88 Films: Jackie Chan's The Young Master Detailed for Blu-ray
Home88 Films: Jackie Chan's The Young Master Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted December 11, 2020 04:36 PM by Webmaster
British distributors 88 Films have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Jackie Chan's film The Young Master (1980). The two-disc set will be available for purchase on January 25.
Description: Jackie Chan was already a star when he made The Young Master but this film took him to another level. He plays 'Dragon' who undertakes a mission to find his missing brother, and gets into plenty of scrapes along the way - not least being mistaken for a criminal that the authorities are very keen to put behind bars...
The Young Master was Jackie's second film as director, and he used it as a showcase to demonstrate just what he could do. And it remains a firm favorite of the fans, featuring some of the best set-pieces he ever cooked up. The black-belts at 88 Films are thrilled to present the UK Blu-ray premier of this true Hong Kong classic.
SPECIAL FEATURES AND TECHNICAL SPECS:
DISC ONE
Description: Jackie Chan was already a star when he made The Young Master but this film took him to another level. He plays 'Dragon' who undertakes a mission to find his missing brother, and gets into plenty of scrapes along the way - not least being mistaken for a criminal that the authorities are very keen to put behind bars...
The Young Master was Jackie's second film as director, and he used it as a showcase to demonstrate just what he could do. And it remains a firm favorite of the fans, featuring some of the best set-pieces he ever cooked up. The black-belts at 88 Films are thrilled to present the UK Blu-ray premier of this true Hong Kong classic.
SPECIAL FEATURES AND TECHNICAL SPECS:
DISC ONE
- NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE HONG KONG THEATRICAL CUT (106 MIN) FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE
- Audio Commentary with HK Cinema Expert Brandon 'OldPangYau' Bentley
- Rick Baker on The Young Master
- The Art of the Cut: Editing of The Young Master [21 mins]
- Extended Fight Scenes: reconstructed and previously unavailable [6 mins]
- "The Cut Master" A collection of rare deleted, extended, and alternate footage [13 mins]
- Archival Jackie Chan Interview [8 mins]
- The Master: An Interview with master Whang In Sik [28 mins]
- NG (no good) shots [10 mins]
- Trailers
- Hong Kong trailer
- Extended Hong Kong trailer
- Japanese trailer
- US Home Video Trailer
- English trailer
- Audio
- Cantonese Mono Theatrical Mix
- Cantonese Mono Home Video Mix
- English 5.1 Dub [2002]
- Newly remastered English subtitles
- INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CUT (90 MIN) - Restored especially for the 40th Anniversary of the film, this version was commissioned by Golden Harvest for audiences outside Asia. Contains the Classic English Dub and an alternate soundtrack featuring the song 'Kung Fu Fighting Man' performed in English by Jackie Chan
- Audio Commentary with HK cinema aficionados & game producers Audi Sorlie & Chris Ling
- EXTENDED EXPORT CUT (99 MIN) - Released exclusively in Japan on 21st March 1981 by Toho-Towa, this version is broadly similar to the export cut. Although shorter than the Hong Kong cut, this composite cut features the uncut final fight and ending from said Hong Kong cut; alternate scenes, also included in the 90 minute export cut and the full-length export English Dub with alternate soundtrack
- Slipcase with brand-new artwork from R.P. "Kung Fu Bob" O'Brien
- Reversible sleeve with alternative Hong Kong poster artwork
- Double-sided foldout Poster
- 6 Replica Lobby Cards
- Book - 80-page perfect-bound book featuring 3 new essays + selected archive materials
- Jackie Chan - The Early Years: From Stuntman to Superstar by William Blaik (Fighting Spirit Film Festival)
- The History of Martial Arts on Video by Tim Murray
- Fan-Tastic! Jackie Chan Begins Again by James Oliver
- REGION-B "LOCKED"
