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警察故事 /

Jing cha gu shi / Jia he ; Wei he dian ying zhi zuo you xian gong si ; chu pin ren Zou Wenhuai ; jian zhi He Guanchang ; dao yan Cheng Long = Police story / a Golden Harvest presentation ; Golden Way Films Ltd. ; Raymond Chow presents ; a Leonard K.C. Ho production ; directed by Jackie Chan. Jing cha gu shi xu ji / Jia he, a Golden Harvest presentation ; Wei he dian ying zhi zuo you xian gong si ; jian zhi, He Guanchang ; dao yan, Cheng Long ; chu pin ren, Zou Wenhuai ; bian ju, Cheng Long, Deng Jingsheng = Police story part II / a Golden Harvest presentation ; Golden Way Films Ltd. ; produced by Leonard Ho ; directed by Jackie Chan.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC3019D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Chinese, English Original language: Chinese Subtitle language: English, Chinese Series: Criterion collection ; 971-972.Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: Three-DVD special edition; widescreenDescription: 3 videodiscs (222 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out leaflet (illustrations ; 19 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781681435763
  • 1681435764
Other title:
  • Police story
  • Police story 2
  • Police story part II
  • Policy story part 2
  • Title on container: Police story, Police story 2
  • Police story also known as: Ging chaat goo si
  • Police story part II also known as: Ging chaat goo si juk jaap
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
[disc 1]. Police story (1985 : 100 min.) -- [disc 2]. Police story 2 (1988 : 122 min.) -- [disc 3]. Supplements.
Production credits:
  • 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.
Cast: Police story: Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Chor Yuen, Bill Tung, Ken Tong, Lam Kwok-Hung.Cast: Police story part II: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Bill Tung, Lam Kwok-Hung.Summary: "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"--Container.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD WORLD POLICE S Available 33111009914272
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in these inventive action comedies, two smash hits that made Jackie Chan a worldwide icon of daredevil spectacle. The director/star/one-man stunt machine plays Ka-Kui, a Hong Kong police inspector whose methods are unorthodox; the phenomenal Maggie Cheung plays his much-put-upon girlfriend, May. Packed with astoundingly acrobatic fight choreography, epic explosions, charmingly goofball slapstick, and awesomely 1980s electro soundtracks.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; 16:9 widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono (Cantonese, English) or Dolby Digital 5.1 surround (Cantonese).

Cantonese and dubbed English soundtracks with optional English subtitles; Hong Kong-release version of Police story part II: Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles.

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.

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.

[disc 1]. Police story (1985 : 100 min.) -- [disc 2]. Police story 2 (1988 : 122 min.) -- [disc 3]. Supplements.

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.

"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"--Container.

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