''Magnificent Bodyguards'' is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts action film starring

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and directed by

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. Chan, along with Luk Chuen also worked as

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s. This film was well received in Hong Kong, but Chan himself doesn't like it. He puts it down to Lo Wei not giving him any creative freedom. This was the first film in

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to be filmed using

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technology, and it features music from ''

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''.

Plot

Lord Ting Chung is hired to escort a woman's sick brother to the doctor, but he does it for free. To get there they must pass through "Stormy Hills", an area of Ancient China controlled by criminals. Then the sick man turns out to be the king of the criminals and is not really sick; he is just trying to reclaim his throne from an imposter. The king had previously murdered Ting Chung's father, and now Ting Chung has to fight for his life to get out and also to avenge his father.

Cast

as Lord Ting Chung * James Tien as Tsang / Chang Wu-yi *

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as Chang * Wang Ping as Lady Nan * Lau Ming as Old Lady of Ma Por Inn * Lee Man-tai as Bearded Shaolin Abbot * Luk Chuen as King * Fang Fang as Liu Chin-lien * Ko Keung as Wen Liang-yu

Home media

* The Japanese Laserdisc is said to be the only version containing the 3D version, though the only audio language option is Japanese and it is missing 10 minutes of footage. * On 22 March 2002, Eastern Heroes released it on

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cropped from 2.35:1 to 1.78:1 and an

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dub (edited to remove Star Wars music) with no other language options. * On 28 October 2005,

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released their DVD in 2.35:1. However, it has no English subtitles. * On 5 March 2007,

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released their DVD in 2.35:1 in Cantonese with newly translated English subtitles. However, the Cantonese "mono" is a downmix from the 5.1 remix. Mandarin is the correct language. * In 2010, Fortune Star/Shout Factory released the film as part of the "Jackie Chan Eight Film Collection" DVD set. It is in 2.35:1, features the mono English dub, as well as the Star Wars music cues edited out of other versions.

References

External links

* {{Lo Wei 1978 films 1978 martial arts films 1978 action films 1970s 3D films Films directed by Lo Wei Hong Kong 3D films Hong Kong action films Hong Kong martial arts films Kung fu films 1970s Mandarin-language films 1970s Hong Kong films

Plot

Cast

Home media

See also

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