Taglines: The old west meets the far east.
A 19th century Western. Chon Wang is a clumsy Imperial Guard to the Emperor of China. When Princess Pei Pei is kidnapped from the Forbidden City, Wang feels personally responsible and insists on joining the guards sent to rescue the Princess, who has been whisked away to the United States. In Nevada and hot on the trail of the kidnappers, Wang is separated from the group and soon finds himself an unlikely partner with Roy O’Bannon, a small time robber with delusions of grandeur. Together, the two forge onto one misadventure after another.
hanghai Noon is a 2000 American-Hong Kong martial arts western comedy film starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Brandon Merrill, Roger Yuan, Xander Berkeley, Jason Connery, Rongguang Yu, Olivia Cheng, Jody Thompson and Eliza Norbury. The first in the Shanghai (film series). The film, marking the directorial debut of Tom Dey, was written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar.
The film, set in Nevada and other parts of the American West in the 19th century, is a juxtaposition of a western with a kung fu action film with extended martial arts sequences. It also has elements of comedy and the “Buddy Cop” film genre, as it involves two men of different personalities and ethnicities (a Chinese imperial guard and a white Western outlaw) who team up to stop a crime. It was partially filmed in the Canadian Badlands, near Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, and also near Cochrane, Alberta. A sequel, Shanghai Knights, was released in 2003, with David Dobkin as director.
Shanghai Noon (2000)
Directed by: Tom Dey
Starring: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Brandon Merrill, Roger Yuan, Xander Berkeley, Jason Connery, Rongguang Yu, Olivia Cheng, Jody Thompson, Eliza Norbury
Screenplay by: Miles Millar, Alfred Gough
Production Design by: Peter J. Hampton
Cinematography by: Daniel Mindel
Film Editing by: Richard Chew
Çostume Design by: Joseph A. Porro
Set Decoration by: Bryony Foster
Art Direction by: Jeff Ginn, Brandt Gordon
Music by: Randy Edelman
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for action violence, some drug humor, language and sensuality.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: May 26, 2000
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