Jackie Chan: Building an Icon

Jackie Chan: Building an Icon

Documentary, History, TV Movie | Aug. 4, 2021

Jackie Chan is a true icon of Asian and Chinese culture. Over a 45-year-long career, he has carved a niche for himself as an actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter, but also singer and formidable businessman. After starring in almost 200 films, Chan has reconciled fans of genre film and Hollywood blockbusters, whilst bridging the gap between Asian and Western cinema. Through film excerpts, archive footage and images, and an offbeat approach inspired by the visual codes of the golden age of kung fu films, this documentary will take a look back at the creation of a popular hero who has come to be an icon for China, and the entire Asian continent.

Jackie Chan: Building an Icon

Documentary, History, TV Movie | Aug. 4, 2021

Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
Jackie Chan is a true icon of Asian and Chinese culture. Over a 45-year-long career, he has carved a niche for himself as an actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter, but also singer and formidable businessman. After starring in almost 200 films, Chan has reconciled fans of genre film and Hollywood blockbusters, whilst bridging the gap between Asian and Western cinema. Through film excerpts, archive footage and images, and an offbeat approach inspired by the visual codes of the golden age of kung fu films, this documentary will take a look back at the creation of a popular hero who has come to be an icon for China, and the entire Asian continent.
Producers ARTE, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, ZED, Planète+, SBS TV, Bonum Productions, Ale Kino+
Original title Jackie Chan - Humour, gloire et kung-fu
Directors Antoine Coursat
Writers Antoine Coursat

Cast

Jackie Chan

as Self - Portrait Subject

Marie Borgini

as Self - Narrator (French version)

Verena Rendtorff

as Self - Narrator (German version)

Bruce Lee

as Self (archive footage)

Sylvester Stallone

as Self (archive footage)

Chris Tucker

as Self (archive footage)

Owen Wilson

as Self (archive footage)

Will Smith

as Self (archive footage)

Jaden Smith

as Self (archive footage)