Liu Weiqiang, a famous Hong Kong director, once said that this scene was the most feared of him in so many years of filming, 8 people jumped from the 7th floor at the same time, and after the end, the director shouted not to finish work but to save people
An explosion scene caused a number of actors to be seriously injured, even Qian Jiale, known as the king of the stand-in, could not escape the fate of the hospital, which was recognized by the Dragon and Tiger Martial Artists as the most difficult scene, how dangerous it was at that time, today let us understand the story of that year through the movie "Heart of the Dragon"
In the 1980s, when the glory period of Hong Kong films was in full swing, all kinds of films were fiercely competitive, and Jiahe and New Art City, as the two leading companies in the film industry, were also fighting at this time, usually you had a big fire, I immediately had to keep up, before "Best Partner" won the annual box office crown, and then there was the "Five Lucky Stars" series chasing and blocking
And the "Heart of the Dragon" that we are going to talk about today is actually a follow-up work of Jiahe to fight against New Art City, in 1983, the song and dance movie "Hitchhiker" produced by New Art City swept Hong Kong and Taiwan, and Jiahe, who saw that such films had a good response, also immediately shot, at that time, It just so happened that Hong Jinbao and Jackie Chan were both interested in trying to transform, so this literary and art film about RZ brother and police brother's dependence on each other was officially put on the agenda
Hong Jinbao once said that "The Heart of the Dragon" is the most satisfactory work he has made, but in fact, at the beginning, he was not optimistic about this movie, and on the first day of shooting, he asked to change the script, he found the screenwriter Huang Bingyao, spent two weeks to rewrite the script, and turned Jackie Chan from a lonely boy who struggled alone into a policeman who was willing to make sacrifices for his mentally handicapped brother, and created an ordinary and great character image from the side
Although this film is positioned as a literary and artistic film, but on the whole, in fact, it is not out of the routine of action movies, after all, there are two big brothers of Hong Jinbao Jackie Chan sitting in town, do not take out some real kung fu how to attract the audience, so in the action scene, this movie can be said to be small but refined, "Heart of the Dragon" gathered the strongest lineup in the action movies of the year, not only the members of the Seven Little Fortunes all went out, but also Di Wei Lin Zhengying Noon Ma Qian Jiale Lin Guobin and others joined in full force, counting down the action actors before and after there are as many as 30
As one of the protagonists, Jackie Chan was still filming "Police Story" at the time, in order not to affect the shooting progress of the two films, usually this set will rush to the next set immediately after shooting, remember the thrilling shot in "Police Story", Jackie Chan slid down from the 30-meter-high lantern pillar, the borrowed shooting place was a shopping mall, after doing all the preparations, there was not much time left for filming, and in order to be able to rush to the "Dragon's Heart" set the next morning to shoot, despite the exhaustion of working for many days, Jackie Chan jumped down the pole as soon as his heart crossed, and the result was full of scars, but because of the tight time, he could only simply treat the wound on the car, and seized the opportunity to quickly make up for it to recover his strength
It is worth mentioning that Jackie Chan, who has always been known for his martial arts drama, but this time he dedicated the classic literary drama scene in the film, he complained to Hong Jinbao with tears in his eyes, and showed the helplessness and pain of being an ordinary person, Jackie Chan's emotional interpretation enhanced the realism of the role of "younger brother", and also won him the nomination for the best actor of the Academy Award, which is also a fulfillment of Jackie Chan's desire to prove himself with literary and art films
There are two of the most dangerous scenes in this film, one is the picture of Qian Jiale jumping from the third floor in place of Zhong Fa, and the other is the picture of 8 people being blown up from the 7th floor at the end
However, due to the fact that Qian Jiale used too much force when breaking the glass, he directly jumped over the sunshade and fell to the ground, fortunately, the driver did not drive the car very fast at that time, otherwise he was really unpredictable, but at that time, Qian Jiale was still seriously injured and treated in the hospital for three months before recovering
In fact, in the eyes of the martial artists, a person dancing is not terrible, afraid of a group of people jumping together, from an interview with the Dragon and Tiger Martial Artist, we learned that when asked about the most difficult scene in his life, almost everyone will say that it is the final jumping scene of "Dragon Heart"
At that time, the shot needed 8 people to jump from the 7th floor together, both to cooperate with the explosion sound to jump, but also to master the landing position, it can be said that it is a difficult and dangerous shot, in order to be able to protect the safety of the martial artists, the crew bought more than 3,000 cardboard boxes and more than 100 sponge pads, from 12 o'clock in the evening to start sorting out the scene, until 6 o'clock in the morning to lay everything out, even if so many protective measures were done, but after all, it was to fall from the height of the 7th floor, A knife hangs in everyone's heart
The demolition division did not even dare to press the button at that time, directly found Hong Jinbao and said, or you press this button, what Hong Jinbao said to the martial artists at that time, the following has been laid out, you will not be injured, if you are injured, it will only be because "people hit people"
At that time, there were 8 people who jumped from the upper floor, Qian Jiale Yuanwu Yuande Yuanhua Curry Xiaopeng Erbao Ah Hu, of which Yuanwu was suddenly stabbed in the foot before the jump, but after doing a simple treatment, he still followed the other 7 people to jump down, and the most dangerous position of the 8 people was left to Qian Jiale, because he also smashed a board on the third floor during the landing, which shows that the name of the king of the stand-in is really not in vain
After this scene, Hong Jinbao directly shouted "save people", because the result is really like what he said, because it is not at the same time to land, the first to fall is smashed and injured by the people who fall later, the whole scene can be said to be unbearable, saying here, we have to pay tribute to these dragon and tiger martial artists, because without them, we can not create a brilliant era of action movies, we should not only remember the heroes in front of the screen, but also remember these unknown workers behind the screen