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, 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.

• Antoine CoursatDirector

• Jackie ChanSelf
• Marie BorginiNarrator (french voice over)
• Verena RendtorffNarrator (dutch voice over)
• Sebastian GriegelNarrator (dutch voice over)
• Thomas WenkeNarrator (dutch voice over)
• Brett RatnerSelf (archive footage)
• Bruce LeeSelf (archive footage)
• Jaden SmithSelf (archive footage)
• Will SmithSelf (archive footage)
• Sylvester StalloneSelf (archive footage)
• Chris TuckerSelf (archive footage)
• Owen WilsonSelf (archive footage)