Jackie Chan: A Life in Action
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A Genre is Born
Born in Hong Kong in 1954 and trained as a martial artist from childhood, Jackie Chan's first major film breakthrough in 1978 gave rise to the new genre of comic kung fu. The Fearless Hyena, pictured here, was made shortly after in 1979.
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