Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
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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, Jackie 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 for the entire Asian continent.
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Cast
12 people
Jackie Chan
Self
Known for
Rush Hour
The Karate Kid
Marie Borgini
Narrator (french voice over)
Verena Rendtorff
Narrator (dutch voice over)
Also in
Fragile
Kommissarin Lucas
Sebastian Griegel
Narrator (dutch voice over)
Known for
Masters of the Air
Young Woman and the Sea
Thomas Wenke
Narrator (dutch voice over)
Also in
Schneekind - Ein Schwarzwaldkrimi
Teenosaurus Rex
Brett Ratner
Self (archive footage)
Also in
The Grand
Unseen + Untold: Scarface
Bruce Lee
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Enter the Dragon
The Way of the Dragon
Jaden Smith
Self (archive footage)
Known for
After Earth
The Karate Kid
Will Smith
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Suicide Squad
I Am Legend
Sylvester Stallone
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Rocky
The Expendables
Chris Tucker
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Rush Hour
The Fifth Element
Owen Wilson
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Loki
Cars
Antoine Coursat Director · Joséphine Petit Editor Frank Leplat Editor
First release August 4, 2021 · Produced in Australia, France, Poland · Languages Chinese, English, French
Production
ZED
Production
Bonum Productions
Production
ARTE
Production
Ale Kino+
Production
Planète+
Production
SBS
Production
CNC
Production
Australia · France · Poland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Jackie Chan - Humour, gloire et kung-fu
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · French
Release dates
Australia · August 4, 2021
TV · SBS
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
January 5, 2023 · TV · ČT art
France
November 12, 2021 · Digital · Arte•tv
November 19, 2021 · TV · Arte
May 14, 2025 · Digital · Arte•tv
Germany
November 12, 2021 · Digital · Arte media library
November 19, 2021 · TV · Arte
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