Police story and Police story 2
The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in Jackie Chan's breathtakingly inventive action comedies, two smash hits that made him a worldwide icon of daredevil spectacle. The director/star/one-man stunt machine plays Ka-kui, a Hong Kong police inspector whose methods are, ahem, unorthodox; the phenomenal Maggie Cheung, in a star-making role, plays his much-put-upon girlfriend, May. Packed wall-to-wall with astoundingly acrobatic fight choreography, epic explosions, charmingly goofball slapstick, and awesomely 1980s electro soundtracks, Police Story and Police Story 2 set a new standard for rock-'em, sock-'em mayhem that established Chan as a performer of unparalleled grace and daring and would influence a generation of filmmakers, from Hong Kong to Hollywood
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- ISBN: 9781681435763
- Physical Description 3 videodiscs (222 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded leaflet (illustrations ; 19 cm).
- Edition Three-DVD special edition; widescreen.
- Publisher [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]
- Copyright ©2019
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| General Note: | Widescreen. Originally released as motion pictures in 1985 and 1988. Features: New 4K digital restorations of Police Story and Police Story 2; Alternate 5.1 surround soundtracks; Alternate version of Police Story 2, presented in a 2K digital transfer for the first time from a subtitled 35 mm Hong Kong-release print; New interview with filmmaker Edgar Wright and a 2017 podcast conversation between Wright and actor-director Jackie Chan; New programs on Chan's screen persona and action-filmmaking techniques featuring author and New York Asian Film Festival cofounder Grady Hendrix; Episode of Son of the Incredibly Strange Film Show from 1989 featuring interviews with Chan and actor Maggie Cheung; Archival interviews with Chan and actor and stuntman Benny Lai; Excerpts from Jackie Chan: My Stunts, a 1999 documentary codirected by and starring Chan; Excerpt from a 2017 television program reuniting Chan with the original members of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team; Television program from 1964 detailing the rigors of Beijing-opera training, akin to the education that Chan received as a child; Chan stunt reel; Trailers; on insert, an essay by critic Nick Pinkerton. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | [disc 1]. Police story (1985 : 100 min.) -- [disc 2]. Police story 2 (1988 : 122 min.) -- [disc 3]. Supplements. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Police story: director of photography, Cheung Yiu-Jo ; editor, Peter Cheung ; music, Michael Lai. Police story part II: director of photography, Cheung Yiu-Jo ; editors, Peter Cheung, Keung Chuen-Tak, Sek Chi-Kong ; music, Michael Lai. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Police story: Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Chor Yuen, Bill Tung, Ken Tong, Lam Kwok-Hung. Police story part II: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Bill Tung, Lam Kwok-Hung. |
| System Details Note: | DVD; NTSC; region 1; 16:9 widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono (Cantonese, English) or Dolby Digital 5.1 surround (Cantonese). |
| Language Note: | Cantonese and dubbed English soundtracks with optional English subtitiles; Hong Kong-release version of Police story part II: Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. |
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