RUSSIA: JACKIE CHAN ARRIVES IN MOSCOW TO PROMOTE HIS NEW FILM "SHANGHAI NOON".

Record ID: 390277

  • Title: RUSSIA: JACKIE CHAN ARRIVES IN MOSCOW TO PROMOTE HIS NEW FILM "SHANGHAI NOON".
  • Date: 16th October 2000
  • Summary: MUST COURTESY TOUCHSTONE PICTURES. FILM CLIP 'SHANGHAI NOON.'
  • Embargoed: 31st October 2000 12:00
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVAEMV3QN7ZSMP6CR9XO13UKWQRI
  • Story Text: Jackie Chan, one of the world's popular film stars, has arrived in Moscow to give a show for hundreds of Russian fans and to present his new movie "Shanghai Noon."
    Martial Arts star star Jackie Chan could have been expecting a cold time in Russia this week - but his fans turned out in force at Moscow airport to give him a warm greeting when the star jetted in for his first ever promotional trip to Russia.
    Hundreds of his fans, wearing T-shirts and holding posters gathered at Sheremetievo airport to greet their favourite actor - in town to promote his latest movie 'Shanghai Noon.'.
    The popular Hong-Kong born actor is known to millions of Russian fans for his well-known movies 'Armour of God,' 'Rumble in the Bronx' and the 1998 box-office hit 'Rush Hour,' and teenagers packed one of Moscow's biggest cinema halls - the Pushkinsky - to see him closer.
    Many Russian fans think of him as their idol.
    "I admire what he does as a stunt man. I have admired him since I was 9 years old, over ten years now, so I could not miss this" says 19 year-old Tatyana - a member of the Russian Jackie Chan fan club.
    "We came to see his new movie that we have seen on poor quality VHS tape and to watch the show that should be good", said another fan of Jackie Chan.
    The grinning Shanghai Noon star arrived at "Pushkinsky"
    cinema in a white limo, a white suit and dozens of bodyguards.
    A short performance of Chinese martial arts was followed by funny clips - including out-takes - that were done during the filming with co-actor Chris Tucker.
    Starting out as a stuntman, Chan was promoted to stardom as the potential successor to the late Bruce Lee.
    In his early films he was cast as a stone-cold killer.
    But when he began playing for laughs his career really started to kick.
    Now in his latest outing 'Shanghai Noon' - as opposed to the classic 'High Noon' - Chan spoofs the traditional western - in a comedy reminiscent of the old 'Kung Fu' TV series.
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