Never grow up
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982107215 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1982107219
- ISBN: 9781982107222 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 1982107227
- ISBN: 9781508267546
- ISBN: 1508267545
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Physical Description:
print
xiv, 333 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm - Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in China in 2015 by Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House as Never Grow Up, Only Get Older"-- Title page verso. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Cannonball -- The boyfriend -- My deepest, only regret -- A decade of darkness -- First love -- Number nine -- My big breaks -- Welcome to Australia -- Australia, Round two -- Becoming the dragon -- Overnight success -- The ghost of Bruce Lee -- Welcome to Hollywood -- The fling -- Free fall -- The gritty -- The love of my life -- So what if I die? -- Wild things -- Fatherhood, Part I -- One more shot -- My flashback highlight reel -- More dollars than sense -- Costars -- Fatherhood, Part II -- Vintage Jackie -- Taken for a ride -- Give -- The karate kid's dad -- Sing -- The real kung fu star -- My three fathers -- National treasure -- Four houses in Singapore -- For the fans -- Kicker. |
Summary, etc.: | "A candid, thrilling memoir from one of the most recognizable, influential, and beloved cinematic personalities in the world. Everyone knows Jackie Chan. Whether it's from Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, The Karate Kid, or Kung Fu Panda, Jackie is admired by generations of moviegoers for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and mind-bending stunts. In 2016--after fifty-six years in the industry, over 200 films, and many broken bones--he received an honorary Academy Award for his lifetime achievement in film. But at 64 years-old, Jackie is just getting started. Now, in Never Grow Up, the global superstar reflects on his early life, including his childhood years at the China Drama Academy (in which he was enrolled at the age of six), his big breaks (and setbacks) in Hong Kong and Hollywood, his numerous brushes with death (both on and off film sets), and his life as a husband and father (which has been, admittedly and regrettably, imperfect). Jackie has never shied away from his mistakes. Since The Young Master in 1980, Jackie's films have ended with a bloopers reel in which he stumbles over his lines, misses his mark, or crashes to the ground in a stunt gone south. In Never Grow Up, Jackie applies the same spirit of openness to his life, proving time and time again why he's beloved the world over: he's honest, funny, kind, brave beyond reckoning and--after all this time--still young at heart"-- |
Language Note: | Translated from the Chinese. |
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Subject: | Cheng, Long 1954- Motion picture actors and actresses China Hong Kong Biography Martial artists China Hong Kong Biography |
Genre: | Autobiographies. |
Available copies
- 12 of 12 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Southbury Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Southbury Public Library | B CHAN CHAN (Text) | 34019144549532 | Adult Biography | Available | - |