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SHANGHAI NOON (2000) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| Two cultures collide when East meets West in Shanghai Noon, a wildly hilarious, stunt-filled action-adventure comedy starring the death-defying action hero Jackie Chan. He plays Chinese Imperial Guard Chon Wang who hightails it to the wild and woolly West to rescue the beautiful kidnapped Princess Pei Pei. When he meets up with laid-back outlaw cowboy dude Roy O'Bannon -- the best mismatch ever made in the rough and tumble Old West -- the two face jail, brawls, bordellos and the vilest villains this side of the Great Wall! It's a real kick. |
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| Jackie Chan (Chon Wang), Owen Wilson (Roy O'Bannon), Lucy Liu (Princess Pei Pei), Brandon Merrill (Falling Leaves), Roger Yuan (Lo Fong), Xander Berkeley (Nathan Van Cleef), Rongguang Yu, Ya Hi Chui, Eric Chen (Imperial Guards), Jason Connery (Calvin Andrews), Walt Goggins (Wallace), Adrien Dorval (Blue), Rafael Baez (Vasquez), Stacy Grant (Hooker), Kate Luyben (Fifi), Henry O (Royal Interpreter), Russell Badget (Sioux Chief), Simon Baker (Little Feather), Sam Simon (Chief's Sidekick), Alan C. Peterson (Sheriff), Red Daly (Saddle Rock Deputy), Lee Jay Bamberry, Stephen Strachan, Tim Koetting (Van Cleef Deputies), Rick Ash (Jedadiah), Valerie Planche (Jedadiah's Wife), Tom Heaton (Bartender), James Baker, Jim Shield, Mike Mitchell, Shayne Litwiller (Bull's Eye Saloon Gamblers), Ben Slater, Terry King, Michelle Fransett (Saddle Rock Townfolks), Joyce Doolittle, Randy Birch, Andrew Krivanek (Carson City Townfolks), Christopher Hunt (Carson City Apothecary), Jody Thompson (Margie), Curtis Armstrong (Bulldock Drummond, scenes deleted), Cliff Solomon (Medicine Man, uncredited). |
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THE CLASSIC WESTERN GETS A KICK IN THE PANTS. |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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DIRECTOR: Tom Dey.
WRITERS: Miles Millar and Alfred Gough.
PRODUCERS: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum and Jonathan Glickman.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Bruce Moriarty.
CO-PRODUCERS: Jules Daly and Ned Dowd.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Jackie Chan, Willie Chan and Solon So.
LINE PRODUCER: Barbi Taylor.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Randy Edelman (score), Kid Rock (songs).
DISTRIBUTOR: Touchstone Pictures. |
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QUOTES |
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Princess Pei Pei: Father, is this my husband-to-be? He's a toad. If the Emperor is so fond of him, why doesn't he marry him? |
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Medicine Man: Don't worry, it could be worse -- he could be a white guy. |
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FACTS |
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RELEASE DATE: May 26th, 2000 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $19.6 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $56.9 million (USA)
BUDGET: $55 million (USA)
SHOOTING DATES: May 1999 -- August 1999
- The Chinese characters shown in the background during the opening credits are excerpts from a translation of "The Frog Prince."
- The name of Marshall Nathan Van Cleef is a homage to Lee Van Cleef who starred in many speghetti westerns.
- The catchy quote "I don't know karate, but I know crazy" is actually a line from a James Brown song.
- Jackie Chan's character name is Chon Wang, which sounds just like "John Wayne".
- The song playing during the first bar-fight sequence is the same song that plays during the 'dirty dozen' style intro of the characters in Armageddon (1998), an earlier Owen Wilson feature.
- Actress Brandon Merrill, who plays Chan's horse-riding Native American wife, is a real-life rodeo champion.
- Followed by a sequel: Shanghai Knights (2003). |
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Roy O'Bannon: My name's Roy O'Bannon.
Chon Wang: Chon Wang.
Roy O'Bannon: "John Wayne"? That's a terrible cowboy name. That's not going to work. And neither is the ponytail. |
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Nathan Van Cleef: How about that? It's a Mexican standoff. Only we ain't got no Mexicans. |
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Roy O'Bannon: We're not pinatas, we're men! |
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Roy O'Bannon: I don't know Karate but I do know crazy, and I will use it. |
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Nathan Van Cleef: That's some nice hardware you got there.
Roy O'Bannon: Stop looking at my package you twisted son of a bitch. |
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Chon Wang: Fight for honor. You will win. |
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Lo Fong: One thing about the Chinese, Mr. Andrews. We do not renegotiate. |
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Chon Wang: You gave me bad directions!
Roy O'Bannon: No, I gave you wrong directions. |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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"Outrageously funny!" -- Paul Wunder, WBAI Radio Network |
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"Two thumbs up!" -- Roger Ebert & The Movies |
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"...A fast, smart, very funny buddy flick!" -- Jonathan Foreman, The New York Times |
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