Jackie Chan: Inside the Dragon - Softcover

Gentry III, Clyde

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878339701 ISBN 13: 9780878339709

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

Jackie Chan: Inside the Dragon is the first biography of this international star. Drawn from one-on-one interviews with Chan himself and the actors, actresses, directors, and other stuntmen who've worked with him, fans will finish this book knowing all the details behind Chan's life and films.

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From Booklist:

Jackie Chan--for more than a decade Asia's reigning superstar, whose movies combine martial arts, self-deprecating comedy, and breathtaking stunts performed by Chan himself--has finally begun to score in the U.S. Gentry traces his remarkable career, from rigorous boyhood training in the Chinese opera and early "chopsocky" film efforts to his recent Hollywood breakthrough and his newest film, Mr. Wise Guy. Even though Gentry draws on interviews with Chan and his associates as well as an impressive knowledge of Hong Kong cinema, his work still often resembles a fanzine in tone and organization (e.g., one chapter is devoted to Chan's 10 best fight scenes). But given the awe and affection Jackie inspires, such fannishness is hardly altogether inappropriate. Other and, most likely, better books on Chan, including an autobiography, are in the pipeline. Despite its shortcomings, Gentry's isn't a bad resource for the hordes of new Chan fans on this side of the Pacific. Gordon Flagg

About this edition

• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0878339701
• ISBN 13: 9780878339709
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192