Not all cuts are the same: An interview about film versions with Schnittberichte.com
While researching my new book about the film legend Jackie Chan, “The new German Jackie Chan film guide”, I spoke to editors and authors of the German-language film website Schnittberichte.com, who in the past have devoted themselves in detail to the countless versions of Jackie Chan’s films .
Jackie Chan’s Fantasia: Will the forgotten anime series from China be running in Germany soon?
Every fan knows “Jackie Chan Adventures”, Jackie Chan’s first cartoon television series from the USA. From 2000 to 2005 it ran on US television and drew its circles around the world, including successfully to Germany. Only a few years later, Jackie Chan added his own Chinese anime series that hardly anyone in the West knows to this day.
Discovery: Jackie Chan discovered in “The Golden Hairpin” from 1963 thanks to a comparison of film recordings?
While researching my new book “The New German Jackie Chan Film Guide” I came across a film some time ago in which a young Jackie Chan may be seen. In the little-known and even less advertised four-part film “The Golden Hairpin” from 1963/1964, several child actors were recruited – and one of them resembles the now world-famous star from Hong Kong.
Mysterious Jackie Chan cameo in the film “Fists And Guts” (1979) by director Lau Kar-Wing?
In the late 1970s, Jackie Chan was a star that everyone recognized on the streets of Hong Kong thanks to his films “Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow” and “Drunken Master”, both from 1978, as well as the freshly released “The Fearless Hyena”. Still contractually bound to Lo Wei, he sometimes helped his friends Sammo Hung and Chen Chi-Hwa as an action director away from the camera. From this very time there is a strange hint of a hidden cameo by Jackie Chan.
Sensation: Jackie Chan discovered in old Bill Cosby TV series from the 60s!
It may sound unlikely, but it’s true: A young Jackie Chan is hiding in an episode of the hit 1960s TV series “I Spy” starring Robert Culp and Bill Cosby. The fact that the then 11-year-old Jackie Chan and some of his friends appeared in a US TV series should be considered a great coincidence – or was it good research by the producers?
Duang! – How Jackie Chan went viral and invented a new Chinese character
At the beginning of the 80s, the stuntman Jackie Chan became the superstar. With the success of his films, his name was also marketed. Over the years it has been an advertising medium for a wide variety of brands. At that time, however, nobody was aware of the lasting success of a bad shampoo advertisement from 2004.
Willie Chan, Jackie Chan’s manager and mentor, dies at 76. A tribute.
There were some key characters in Jackie Chan’s life who paved his way to becoming a superstar. But none of them had as much influence on Jackie Chan’s success as his best friend, manager and mentor Willie Chan. The sad news of his death hit fans and friends hard.
Clarified: Jackie Chan is not in “Come Drink With Me” from 1966
When Jackie Chan’s autobiography “I am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action” appeared in collaboration with Jeff Yang in 1998, readers found an officially verified list of films in which the Hong Kong film legend had worked in front of and behind the camera for the first time. This list goes back to the early 1960s. Hardly anyone knew at the time that it contained a lot of misinformation, not even Jackie Chan.