A mainstay in kung-fu movies, both as an actor and as a director, in the 1970's Sammo worked for Raymond Chan's Golden Harvest, and can be seen in the opening sequence of Enter The Dragon (1973) as a Shaolin student, up against Bruce Lee.
Sammo was also responsible for co-ordinating a number of fight scene's for Game Of Death (1978). After Lee's death, Sammo went on to direct and star in the 1978 "Bruceploitation" film Enter The Fat Dragon.
Sammo also appeared in the 1975 film The Man From Hong Kong, starring Jimmy Wang Yu and former 007 George Lazenby. The film has the only fight scene ever filmed on Uluru (Ayres Rock). Former Number 96 star Rebecca Gilling also appears in the movie - a lot.
Sammo starred and directed a number of films in the 80's with his friend Jackie Chan (perhaps you've heard of him?) such as Project A, My Lucky Stars, and Dragons Forever. In 1997 he teamed up with Jackie again for Mr. Nice Guy which was set and shot in and around Melbourne (and the Yarra Valley).
After a number of projects, some more profitable than others, and a falling out with Raymond Chan, Sammo once again appeared alongside Jackie Chan in 2004's Around The World In Eighty Days (starring Steve Coogan as Phileas Fogg).
In 2010, Sammo Hung was given a lifetime achievement award at the New York Asian Film Festival.
Now, onto the autograph! In 2003 I wrote a fan letter to Sammo, and shortly after I received this terrific inscribed colour 8x10 photo:
Until next time!
Hello, dear Manuel! Thank you for posting of your Sammo's autograph! It is so amazing! I am big fan of Sammo and I am moderator of official russian Sammo fanclub in social web "Vkontakte".
ReplyDeleteSo, if it is not secret, could you give me his coordinates where you sent a letter? I will be grateful to you! Thank you very much!