You may not know that behind every smile of Jackie Chan in "Flying Eagle Project", there is endless sadness hidden.
The film was released in 1991 and was shot by Jackie Chan to make up for the box office failure of "Miracle".
Let's uncover the secrets behind the movie and feel Jackie Chan's tenacity and perseverance.
The film unexpectedly caused Jackie Chan huge trouble and almost landed him in jail, but its excitement is by no means limited to the stage.
In 1989, Golden Harvest spent 70 million Hong Kong dollars to support "Miracle" written, directed and acted by Jackie Chan.
However, the film did not meet expectations at the box office, and this failure gave Jackie Chan a new idea for follow-up shooting.
In the 90s treasure hunt movie boom, many Hong Kong filmmakers were eager to try, but only Jackie Chan and Golden Harvest dared to invest tens of millions of dollars.
Although Golden Harvest is full of confidence in Jackie Chan, at the beginning of the filming, Golden Harvest senior management also agreed with Jackie Chan to control the budget to avoid the production cost of the film from exceeding expectations.
Jackie Chan agreed simply, but he forgot the agreement when he turned around.
In order to make the movie more international blockbuster, Jackie Chan did not hesitate to invest a lot of money in the filming process.
He led the creative team halfway around the world to the African desert for filming, because he firmly believed that only real, pristine shooting environments can show the realism of films.
In order to pursue a better movie quality, Jackie Chan did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy a large amount of shooting equipment.
In addition, Jackie Chan has many brothers in the family class, plus the crew and actors, making the entire filming team mighty and large-scale.
The cost of traveling back and forth is already a significant expense.
Jackie Chan is known for his generosity, providing the crew members with an excellent living treatment.
Not only does he provide them with delicious meals and comfortable accommodation, but he also provides subsidies for those who work in hot environments.
However, what made him feel chilling was that although he had already given a certain amount of high temperature subsidies, some people in the family class actually asked him to give additional subsidies.
This happened when half of the film's budget was already consumed, much to Jackie Chan's frustration.
In public, he announced the disbandment of the family class, allowing those who wished to leave to leave, and for those who stayed, he decided to reset the rules.
Jackie Chan knows that every member of the family class earns money by working hard, so he not only buys high insurance for everyone, but also promises that if someone is injured on the set of Jackie Chan and affects his future life, he will be responsible for taking care of this person for the rest of his life.
As Hong Kong's top action stunt team, many crews will borrow actors from Jackie Chan's family class for filming.
In order to make it clear to the outside world that the identity of the family class is not an extra or a miscellaneous army, Jackie Chan specially ordered uniform work clothes, work bags and work equipment for them.
He would even go to other sets to personally supervise the work of the family class and deal with various issues.
However, despite Jackie Chan's dedication, it seems to have become a matter of course in the eyes of others.
Jackie Chan was under a lot of pressure during that time, and the crew was finally about to start, but an accident happened.
The desert climate is extremely hot, and everyone is very hard.
I don't know who put forward the suggestion that Jackie Chan should give an extra 500 yuan subsidy to the brothers of the family class every day, but maybe he doesn't know that the crew has seriously overspent at this moment, and Jackie Chan is worried about the company's financial problems.
Although the brothers in the family class still live in harmony on the surface, Jackie Chan is heartbroken by this, and in the end it is said that he paid the subsidy out of his own pocket.
After the release of "Flying Eagle Project", some people in the family class asked for a salary increase.
Faced with this situation, Jackie Chan decided to disband the family class, but in reality he only reorganized internally.
He kept the brothers who lived and died with him, and at the same time invited those who were in the family class, but their hearts were elsewhere, and gave them a severance pay.
There may still be some people who don't understand why they were asked to start a family.
There are many controversies circulating on the Internet, but Jackie Chan has never given any explanation for this.
Now one of the world's premier action stunt teams, he is always grateful for the hardships he shared and will not denigrate others after parting ways, so that he is qualified to be a true leader.
After experiencing a disbandment turmoil, the family formation class led by Jackie Chan gradually transformed into a more formal action team.
But Jackie Chan's generosity is more than that, the process of shooting African films was extremely difficult, and more than half of the crew fell ill due to the lack of adaptation.
Zheng Yuling and other actresses would cry bitterly after the end of the daily shooting, and even though Jackie Chan asked everyone to rest for a long time at noon, there were still many people who were not in good health and kept falling ill.
In order to complete the filming, Jackie Chan did not hesitate to transport sand from Africa to Hong Kong, resulting in a large increase in the film budget, and Golden Harvest could only make additional investments to ensure the completion of the film.
Although the total investment of the "Flying Eagle Plan" is more than 1At 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars, it became the most expensive film in the 90s, but because the box office results did not meet expectations, Golden Harvest also restricted Jackie Chan's directing freedom, resulting in Jackie Chan being unable to serve as a director for the next two years.
This movie seems to be at odds with Jackie Chan's eight characters, and it is constantly troubled.
Movie props and banknotes, which almost put me in prison during filming.
In 1991, when Jackie Chan was filming "Project Flying Eagle" in Morocco, there was a scene that required a lot of money.
He is a detail control, and the prop banknotes are so realistic that the Moroccan ** thinks we are selling counterfeit banknotes.
Although it proved our innocence in the end, it also made the circle finally realize the "crazy" level of Jackie Chan.
The main creative team of the film crew and the film film were taken away, which gave Jackie Chan a headache.
He immediately contacted a lawyer to deal with the matter, and finally, after Golden Harvest's efforts, assured Morocco that the trip was only to shoot a movie, and paid a bond before agreeing to release and return the film film of "Flying Eagle Project".
After the problems of Project Flying Eagle, the production manager took responsibility.
However, he was sent to distant Morocco, where he spent three months in prison. There, he was released from prison skinny due to malnutrition.
While filming a scene about the indigenous people of Africa, Jackie Chan noticed the thin body of the production manager, which he thought was very suitable for the role of an old man imprisoned by the indigenous people.
So, in the movie "Flying Eagle Project", the old man who had just come out of the bureau and was imprisoned by the natives was immediately pulled by Jackie Chan to act. Jackie Chan's love for making movies makes people feel a little crazy.
The actress of Project Eagle is also devastated by the harsh environment of the desert and Jackie Chan's workaholic personality.
Especially Zheng Yuling, who worked with Jackie Chan for the first time, chose to avoid Jackie Chan's movies after filming, because she knew that in the process of working with Jackie Chan, actresses would not have the opportunity to become vases, everyone would be strictly required by Jackie Chan, and even she would be tortured enough.
Despite this, Jackie Chan's strict requirements for actors are also out of love and pursuit of his works.
This movie put Jackie Chan's position as director in jeopardy, and Zheng Yuling cried bitterly in the middle of the night, which led to the breakdown of the family class, and also made Jackie Chan go through a life and death test.
During the filming of the movie "Flying Eagle Project", Jackie Chan resolutely went into battle in person for a scene where the chain slipped off.
However, an accident occurred during the filming, and Jackie Chan fell from a height and landed straight on the ground without any protection, causing the sternum to displace.
In the movie tidbits, we can clearly see Jackie Chan lying on the ground with a disgraced face, completely unable to get up, this scene is as expected, after filming this scene, Jackie Chan was immediately taken to the hospital.
Jackie Chan worked hard and finally succeeded.
In 1991, "Flying Eagle Project" became the runner-up of the annual box office in Hong Kong with a box office of 39.05 million Hong Kong dollars, second only to Stephen Chow's "Truant Dragon".
Although Jackie Chan's films are mainly aimed at overseas markets, "Flying Eagle Project" has earned $35 million at the global box office, helping him make up for the regrets brought by his previous "Miracle".
It can be said that this is another miracle created by Jackie Chan himself.
In the nineties, this transoceanic action blockbuster won the enthusiastic attention of overseas audiences, with a treasure hunt theme, somewhat similar to "Raiders of the Lost Ark", but Jackie Chan's unique creativity and wonderful action could not be replicated.
For example, in the clip of drinking water in the desert, Jackie Chan hid a tube in his clothes and asked each heroine to drink water quietly in his arms, and the scene where everyone competed was both funny and exciting.
It's a charismatic movie that keeps viewers hooked through simple plot descriptions and great action scenes.
Here, actresses are no longer just vases, they take on fighting scenes with their strength, showing the charm of both rigidity and softness.
Whether it is the layout of the plot or the design of the action, it is eye-catching and irresistible.
The Flying Eagle Project is unique in that it is not limited to action and comedy, but elevates the theme of treasure hunting through concise depictions.
In particular, Jackie Chan's classic line: "For the world war, I only know that there can be no third time", which not only made people laugh, but also triggered the audience's deep reflection on the war.
In the face of war, human life seems so insignificant, yet so powerless to resist.
Although many years have passed since "Project Flying Eagle", it is still hailed as the pinnacle of Jackie Chan's career. Some even consider it to be his best film.