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the 20th century. Featuring Chan’s most infamous death- defying stunt (falling from a clocktower with only a few flimsy awnings to break his fall), numerous bone-breaking fights, and lots of laughs, this film exemplifies the Three Dragons’ signature blend of action and comedy. DIRECTED BY: Jackie Chan. WRITTEN BY: Jackie Chan, Edward Tang. WITH: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Dick Wei. 1983. 104 min. Hong Kong. Color. Scope. Cantonese. Rated PG-13. DCP.
form. With young Hung as an integral character, this biopic was Hong Kong’s submission for the Academy Awards and earned Hung his second Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the touching portrayal of his former master. DIRECTED BY: Alex Law. WRITTEN BY: Alex Law, Mabel Cheung. WITH: Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying, Cheng Pei-pei, Chung Gam-yam. 1988. 112 min. Hong Kong. Color. Cantonese. Not Rated. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Eastern Condors
Wheels on Meals
Eastern Condors Fri, May 19 | 7:30pm | TMT
Wheels on Meals with Dragons Forever Sat, May 6 | 7:30pm | TMT Wheels on Meals
Set right after the Vietnam War, Hung’s tribute to American war films has a group of convicts sent on a secret mission with the promise of pardons. Aided by a trio of female guerillas, they must destroy an abandoned bunker of missiles before it falls into the wrong hands. Can this group of misfits work together to achieve their goal with a sadistic general on their trail? Hung slimmed down from his signature larger-than-life figure for the lead role in his epic war film laced with arguably some of the greatest martial arts sequences caught on film. DIRECTED BY: Sammo Hung. WRITTEN BY: Barry Wong. WITH: Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Joyce Godenzi, Yuen Wah. 1987. 100 min. Hong Kong. Color. Scope. Cantonese. Rated R. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Two Chinese food truck owners and their private detective friend, who’ve made a home in Barcelona, get mixed up with a clever pickpocket, sending them on a surprise adventure. When the pickpocket turns out to be the heiress to a vast fortune, the Three Dragons team up to protect her from a distant relative looking to take the money for himself. Featuring what’s often considered Jackie Chan’s greatest one-on-one fight scene, versus real-life kickboxer Benny “The Jet” Urquidez, Hung’s blend of comedic lightness and shocking action reached new heights for martial arts films. DIRECTED BY: Sammo Hung. WRITTEN BY: Edward Tang, Johnny Lee. WITH: Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Lola Forner. 1984. 109 min. Hong Kong. Color. Cantonese. Not Rated. DCP. Dragons Forever In the final film starring the Three Dragons, Jackie Chan plays against type as a slick lawyer hired by a chemical plant to represent them against a fishery suing over pollutants. When he hires two friends to look into the fishery’s owner to discredit her, they uncover the dirty secret that the chemical plant is actually manufacturing drugs. When one of them ends up in trouble with the drug operation, the other two come to the rescue, fighting their way through an army of henchmen, leading to a climax that features a rematch between Jackie and Benny “The Jet” Urquidez. DIRECTED BY: Sammo Hung. WRITTEN BY: Szeto Cheuk-hon. WITH: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Deannie Ip. 1988. 95 min. Hong Kong. Color. Cantonese. Not Rated. DCP.
Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon
Painted Faces Sun, May 7 | 2pm | TMT
Odd Couple with Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon Sat, May 20 | 7:30pm | TMT Odd Couple One of two films made by Gar Bo Motion Picture Company, founded by Hung with collaborators Lau Kar-wing and Karl Maka, Odd Couple is a classic kung-fu comedy crafted to display the stars’ mastery of traditional martial arts weaponry in dual roles. Two elderly masters, King of Sabers (Hung) and
From age 9 to 16, Hung trained as an acrobat and singer at one of the foremost Peking Opera schools in Hong Kong, which was home to several students who became important figures in the film industry. Painted Faces shows the rigorous training students went through, while focusing on their master coming to terms with the fading popularity of their art
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