An action-comedy with a decidedly Western twist, SHANGHAI NOON features more acrobatics from superstar Jackie Chan. Chon Wang (Chan) is a dedicated member of the Chinese Imperial Guard. When the emperor's former captain, Lo Fong (Yuan), oversees an illegal operation that involves kidnapping Princess Pei Pei (Liu) and bringing her to America's wild West, it's up to Chong to save the day. Eventually partnering with the wise-cracking bandit Roy O'Bannon (Wilson), Chong uses his Eastern skills to tackle the wild West. SHANGHAI NOON is an high-kicking adventure with great comic chemistry between stars Chan and Wilson.

Jackie Chan takes on the Old West in this campy sendup of some of the greatest Westerns ever made. When Princess Pei-Pei (Lucy Liu) is kidnapped from the Forbidden City in 1881 China, Chon Wang accompanies the three bravest Imperial Guardsmen on a journey to Carson City to rescue her. Along the way he cannot shake train robber Roy O'Bannon (an eminently likable Owen Wilson), who is after the pot of gold the Guardsmen have brought from China to ransom the princess. The film pays direct homage to such classic Westerns as HIGH NOON, HANG 'EM HIGH, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, BLAZING SADDLES, and, primarily, John Ford's THE SEARCHERS in ways that are charmingly familiar. The film is chock-full of saloon brawls and shootouts that are turned upside down by Chan's martial artistry as he battles gun-toting baddies with his trademark chops and kicks as well as makeshift weapons (including a fabulous horseshoe slingshot). Cowriters Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and director Tom Dey don't leave out a thing--trains are robbed, brothels are visited, whiskey bottles are shattered, horses are jumped onto from balconies, tin cans are shot at, townspeople cheer for a hanging--and our heroes even take a bath that would make Mel Brooks proud.

Theatrical release: May 26, 2000.

Even before the movie opened, the writers were hard at work on a sequel.

The movie was filmed around Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and on location in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.

The movie was based on an original idea from Jackie Chan.

SHANGHAI NOON was Tom Dey's directorial debut.

The film includes Kid Rock's "Cowboy" and Uncle Kracker's "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah." The video for "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" features Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Letterbox - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes: Seven, including train wreck sequence.
Music Video: Uncle Kracker
Featurette:
1. THE MAKING OF AN EASTERN WESTERN
2. THE SHANGHAI KID
3. WESTERN STUNTS, EASTERN STYLE
Audio Commentary:
1. Tom Dey - Director
2. Jackie Chan - Star
3. Owen Wilson - Star
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Interactive Games: "Shanghai Surprise"
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Art

Distributor Notes: Shanghai Noon

Two cultures collide in SHANGHAI NOON, a wildly hilarious, stunt-filled action-adventure comedy starring the death-defying action hero Jackie Chan (RUSH HOUR 2), Owen Wilson (ARMAGEDDON, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS), and Lucy Liu (PAYBACK, CHARLIE'S ANGELS). Chan plays Chinese Imperial Guard Chon Wang (say it out loud) who hightails it to the wild and woolly West to rescue the beautiful kidnapped Princess Pei Pei (Liu). When he meets up with the laid-back outlaw cowboy dude Roy O'Bannon (Wilson), they form the best mismatch ever made in the rough and tumble Old West -- the two face jail, brawls, bordellos, and the vilest villains this side of the Great Wall! Spectacular stunts, outrageous irreverence, and epic vistas reign as East meets West in a battle for honor, royalty, and a fortune in gold! It's a real kick!

Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Jackie Chan: 
Owen Wilson: Actor, screenwriter, THE WEDDING CRASHERS, MEET THE PARENTS
Lucy Liu: Actress, CHARLIE'S ANGELS (2000), CHICAGO (2002)
Roger Yuan: 
Rafael Baez: 
Xander Berkeley: Actor
Yu Rong Guang: Hong Kong actor; IRON MONKEY, THE STORM RIDERS
Jason Connery: Actor/Son of Sean

Tom Dey: Director

Roger Birnbaum: Producer/Executive
Gary Barber: Executive Producer
Jonathan Glickman: Producer

Alfred Gough: Creator, SMALLVILLE (2001)
Miles Millar: Creator, SMALLVILLE (2001)

Randy Edelman: American Composer

Richard Chew: Editor

"...[A] smoothly filmed, generally funny and brilliantly titled Western..."
"...The movie benefits from an unusually witty, high-spirited script....it's giddily, effervescently funny..."
"...Wilson is flat-out hilarious....A slap-happy treat..."
"...[Chan and Wilson are] perfectly matched in temperament and timing, they make for a classic duo whose cinematic exploits have surely only begun..."
"...The hilarious, knockabout SHANGHAI NOON, Jackie Chan's best American picture to date, breathes fresh life into the virtually dormant comedy-western..."
"...A wink at Westerns, martial arts and buddy movies -- enriched by a goofy performance by Owen Wilson, who would steal the movie if Chan were not so clever at sharing it with him..."