Shanghai Noon

"The old west meets the far east."

2000 1h 50m EN

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6.4

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80%

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METACRITIC

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6.6

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 2,879🍅80%Rotten Tomatoes●77Metacritic★6.6IMDB · 139,655

AdventureComedyWestern

Synopsis

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Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard, trails Princess Pei Pei when she's kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner, outcast outlaw Roy O'Bannon, and tries to spring the princess from her imprisonment.

“The old west meets the far east.”

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Cast

Jackie Chan
Chon Wang
Owen Wilson
Roy O'Bannon
Lucy Liu
Princess Pei Pei
Xander Berkeley
Nathan Van Cleef
Roger Yuan
Lo Fong
Yu Rongguang
Imperial Guard
Walton Goggins
Wallace
Brandon Merrill
Indian Wife

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tom Dey
Writers: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Corran Brownlee
Languages: English, Mandarin, Spanish
Countries: United States of America, Hong Kong

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $55M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Mandarin, Spanish.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Hong Kong.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Shanghai Noon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tom Dey, shot by Dan Mindel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Randy Edelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Richard Chew shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tom Dey directs. Dan Mindel behind the camera. Randy Edelman scores. Richard Chew cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America, Hong Kong. Dialogue in English, Mandarin, Spanish.

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1Mid-budget at $55M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Mandarin, Spanish.
4International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Hong Kong.
5Part of the "Shanghai Noon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Tom Dey, shot by Dan Mindel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Randy Edelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Richard Chew shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson and Lucy Liu carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "The old west meets the far east.".
11IMDB entry: tt0184894 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 14 themes, including "princess", "rescue", "martial arts", "native american".

The technical file

Cinematography: Dan Mindel
Original score: Randy Edelman
Editing: Richard Chew
Production design: Peter J. Hampton
Costume design: Joseph A. Porro
Makeup / hair: Ann Pala
VFX supervisor: Tim Landry
Sound: Tim Chau
Stunt coordinator: Brent Woolsey
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $55,000,000
Box office: $99,274,467
Return: 180% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Shanghai Noon (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes: 80% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 77/100
IMDB rating: 6.6/10 · 139,655 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

1 win & 7 nominations total

Part of

Shanghai Noon Collection

Shanghai Noon is a 2000 Chinese-American action comedy western film starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson and Lucy Liu. The film, marking the directorial debut of Tom Dey, was written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. A sequel, Shanghai Knights, was released in 2003, with David Dobkin as director.

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Wuchak2020-09-27
★ 7/10
Entertaining action/comedy Western Released in 2000, "Shanghai Noon" features Jackie Chan as Chon Wang (the Chinese spelling of John Wayne) who teams up with good bad-guy Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson). They're pursuing the Empress of China or a load of gold -- whatever -- and have many misadventures. It didn't dawn on me until the end that the title "Shanghai Noon" is a comical take on "High Noon" (aduh). Anyway, this is a good flick to watch if you're in the mood for an Indiana Jones-type movie, like 1999's "The Mummy." It's not as good as "Raiders of the Lost Ark", but it's better than its sequels. Chan and Wilson have great chemistry and the humor is amusing, like the Wyatt Earp line at the end. Of course, with Jackie Chan the action is great as well, but it goes a bit overboard towards the end, which is typical of Hollywood, as well as overlong. The film runs 110 minutes and was shot in Alberta, Canada, and the Forbidden City, Beijing. GRADE: B

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