The Medallion (2003)


The Medallion
Release Date15 August 2003
Budget$41,000,000
US Box Office$22,000,000
GenreComedy, Action, Fantasy, Thriller
CountryHong Kong
USA
Filming LocationsDublin Castle, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassAction Comedy, Martial Arts, Fantasy Adventure, Buddy Film
MoodThrill Rides
ThemesHeroic Mission, Race Against Time, Mischievous Children, Twins and Lookalikes, Kidnapping
TonesFlashy, Light, Rousing, Fanciful
TagsKidnap, Martial Arts, Medallion, Super Power, Transformation, Warrior

The Medallion (Chinese: ) is a 2003 action-comedy film co-written and directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Gordon Chan, and starring Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, and Claire Forlani. It was much less successful than Chan's other American movies such as the Rush Hour film series, Shanghai Noon and its sequel, Shanghai Knights.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Eddie Yang

Arthur Watson

Nicole James

Snakehead

Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe

Charlotte Watson

Johann Myers
Giscard

Alex Bao
Jai

Siu-Ming Lau
Antiquerium Dealer

Diana C. Weng
Undercover Woman

Chow Pok Fu
High Priest

Tat-kwong Chan
Monk

Wai Cheung Mak
Monk

Anthony Carpio
Guard Monk

Bruce Khan
Snakehead Thug

Waiter

Waiter

Henchman

Matt Routledge
Henchman

Reuben Langdon
Henchman

Henchman

Hiroyoshi Komuro
Henchman

Han Guan Hua
Henchman

Neilí Conroy
Interpol Receptionist

Billy Hill
Miles Watson

Jai's Nurse

Nicola Berwick
Kidnap Nurse

Paul Andreovski
Kidnap Porter

Howard Gibbins
Professor of Archeology

Rick Nathanson
Physician

Alfred Cheung
Chinese Professor

Mona Lynn
Astrologer

Kirk Trutner
Hippie Scientist

Ricardo Mamood-Vega
Interpol Agent Martin

Uri Schwarz
Interpol Agent

Matthew Sturgess
Interpol Agent Harrington

Chris Torres
Henchmen

Director

Gordon Chan
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Writer

Bennett Davlin

Alfred Cheung
,

Gordon Chan

Paul Wheeler

Bey Logan

Producer

Bill Borden
co-executive producer

executive producer

Willie Chan
executive producer

Alfred Cheung
producer

Siew-Loong Tim Kwok
co-producer

Candy Leung
co-producer

Rick Nathanson
line producer

Albert Yeung
executive producer

Original Music

Adrian Lee
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Cinematographer

Arthur Wong

Editor

Don Brochu
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Ki-hop Chan
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Casting Director

Leo Davis
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Production Designer

Joseph C. Nemec III
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Art Director

Alan Cassie
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Lek Chaiyan Chunsuttiwat
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Conor Dennison
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Anna Rackard
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Set Decorator

Joanne Woollard
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Costume Designer

Grania Preston
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Makeup Department

Roisin O'Reilly
assistant makeup artist

Simon Rose
additional prosthetics technician

Production Manager

Narimon Atibaed
production manager: Thailand

Veerapol Atibaed Billy
production supervisor

Howard Gibbins
production manager

Chris Lowenstein
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Douglas Aarniokoski
second unit director

Susan Drennan
third assistant director

Sharon Lam
first assistant director: Ireland

Nick Laws
first assistant director

Lemon Liu
first assistant director: second unit

Sylvia Liu
first assistant director

Gary Mak
first assistant director

Tara McNamee
assistant director

Brian 'Joker' Mulvey
second second assistant director: Ireland

Suzanne Nicell
second assistant director

Ka-Wai Tong
second assistant director: Hong Kong and Thailand

Art Department

Ravi Bansal
concept illustrator

Graeme Bird
model maker

Tony Boston
props

Leslie Burns
third unit art director

Somm Suthinee Chantakarn
set coordinator

Sarawut Chincharoen
location

Tamara Conboy
graphic designer

Stephen Daly
storyboard artist

Tony Graysmark
construction manager

Kate McColgan
art department coordinator

Philip Murphy
props

Boontawee 'Tor' Taweepasas
construction buyer

Jil Turner
props buyer

Jason Whetzell
third unit assistant art director

Arthur Wicks
property master

Oliver Wong
art director: Hong Kong

Sound Department

John Chalfant
sound effects editor

David B. Cohn
supervising dialogue & adr editor

Paula Fairfield
sound effects editor

Vincent Guisetti
foley artist

Wayne Heitman
sound re-recording mixer

William Jacobs
sound editor

Pamela Kahn
foley artist

Larry Kemp
sound editor

Larry Mann
supervising sound editor

Carla Murray
sound editor

Kyle Rochlin
foley mixer

Colin Rogers
adr mixer

Jeff Sawyer
sound effects editor

Simon J. Willis
production sound mixer

Special Effects

Kevin Byrne
special effects supervisor: Ireland

Gerry P. Farrell
special effects technician

Kevin Nolan
special effects technician

Visual Effects

Nicolas Aithadi
lead 3D animator: MPC

Henry Badgett
digital compositor

Angela Barson
compositing supervisor

Paul Brannan
render wrangler, data operator

Simon Brown
lead research and development

Gary Brozenich
sequence lead

Peter Connelly
digital compositor

Mark Curtis
digital compositor

Paddy Eason
visual effects supervisor

Paul Elman
visual effects editor

Michael Elson
head of production: MPC

Matthew Gidney
lead technical director

Rachael Haupt
creature designer, concept artist

Charley Henley
digital compositor

Rob Hill
digital camera operator

Robin Hollander
digital artist

Lorea Hoye
visual effects line producer: MPC

Merrin Jensen
visual effects producer

Lars Johansson
CG supervisor

Paddy Kelly
visual effects coordinator

Tom Kimberley
roto/prep artist

Ines Krüger
digital compositor, digital painter

Stuart Lashley
digital compositor

Sarah Lockwood
digital compositor

Dan Neal
3D artist

Catherine Nelson
digital compositor

Steve Pang
visual effects assistant editor

Simon Payne
animator: MPC

Olivier Poujaud
lead compositor

Richard Stammers
digital artist

Jelena Stojanovic
sequence supervisor

James D. Tittle
digital visual effects coordinator: Pacific Title

Malin Tvedt
digital compositor

John Van Hoey Smith
data operator

Sheila Wickens
digital compositor: MPC

Christian Zeh
digital compositor

Howard Berry
rotoscope artist

Martyn Drake
systems: MPC

Richard Yeomans
visual effects runner: MPC

Stunts

Ricardo Alexander
stunts

Nicola Berwick
stunt: knight 2

Paul Burke
stunts: Irish stunt crew, utility stunts: Ireland

Marky Lee Campbell
stunt performer

Dominick Hewitt
stunt double

Han Guan Hua
stunt double

David Ismalone
stunts

Allen Keng
stunt performer

Bruce Khan
stunt double

Reuben Langdon
stunt double

In Seob Lee
stunt double

Erik Markus Schuetz
stunts

Giedrius Nagys
stunts

Donal O'Farrell
stunts

Daniel O'Neill
stunt performer

Hyun Jin Park
stunt double

Jude Poyer
stunts

Frank Reilly
utility stunts

Gary Robinson
utility stunts

Chris Torres
utility stunts

Gang Wu
stunt performer

Philippe Zone
stunt coordinator

Brendan Condren
stunts

Jimmy Lui
assistant fight choreographer, fight trainer

Matthew Sturgess
utility stunts

Don Tai
stunts

fight trainer

Camera and Electrical Department

Michael Barnard
director of photography: second unit

Darryl Byrne
assistant camera: time-lapse photography

Donal Caulfield
cinematographer: time-lapse unit

Hugh-Thomas Cavanagh
electrician: Dublin

John Conroy
focus puller: "b" camera

Richie Egan
grip

Robert Hamilton
video assist operator

Patric Kickham
video assist operator

Seamus Lynch
electrician

Anthony Meade
additional clapper loader

Philip Murphy
grip

Stephen Murphy
additional assistant camera

Jimmy Wong
camera operator, camera operator: "a" camera

Animation Department

Robert Hemmings
animator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Sue Wain
costume supervisor

Kar Yan Yip
assistant costume designer

Editorial Department

Mo Henry
negative cutter

Alan Z. McCurdy
first assistant editor

Mark Wright
negative cutter

Music Department

Jay Duerr
music editor

Gary Lionelli
composer: additional music, orchestrator

Steve Porcaro
composer: additional music, orchestrator

Transportation Department

Eddie Cullen
transportation captain

Fiona Mulvey
assistant transportation captain

Other Crew

Lark Bernini
production coordinator

Miriam Cahill
assistant to producers: Ireland

Sandra Campbell
shipping coordinator

Sasha Charuvastra
photo double

Catherine Geary
location assistant

Donal Geraghty
production accountant

Moira Houlihan
unit publicist

action director

David Jones
photo double

Bruce Khan
assistant fight choreographer: Sammo Hung

Matt Kosokoff
photo double: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Thailand, stand-in: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Thailand

Ashifa Lalani
first assistant accountant

Charles Mcdonald
unit publicist

John McKenna
senior armorer

Johnny Mulligan
location accountant

Elaine Nicell
assistant production coordinator

Anchittha Phongchub
production assistant

Sven Rittershaus
photo double

Edmund Sampson
assistant location manager

Steve Sandford
photo double

Vasit Suchitta
prosthetic effects

Clodagh Tierney
location manager

Kathleen Weir
script supervisor

Diana C. Weng
dialogue coach: Mr. Chan

Sabine Wührer
script timer

Production Company

Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG)

Golden Port Productions Ltd.
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Living Films
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Screen Gems

Distributor

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

TriStar Pictures

Screen Gems

Buena Vista International

Columbia TriStar Film Distributors

Columbia TriStar Film

Columbia TriStar Films

Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina

Columbia TriStar Italia

Columbia TriStar

Herald Film Company

SND

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Columbia TriStar Home Video

Columbia TriStar

Emperor Motion Pictures

RTL Entertainment

Special Effects

Team Effects Ltd.

Moving Picture Company (MPC)

Miscellaneous

AONAlbert G. Ruben Insurance Services
insurances

Bigdog Production Co. Ltd.
production services: Thailand

Centro Digital Pictures Ltd.
video dailies

Cine Art Laboratory
film processing: Hong Kong

CineFinance Insurance Services
completion guaranty provided by

Cutting Edge
negative cutting

DeLuxe Laboratories
color timing

Dexia Banque Internationale a Luxembourg
bank financing

Kodak (Hong Kong) Ltd.
film stock supplied by

Oriental Post Co. Ltd.
telecine transfer

Pacific Title
titles and opticals

Roundabout Entertainment
adr stage

Salon Films
camera and lighting equipment supplied by: Panavision cameras and lenses, Chapman dollies

Sony Pictures Studios
sound re-recording

Tai Fung (Tsu's) Co. Ltd.
film stock supplied by






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Films directed by Gordon Chan
2000 AD (2000)
A-1 Headline (2004)
Mr. 3 Minutes (2006)
Painted Skin (2008)
Royal Tramp (1992)
The Medallion
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