Shanghai Noon

Theatrical Release Date: 2000 05 26 (USA)

UPC: 717951010605

Studio: Walt Disney Video

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Western Violence]

Summary: Jackie Chan has often played a fish out of water, but he's rarely found himself so far upstream as in this comic adventure, in which he puts his fighting skills to the test in the Old West of the 1850s. Lo Fong (Roger Yuan), onetime captain of the Chinese Imperial Guard, has traded upholding the law for smuggling opium. Needing some operating capital, Lo Fong kidnaps the Emperor's daughter, Princess Pei Pei (Lucy Liu), and takes her to America. When the Emperor sends his best men to find her, Chon Wang (Chan), one of the Emperor's less distinguished guards, insists on joining them; he feels at fault for Lo Fong's capturing the Princess, and he wants to make amends. However, while the rescue party scours the West, Chon Wang gets separated from the group and soon becomes lost. When he crosses paths with Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson), a bright but arrogant train robber, the two become unlikely allies. While Shanghai Noon was billed as Jackie Chan's follow-up to Rush Hour, his first successful American-made feature, it was actually filmed in Canada, as was Chan's breakthrough film in America, the Hong Kong-backed Rumble in the Bronx. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Action

Features: Audio commentary by actor/producer Jackie Chan, actor Owen Wilson, and director Tom Dey
Seven deleted scenes, including a never-before-seen special effects train wreck sequence
Behind-the-scenes featurettes
"Shanghai Surprise" interactive
"Action Overload"
Uncle Kracker music video
French-language track, 5.1 Surround Sound
Spanish subtitles
5.1 Surround
Widescreen [2.35:1] enhanced for 16x9 televisions

Shanghai Noon

Format: DVD

Release Date: 10/10/2000

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 110 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Chapter Selection
1. Opening Credits/Forbidden City [:02]
2. Imperial Guards [4:31]
3. Wingin' It [4:31]
4. Betrayed [1:40]
5. Just Dig [1:40]
6. Counting Crows [:29]
7. The Wedding Ceremony [:29]
8. Fong's Plan [8:19]
9. Barroom Brawl [2:33]
10. Jailbreak [3:37]
11. Cowboy Lessons [4:44]
12. Drives Girls Crazy [4:32]
13. Drinking Game [1:24]
14. A Question of Honor [6:49]
15. Gallows Escape [8:38]
16. Sayonara [5:35]
17. You've Come a Long Way [:09]
18. Roy to the Rescue [:09]
19. Paid in Full [:07]
20. "The Princess Stays" [:07]
21. "A Mexican Standoff" [9:49]
22. Save the Princess [7:20]
23. "It's a Miracle!" [2:23]
24. Ding Dong Fong [2:22]
25. Partners [2:07]
26. "You Say Wampum" [:35]
27. Lawmen [1:55]
28. Outtakes/Closing Credits [1:54]

Adam Goldberg

After the celluloid debacle known as Wild Wild West, moviegoers might be wary of a big-screen bonanza set in the Old West. However, Shanghai Noon breathes fresh air into the seemingly tired genre. It is an amalgamation of the Western, the buddy movie, and the kung-fu film in which "East-meets-Western." This effort marks the first time Chan is truly able to show his comic persona instead of being the kind of supporting player he was in Rush Hour. Chan is no longer the stern "Asian cop," but a very charming and charismatic hero with physical routines that rival those of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. While the film displays the usual arsenal of backflips and karate chops, Chan also loosens up for his American audience. His character gets high and drunk, and Chan even sleeps with a woman for the first time on film. Owen Wilson, meanwhile, proves once again that he has a unique gift for comic timing. As in the typical buddy movie, the unlikely duo serve both as perfect foils and perfect complements to each other. The result is a highly entertaining and surprisingly comic thrill-ride with some truly unforgettable moments -- most notably during a Chinese drinking game that occurs in a bubble bath. The film also captures the look and feel of the Westerns of yore, packed with everything from saloon fights to high noon showdowns. The script cleverly pokes fun at these classic clich?s, however, while paying tribute to such earlier pictures as Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid. The average moviegoer will notice the obvious references (Jackie Chan plays a character name Chon Wang, often mistaken for John Wayne), while the Western devotee will have a field day trying to find the more obscure Wild West homages. ~ Adam Goldberg, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Alan C. Peterson  Actor 
Gary Barber  Producer 
Roger Birnbaum  Producer 
Jackie Chan  Executive Producer 
Willie Chan  Executive Producer 
Randy Edelman  Composer (Music Score) 
Jonathan Glickman  Producer 
Alfred Gough  Screenwriter 
Miles Millar  Screenwriter 
Solon So  Executive Producer 
Tom Dey  Director 
Jackie Chan  Actor 
Owen Wilson  Actor 
Lucy Liu  Actor 
Brandon Merrill  Actor 
Roger Yuan  Actor 
Xander Berkeley  Actor 
Yu Rongguang  Actor 
Cui Ya Hi  Actor 
Eric Chen  Actor 
Walton Goggins  Actor 
P. Adrien Dorval  Actor 
Rafael Baez  Actor 
Stacy Grant  Actor 
Kate Luyben  Actor 
Jason Connery  Actor 
Henry O  Actor 
Russell Badger  Actor 

Country: USA