- Genre: Action
- Movie Type: Martial Arts
- Themes: Ghosts
- Release Year: 1978
- Country: HK
- Run Time: 97 minutes
Spiritual Kung Fu
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- Release Date: November 28, 2000
- Genre: Rock
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A psychedelic rock quintet from Madison, WI, at one moment Plastic sounds like Lenny Kravitz, the next synth-driven Scary Monsters Bowie, and the next Smashing Pumpkins. What got my interest was that they've covered the Cure's "Fascination Street" and the Cars' "Moving With Stereo," but they're less subversive than the former and as transparent as the latter without Ric Ocasek's uniqueness. This is too overproduced, with Jake Johnson's vocals too stylized and affected, but occasionally they break into a passage, like the bridge in "All That You Have," that shows potential underneath the heavier rock and trippier modern elements clashing. In the end, one wonders what this band wants to be; a lot of this sounds like genre-hopping taste testing. But if Plastic someday moves away from the too glossy alterna-rock, the few bad trips into Red Hot Chili land, and the hip-hop pretensions ("Tomorrow"), who knows? (P.O. Box 370156, Milwaukee, WI 53237; crusty@execpc.com) ~ Jack Rabid, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Kids | (:24) | ||
| Shine | (4:49) | ||
| All That You Have | (3:57) | ||
| Tonowrow | (4:39) | ||
| Waves | (:18) | ||
| Neon Dreams | (3:35) | ||
| Open It Up | (5:18) | ||
| Be (Somebody Else) | (3:35) | ||
| A 101, a Delay, a Space Echo | (:51) | ||
| Moving in Stereo | (5:08) | ||
| Shine (Radio Edit) | (3:47) |
Credits
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| Directed by | Lo Wei |
| Produced by | Lo Wei |
| Written by | Pan Lei |
| Starring | Jackie Chan James Tien Dean Shek Yuen Biao |
| Music by | Frankie Chan |
| Cinematography | Chan Wing-Shu |
| Editing by | Vincent Leung |
| Distributed by | Lo Wei Motion Picture Company |
| Release date(s) | 1978 |
| Running time | 97 mins |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Mandarin |
Spiritual Kung Fu (traditional Chinese: 拳精) (Quan Jing) is a 1978 Hong Kong action film directed by Lo Wei and starring Jackie Chan. The film also features Yuen Biao as the Master of the Five Fists. Chan was also the film's stunt co-ordinator. It was known in some releases as Karate Ghostbuster.
Along with Dragon Fist, Spiritual Kung Fu was filmed in early 1978. As Lo Wei's studio was running out of money, they shelved both films and Chan was loaned out to Seasonal Films for a 2 picture deal. Whilst there he made Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master with Yuen Woo-ping.[1] The success of these two films at the domestic box office prompted Lo to give belated releases to Spiritual Kung Fu (late 1978) and Dragon Fist (1979).[2]
Spiritual Kung Fu was Lo Wei's response to Chan's earlier attempt at blending comedy with kung fu in the film Half a Loaf of Kung Fu. The supernatural elements of the film were brought to life by some early examples of Hong Kong special effects, the poor quality of which may be the most comedic aspect of the film for Western viewers. Much of the scripted comedy in the film centred on Chan's over-exaggerated facial expressions and reactions to his ghostly teachers.
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Plot synopsis
Yi-Lang (Jackie Chan) is a smart-alec martial arts student at a Shaolin Temple. An anonymous thief steals a book from the library which teaches a potentially fatal style of Kung Fu. Yi-Lang, along with a group of five other monks, is punished for not stopping the thief, but his bravery leads to him signing up to defend a supposedly haunted portion of the school.
Upon discovering the ghosts, who are masters of a supposedly lost style of fighting known as The "Five Style Fists", Yi-Lang offers himself as a student, masters the form and uses it to progress quickly through the ranks of the school.
In order to defend the school against the very thief who stole the book from its library, Yi-Lang demonstrates his new style and defeats the invading troup, with a little help from his five spiritual masters..
Kung fu style
The "Five Style Fists" kung fu style is based on the Five Fists (Animal) Pattern, one of the early Martial Arts practiced at the Shaolin Temple, as discussed in Qiu Yue Chan Shi's book "The Essence of the Five Fists". This system contains Dragon, Tiger, Snake, Crane and Leopard / Panther styles.
Box office
During its Hong Kong theatrical run, Spiritual Kung Fu grossed HK $2,397,558.
Versions
- The film was recorded in Mandarin in early 1978 but shelved. Prior to its belated theatrical release late that year, it was over-dubbed with a Cantonese soundtrack and some small edits were made. It wasn't until 1980 that the film was finally given a release with the original Mandarin soundtrack.
- Two Chinese versions of the film have surfaced to date. The most notable difference is during a scene depicting temple duty. In one version (synced in accordance with the Mandarin soundtrack), Yi Lang is knocked unconscious with an attack to the back of the neck. In the other version (synching with the Cantonese soundtrack), he is knocked out with poison from a burning joss stick. There is an issue with some DVD releases of the film - Fortune Star's library contains the visual content of the Mandarin version, but they have (erroneously) provided the Cantonese soundtrack to distributors such as Universal Japan and Hong Kong Legends.
- The Korean theatrical version contains a completely different opening.
See also
References
- ^ "Jackie Chan". Biography. Ng Kwong Loong (JackieChanMovie.com). http://www.jackiechanmovie.com/profile/biography/bio.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
- ^ "Randomhouse.com". I Am Jackie Chan - Filmography. http://www.randomhouse.com/features/iamjackiechan/excerpt_films.html. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
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