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Subject: Chow Yun Fat info, for Hope

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Date Posted: 13:22:54 10/08/02 Tue
In reply to: Lynn7 's message, "Martial Arts" on 18:04:59 10/07/02 Mon

Chow Yun Fat has made approximately 80 movies, beginning in 1974. It looks like a lot of them are romances instead of action movies. I've only gotten to see 15 of them (all action), and I keep my eyes open for the others. Most people don't realize just how long he's actually been making movies!

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[> Subject: Jackie Chan

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Date Posted: 13:31:19 10/08/02 Tue

Chan has been in a total of 115 movies and/or tv series. In HongKong, he's known for his straight martial arts movies, the US has only been exposed to the comedic ones. A good import that's usually available over here is Operation Condor, which combines martial arts, action, and an Indiana Jones style story line. In recent years, Chan has put on a bit of weight and has a "softer" more round faced look than he used to, at one point, he was very similar in build to Jet Li, with a more sharply angled face that went well with the straight action movies.

The US audiences who have "discovered' Chan usually have no clue about the huge amount of work he's done in China, and think of him as a martial arts comedian, which is a recent development for him.