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Guinness World Record for most credits in a single film:

posted 11 years ago by jp3183
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Jackie has been awarded this record for the film: http://youtu.be/Vy-gOwLaT80

However, I was expecting one of these credits to be for "editor" since there's been interviews and footage of him editing many of his own movies in the past. I took a look at the credits of this film and I didn't see anyone named as editor. Anyone have some info on who edited it? Since JC incorrectly only has one credit for editor on imdb, it may be possible that the record is at least one credit short.

Hell, it's completely plausible that he may have already gotten this record way back in the 80's & 90's but wasn't recognized due to the lack of detail on everything he has done behind-the-scenes.

[–] armoreska 11 years ago

IMDb has him listed 17 times in cast & crew
So that's a possible 18 then

[–] mrrockey 9 years ago

I think that's one of the main reasons the movie sucked. Jackie just couldn't maintain his ego to admit that he can't do everything on his own. Hell, he wasn't even that great a director in his prime. This is another case of an artist's ego going overboard.

[–] jp3183 9 years ago

He has always made HK films this way. It's just that they never kept track of what he did for every film until recently. JC's most popular films during his prime were usually directed/co-directed by him (ex: Project A 1&2, Police Story 1&2, Armour of God 1&2, Miracles, Who Am I?, etc...). The movie sucked simply b/c he's already past his prime as an artist.

[–] mrrockey 9 years ago

I know he typically takes a lot of credits when he's directing, but I'm not sure did he take THAT many credits before. I kinda doubt he did any catering back in the 80's while working on Police Story or Project A. I agree with you that he is perhaps past his prime, but I still think the movie would have been better had if he relied a bit more on talented people rather than doing everything himself because let's be honest, Jackie wasn't even that good a director in his prime.

[–] jp3183 9 years ago

Depends on what you're looking for in a director. In terms of storytelling, JC will be the first to tell you that he isn't very good. But in terms of action, he was one of the greatest. In a recent interview, he shared his formula for making movies: 1) come up w/ a bunch of epic action scenes, 2) think of the reasons why these scenes happen, 3) try to connect these reasons somehow.

He has collaborated w/ a ton of talented people throughout his career. But the golden era of action movies is long gone.

Also, I wouldn't doubt him doing any catering back in the 80's. Would-be filmmakers back then pretty much had to learn to do everything themselves due to very limited time, budget, and resources. Check out how hands-on JC's filmmaking techniques are: http://youtu.be/VYpwwYojns0?t=41m23s

[–] mrrockey 9 years ago

Haven't seen that video yet but I'll check it out sometime. Either way, it seems like even Jackie's ability as an action director was lacking in this film. Outside of the fact that there wasn't much of him fighting onscreen, the few scenes that there were, came off very lackluster compared to even the Rush Hour series, let alone his classic HK work.

[–] jp3183 9 years ago

No argument there. And it seems that even he's getting tired of making action films. He has been trying to crossover to drama in the past few years, and he declared this as his final stunt-filled action film. He also mentioned that once he retires from being an actor, he still plans to continue his career as a fight choreographer like Yuen Woo-Ping.

[–] avortac 9 years ago

"This is another case of an artist's ego going overboard."

Jackie Chan is a bodybuilding STUNT MAN, who can do some kung-fu moves and execute demanding, physical coreographies well.

Nothing to do with art.

[–] mrrockey 9 years ago

I didn't mean an artist in the same vein of say, Stanley Kubrick or Ingmar Bergman. What I meant was as a PERFORMER, Jackie's ego went overboard.

[–] jp3183 9 years ago

Pretty sure director, choreographer, writer, etc... are professions classified as artistry: https://youtu.be/Z1PCtIaM_GQ