lee Chan-Sam who has been awarded best New Artist in the 17th Annual Hong Kong Films Awards and nominated Best Actor in 35th Annual Golden Horse Awards. Made in Hong Kong is very much a vernacular film featuring the Hong Kong society and culture in
In “Creating the Myth,” Linda Seger outlines the essential aspects that make up the hero myth, and why movies that follow this outline are generally successful. In her analysis, she begins with the idea that every hero myth revolves around a hero who is called upon to accomplish a feat that nobody else in the story is able to do. The hero’s journey begins with an unlikely person being called upon to serve a purpose greater than themselves. Along their journey, the hero is influenced by several archetypical
Jie-Lun Chou Jie-Lun Chou is a Taiwanese musician born on 18 January 1979. He is also an actor, a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and a director. He was born to parents who taught him fine arts. His music career started when he was only four years old. The young boy loved to play piano and to listen to music when alone. Like any other child, he had hobbies, and his was playing basketball (Play it yet 1). However, he never attended college, and, thus, he did not have any good academic records.
“The One Inch Punch” by Bruce Lee is probably one of the most famous martial arts moves. Bruce Lee was not only a martial arts star, but also a well-known martial artist, philosopher, as well as the founder of “Jeet Kune Do” martial arts. He gained a worldwide status in a short span of life and soon became one of the most influential martial artists of all time. Joe Lewis has quoted as saying,” If Bruce Lee wasn’t the greatest martial artist of all time, then certainly he is the number one
The City Hunter is an action comedy movie starring international superstar Jackie Chan. This movie was made in Hong Kong in the early 90s. In this movie Jackie Chan played Hunter, a private detective with a good sense of humor and deadly kung fu skills. The story started out with a badly acted sketch of Hunter's partner being gunned down by four men with automatic weapons. With his last moment on earth, Hunter's partner made Hunter promise to take care of his little sister Carrie, and also not to
Asians and Kill Bill Sitting in the movie theater, I was baffled to see so many stereotypes touched on in one single film. These stereotypes were not just any kind of stereotype – they were those pertaining to Asians in particular. The obviousness and sheer transparency of the stereotypes made the movie look like a complete joke. The film? Kill Bill. The majority of today’s films starring Asian actors and actresses often contain numerous stereotypes. They cater to the biased views that most
“He’s a living legend, if you’ve never seen action. Who does all his own stunts.” Jackie Chan, known for his reckless stunts, comedy, and bizarre English, has introduced Hollywood to a newly perception and invented martial art that appeals to all sorts of audiences. He incorporates his knowledge from his younger days in the Peking Opera and China Drama Academy under the guidance of Master Yu Jim- Yuen, a famous Peking opera wu-shen performer, who is considered to be the grandfather of Hong Kong
American and Hong Kong Action Films When comparing the action films of Hong Kong to the typical action films of America, certain differences are clearly visible. The films from Hong Kong feature more melodrama, more fast-paced action scenes, and most noticeably, more graphic violence, than the action films released in the US. When looking at what these Hong Kong films were influenced by, especially the films of John Woo, it is surprising to see that many of these differences from American cinema
create employment laws. These new laws were implemented to eliminate discrimination and provide the means for advancement. As a consequence of this implementation, these laws have created possible barriers to maximizing the potential of every employee (Chan, 2000). Recently, the concept of diversity has completely changed from before. It was predicted that by the year 2005, women, minorities, and the disabled would dominate the workforce ("Managing Diversity", 1999). Organizations that are viewed as