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Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King (2023) [N/A]

Release Date:
March 17, 2023

Original Title:
Jean-Claude Van Damme, coup sur coup

Alternate Titles:
El impacto de Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme - Coup sur coup
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Blow After Blow
Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate-Diva
Jean-Claude Van Damme: coup sur coup
Jean-Claude, la vie de Van Damme
Van Damme: Split Personality

Genres:
Documentary | TV Movie

Production Companies:
ARTE GEIE
CNC
Flair Productions
Hot
Kaos Films
Movistar+
RTBF
RTS

Production Countries:
Belgium | France | Israel | Spain | Switzerland

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 58

Overview from TheMovieDB

An American low-budget action film celebrated an unexpected worldwide success in 1988: "Bloodsport". With its, the world of film fans and martial arts cinema discovered a new idol: Jean-Claude Van Damme. In the 1970s there was Bruce Lee, but at the end of the 1980s a Belgian won the day. Van Damme was a karate master and had unparalleled strength and flexibility. For ten years he was one of Hollywood's hottest action stars. But excessive overconfidence and drugs bring him down again. At home in Europe he becomes a laughing stock on talk shows. Only with "JCVD" does he manage to get back on his feet, playing his character with perspective and self-irony, but without ever giving up the reputation that his action films brought him and which has been a cult for several generations. The highs and lows of his eventful life are told through archive footage and contributions from people close to the popular Belgian actor.

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Production

Co-Producer:
Patrick Lauber
Heike Lettau
Aurélie Grenet
Isabelle Christiaens

Commissioning Editor:
Oliver Schwehm

Director:
Olivier Monssens

Director of Photography:
Guillaume Tunzini
Thomas Labourasse
Denis Dufays
François Roland
Marie Pannetrat

Editor:
Antoine Dubois

Executive Producer:
Véronique Ménard
Ronald Leclercq

Makeup Designer:
Laure Berthold

Original Music Composer:
Benjamin Schoos

Producer:
Gabriel Chabanier

Sound Editor:
Thierry Braemer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Thierry Braemer

Writer:
Olivier Monssens

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