Jackie Chan Documentary (1989) - Son of the Incredibly Strange Film Show

[@RazorEdge2006]

I think Jonathan Ross deserves some credit for introducing Asian cinema (e.g. Hong Kong action movies and Japanese anime) to the UK.

[@P.Whitestrake]

Yes!

[@bongfuhrer]

Johnatan R.- How much longer are you going to keep doing this stunts? Jackie C.- I think 3-4 more years. This documentary was recorded in 1989. Now we write 2016 and Jackie is making a new movie. This guy is just pure steel and adrenaline.

[@NaveenNaushad]

@crichtonIASA Not Rumble in the Bronx. I would say Who Am I in 1998 was the last movie to have great stunts. Then in 2000s the only good work is New Police Story (2004) and among his American movies, Shanghai Knights (2003) had the most creative stunt work.

[@Grandmastergav86]

To be honest Jackie was bout right, his work since 1994 has really dropped in quality. I wish he'd just retire now.

[@arsenalcuck6174]

make it 2022

[@jp3813]

@@Grandmastergav86 Rumble in the Bronx, First Strike, & Who Am I are popular favorites in JC's Hong Kong filmography.

[@joeswanson733]

@@jp3813 if you actually watched jackies movies anything past 1994 his stunt work was more tame and even though he said he didn't use double which we all know it's a lie he was subtely using more and more doubling even by the late 1990s.

[@-SpiderBrown-]

It blows my mind to watch this oldschool footage, it seems like another world

[@dimitreze]

why? you know people filmed things before the 90's??

[@-SpiderBrown-]

@@dimitreze ye, but visually its so different, looks like a movie

[@illaveyoubutler2]

People sneer at Jonathan Ross......but this tv series opened up a world of odd cinema, that belied expected taste.....I value it even more than the excellent offerings of Norman and Kermode.

[@HaerinPaul]

Who sneers at Jonathan Ross?

[@wolflike24124]

Making sure that plastic stays on his skull forever it's amazing that's he's almost 65 looking alive and healthy as if nothing bad happened.

[@is-haqdhealbani1422]

Because GOD love him and protect him Jackie Chan is something very special i dont believe that we will see again someone like him no one can replace him ...... Look the fight in Police Story part 2 children's playground how is this possible no computer just real Stunt i'm speechless just because this kind of Action Stunts and fights Jackie Chan are a living Legend....love him from my heart ❤

[@masonboyne5074]

Armour of God,meals on wheels and Project A are my all-time favourites when I was younger and I'm 41 now 👍🏼

[@CrazyZoid]

Legend of the drunken master. How could you miss that?

[@sugarray8142]

Thanks for uploading this! Watching this from HK on CNY. I saw this program on Channel 4 in the U.K. when it first aired. Jackie is literally one of a kind and I believe Police Story 1 was his greatest film in terms of the set pieces ie the police raid in the shanty town which is still breathtaking in it’s magnitude with no CGI use. The fight choreography in the final shopping mall scene was incredible and unparalleled in modern day cinema. You can see the injuries he sustained in the outtakes at the end of his films. No one has ever suffered as much as Jackie for his art. Although Tom Cruise makes great action movies, he still has the use of modern CGI and safety wires to protect him from serious harm. Knowing Jackie had none of these in that film makes me admire and appreciate what him and his stunt team gave to HK cinema in the 80s and early 90s. Sadly for us this type of spectacle will never be seen again.

[@masonboyne5074]

My favourite Jackie Chan movie's are Project A,Meals on wheels and Armour of God

[@jasonevans498]

I'm so glad this interview is online. I recorded this on VHS back when it was aired in September 1989, and the tape went awol a few years later. 30 years have passed and Jackie is still making movies. Fantastic career, and quite frankly it's amazing he's still alive after these stunts lol

[@dtz1000]

Same here. I recorded this back in the day but taped over the beginning. I'm glad this exists on KZbin.

[@dundun679]

the biggest thing that made the documentary great was Jonathan Ross, I like his style so much ever since he was host on Penn and teller, such a gentlemen with knowledge and skills.

[@dppin97]

most def

[@michaelchen9545]

Jackie is a legend forever and Maggie was adorable at the time!

[@blabla-rg7ky]

not my kind of girl to be honest. Zhang Zyi has been way hotter back in the day when she's starred in Rush Hour... or has it been RH2? I don't remember...

[@trevorj3838]

Lola forna enough said

[@jp3813]

@@blabla-rg7ky This was in the late 80s.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

@@jp3813 I know, bro! But I still liked Zhang Zyi more

[@jp3813]

@@blabla-rg7ky She was like 10-years-old. lol

[@HaerinPaul]

Amazing documentary and very rare. Thanks so much for uploading. Videos like these is the reason youtube is so great 😊

[@lauraduffy9055]

Jonathan Ross, thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing this brilliant footage with Jackie Chan. What a spectacular interview and what great insights Jackie shared. I think he felt very relaxed with you. Thank you again! Laura

[@abituabi8090]

Jackie is amazing. I love his fights. He is very charming I think.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

you think right...

[@tj-nu7iu]

Ohhh I remember watching this when the doco first aired on TV! Thank you for this & you did an amazing job converting this from VHS to digital. Brings back memories. Wow so it was young Jonathan Ross

[@jessicalee333]

I remember seeing this documentary before I knew who Jackie was (or who Jonathan Ross was, for that matter). I made an effort to find his movies after that - not long before Rush Hour first came out, and his movies were coming to video in America more around that time - and I've been a fan ever since. But I forgot that was him in Cannonball Run!

[@DavidMisselbrook]

So glad to see this again takes me back to 1989 when i was 15 i too had this on vhs but its now lost or gone great documentary of jackie chan loved all his movies and he still going man is a legend 👍👍👍

[@cmkimciago9602]

I loved hearing Maggie speaking English :D

[@OrochiCr]

Love Maggie too, she is so cute still strong.

[@ameenatalabucon1727]

Jackie Chan u r handsome inside outside honest n humble❤️

[@TheAdArchive]

I remember seeing this when it originally aired. Straight after I remember going to Rainbow Video in Bradford which was at the back of an asian general store. The kind of place where you could rent three movies for 50p (seriously) but you'd never watch the kind of movies that you could get for that price (lots of Indian action movies). But he literally had every Jackie Chan move and I devoured them all over the coming weeks.

[@benbennett354]

thanks for this comment, really evocative and interesting.

[@benbennett354]

Sorry, I phrased that weirdly, sounds like AI wrote it, I can assure you there is nothing artifical about my low intelligence.

[@terrycharnley]

Thanks for uploading and a nice intro too. A terrific show this was, one of Jonathon Ross's best. It gave the lesser known film stars and film makers, perhaps the more independant ones an opportunity to shine, and be appreciated. Best ones for me were this one with Jackie Chan and Sam Raimi

[@mrdonvintonswonderfultakes113]

A lot of these video cassettes get misplaced and we can only recall vague details so thank you very much for sharing this lost gem❤

[@Realmasterorder]

The Real Deal ! Jackie and his team were just unmatched for Decades ! he is the greatest martial arts ghoreographer and stunt man of the century

[@blabla-rg7ky]

indeed he is

[@P.Whitestrake]

The best stunt team in the world.

[@Lofuuzi]

New "Just do it." Jackie Chan version

[@charlestran7309]

Ugly?! more like handsome asf

[@venomgold]

Great job i just found this in my VHS collection and was about to upload it.

[@leewright1176]

I remember this back in the day. I recorded it on video and made my family watch it. I was only 14. Lol.

[@shironkurian6631]

NO FEAR .. NO STUNTMAN. NO EQUALS

[@OrochiCr]

I do really appreciate you upload this. Thank you!!

[@koolstup]

Thanks, great quality...looks more like Betamax lol. Still got this on Beta in the loft...just no player anymore.

[@battousaicopath.4508]

"if anything happen, we get married." lmfao!😂😂😂 -jackie to maggie cheung doing the stunt.😂

[@42kellys]

Thank you. To think that Jackie Chan made 100 films by the time he was 30 and he said for 3 more years and yet he has been working for 30 more years! He is very special. And he is cute. Interestingly, he thinks of himself as ugly but he is kind of cute. He can be good-looking too, I wonder if he were never told. But what is most amazing is that even today there are people who doubt both his and Bruce Lee's skills as martial artists saying they were just actors. I am always stunned when people come up with these ridiculous ideas, when they were always so fast that the moves cannot even be seen on the camera. Anyway, it is great to watch this old documentary with Jonathan Ross. I like the guy he is a clever but he is also a likeable one. Thank you for uploading it, so we could enjoy it too.

[@EvtheNev]

Thanks for sharing this, never seen it before.

[@jamesbondiv4072]

Great video! Those were the days. 24:23 should be "Cheung" 38:45 Wrong way round, it was Jackie pursuing the baddies!

[@cassiusfesto6753]

How I wish Jackie Chan would work with Brandon Lee during this time period 😔😔

[@진실대한민국]

Willie chan, missing you.

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thanks for sharing. Good quality.

[@aseemkaushik9463]

4:04 audience come to see jc not double 15:53 many Bruce Lees 24:04 movies is my life 38:03 someday I die people will remember me

[@jetlino.1126]

I love this vhs recording😄😄😄😄😄😆😆😆😆,do you have more?upload upload more.

[@sadderthanyou7793]

"There's a hole in your head." I can't...

[@chloephappy]

Wow 24years ago video Jackie Chan is really great actor and awesome guy :) Thank you uploader

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

28:27 - I love how the other actor continues to kick Jackie while he's legitimately on fire. That's what you do though! You don't want to ruin a potentially awesome take! But at the time I can imagine Jackie saying "I don't need this right now!!!!"

[@kavitabadaye452]

He has done soo much and is alive, I have not yet achieve anything and I just want to die

[@almo8989]

"That's the Yugoslavians for you" lol

[@sasaha8389]

so many people would love to meet jackie in his prime :0

[@cherylcohen5700]

Would love to meet him NOW.

[@meghala.d3041]

It's hard to watch ur childhood hero getting older day by day. I just love him so much❤. Everyday I'm thinking like if jackies dies i will be broken😖Just thinking about that makes me very upset and I'm crying everyday😭. I know if a person was born he/she need to die some day.if there was a way to give extra life to other person.😄Then i would happily give my life to the legend Jackie chan☺

[@angiekristen7924]

God blessed him with long and healthy life...I wish him all the good wishes that he always be happy and live a long life...

[@retrorapmusic]

"Goddamit! Im coming down" - love this guy

[@shahwiqarshahin2130]

11:51 - Cheeky boy. it's an open secret now that we know Hong Kong fight scenes were filmed at 22fps then edited to 24 fps; hence the fast pace fight scene. But this guy was my role model. Loved him.

[@battousaicopath.4508]

Maggie Cheung.💕

[@chanimpresario4968]

9:37 I saw this on this show and went out and bought this my pocket money as a child from HMV the next week. I saw Police story 1 and knew I would not be disappointed. "I don't want his mother to recognise him!" When I heard the dubbed version of that I want Jackie to beat them up.

[@NickoyKesto-z3z]

Love the skill work interview Jackie

[@phillipsantana2633]

What impressed me the most early on no one really cared about Jackie in fact he was called box office poison. But he kept making films and became a box office success.

[@foundatlantis]

i remember this on vhs lol i was like 3

[@yaris684]

back when hong kong was still hong kong...

[@eew9company417]

The way Jackie choreography his fight scene is amzing

[@sergiozdrums]

Jackie THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!

[@lmhorigin8018]

Jackie Chan is one of the greatest man ever.Love him.

[@keonmedina3873]

I'm watching this a few days after his 70th birthday

[@Bassquake76]

Watched this so many times back in the day! "Only" took about 10 years later until Jackie broke the mainstream American market with Rush Hour in 1998!

[@juniorrr7322]

Nah, he broke through wit rumble in the bronx. It's all good tho.

[@Bassquake76]

@@juniorrr7322 True. Don't know why I said Rush Hour lol

[@teteichhakchhuak6601]

Jackie i love you

[@ashokp3772]

Jackie Chan sir you vintage time is very beautiful youngman from India 🤗🇮🇳

[@ClaudineHerrera]

24:12 Maggie Cheung can't believe she's features of this video being joined to the scary stunt of Project A part two and interviewing her in English, a funny moment of her and Jackie Chan before the rolling so embarrassed lol!

[@jakeonfilm]

We love Jackie so much we started our new film review show with Operation Condor! We breakdown all our top moments from our top Jackie movie and share facts about his legendary man himself. Check out our channel for more! Go Jackie!

[@WanJieMing]

Why only Japanese fans are invited in his birthday party ? Still now. It's discrimination. I once wanted to meet him to an event, but it was only for Japan Fan Club. I was really mad.

[@sperrin]

JR: "How long can you keep doing the stunts?" JC: "Three more years, four more years." Close Jackie, around 30 or so years.

[@mahmoudabdulaziz5608]

I Prefer To Watch MR Jackie Chan Movies More Than Any Other Actor Not Only In Asians Or Hollywood Cinema But Also In All Over The Glove The Reason Is Because He Does The Movies Stunts With His Own Self He Never Ever Bring Stunt Men That Is Why He Is Loveable And Meny People Prefer To Watch His Movies And To Watch His Action Stunts I Wish MR Chan Young Chan All The Best In His Career And I Wish Him And All His Family And Relatives All The Best , Greetings From Mahmoud Abdulaziz An Egyptian Who Working In Saudi Arabia And I Wish To See You Soon Either In Egypt Or In Saudi Arabia.

[@TerryTheNewsGirl]

Love that clock on the wall in Willie's office. Where can I get one?

[@AshleyPomeroy]

I'd forgotten about the little scrolling box that appeared before the adverts.

[@JuiKuen]

I miss those times...

[@dellyly9259]

Love jacky chan

[@melsonsim6247]

Delly Ly project a

[@GenivalSiqueira]

Incredible

[@trustobey1016]

Jackie says, just do it.

[@ashishxoxo]

Man called Incredible 🙏🙏🙏👍

[@gervang1820]

Why does all these people and even Jackie think he’s ugly? Most people of my race keep saying they wish they were handsome like Jackie.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

39:00 "You didn't scratch that corner. Rebuild the city for take 308" - Jackie Chan to his crew

[@keonmedina3873]

Hidden gem 💎

[@OtojitoBG]

Legend all world love him

[@gold6813]

69 years old and still doing stunts!

[@cosd3799]

10:34 that is KEN LO the main antagonist in Drunken Master 2.

[@natarajrangayana]

Master of action!

[@robertshand3515]

Them fights scenes MUST be speeded up and i am a Jackie Chan fan!

[@LyricalMasterMind1]

Robert Shand What?

[@cherylcohen5700]

Actually...in the Forbidden Kingdom, camera speed had to be SLOWED because both Jackies & Jets movements were too fast and were recorded by the camera as blurs...

[@cherylcohen5700]

Ive watched several BTS and although occasionally some are filmed at 22 and played back at 24, most moves in reality are filmed at regular speed or SLOWED DOWN. These guys are incredibly fast. Ie: in Forbidden Kingdom, Jackie and Jet were told to slow it down because the camera was catching a blur instead of the action making the total scene unclear.

[@cherylcohen5700]

Sorry...didnt realize I had already responded.

[@ysangpelonia7056]

I Love JACKIE

[@danielspencer6174]

Hi Jackie Chan johnthan Ross Yen bio sammo hung and Jackie chan dragon forever was so good when there done movie together?

[@annabelbalboa8864]

Lucky to watched drunken master in 1978 at rodeo cinema mla

[@danielspencer6174]

Johnthan Ross is good interviewing Jackie Chan sonny chiba I never seen interviews jet lee donnie Yen Gordon liu & sammo hung?

[@nickm2483]

Maggie Cheung = beautiful and gutsy!

[@charliedeanstuff]

There's a hole in your head?... Now I know why you can't get insured" - Johnathan Ross

[@NO1jkpg]

Come on, Jackie is not ugly and he been with many beautiful and famous asian actors. I wonder if he had tried other girls beside asians. He is great singer also. He seem better with his english as young, than he was later on.

[@leewright1176]

30 years ago today.

[@anmolbhartibharti]

❤️ Jackie Chan 🇮🇳

[@Shox-p9o]

Jeki😊cheen

[@yiyao1522]

6:07 Looks like Nike stole their slogan from jackie.

[@Daniel.Pestana]

Who is the copyright owner of this vídeo

[@Michator]

I NEED the different instrumental pieces of music in this!! Any ideas anyone ??

[@Ivebeenbleak]

Goodness gracious I love Maggie

[@rickdeckard9810]

Jackie knew back then he wasn't going to be a leading man, a romantic Hollywood lead, he was an action and comedy star and he stuck with that. I would've liked to have seen Jackie play a bad guy or some darker theme movie but he never did, he was too soft for Hollywood unlike Jet Li or Bruce Lee.

[@ritchiegeocado2521]

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[@philiphoward123]

When Jacky Chan's English is better than yours...

[@tzai]

Apparent Lee

[@aakishkaushik]

I don't get it. He keeps saying his english isn't good. That's not the case here is it...