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about an adventure in San Francisco's Chinatown that puts a gung-ho trucker and his unlikely allies in the middle of a centuries-old supernatural battle between good and evil.
Directed by: . Written by: Gary Goldman and David Z. Weinstein.
Some people pick the darnedest places to start a fight!
I'm not saying I've been everywhere and I've done everything. But I do know this is a pretty amazing planet we live on here. And a man would have to be some kind of fool to think we're all alone in this universe.
Like I told my last wife, I said "Honey, I never drive faster than I can see. Besides that, it's all in the reflexes."
Just remember what old Jack Burton does when the earth quakes and the poison arrows fall from the sky and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big old storm right in the eye and says "Give me your best shot. I can take it."
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye, and asks you i you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have you paid your dues, Jack? Yes sir, the check is in the mail."
Which Lo Pan? Little ol’ basket case on wheels, or the ten-foot-tall roadblock?!
Would you stop rubbing your body up against mine? Because I can’t concentrate when you do that...
What does that mean? huh? ‘China is here?’ I don’t even know what the hell that means! All I know is this Lo Pan character comes from out of thin air in the middle of a goddamned alley, while his buddies are flying around on wires, cutting everybody to shreds...and he just stands there, waiting for me to drive my truck straight through him?! With LIGHT coming out of his mouth?!
Sit tight, hold the fort, keep the home fires burning. And if we're not back by dawn...call the president.
Where'd you get that?
Everybody relax, I'm here.
Ol' Jack always says...what the hell?.
Wang Chi: Here's to the Army and Navy and the b here's to America's colors, the colors that never run.
Jack Burton: May the wings of liberty never lose a feather.
Jack Burton: Ah, you know what ol' Jack Burton says at a time like this?
Thunder: Who?
Jack Burton: Jack Burton... me!
Jack Burton: [pointing to Chinese writing in an elevator] What does that say?
Wang: Hell of Boiling Oil.
Jack Burton: You're kidding.
Wang: Yeah, I am. It says "Keep Out."
Jack Burton: I don't get this at all. I thought Lo Pan—
Lo Pan: Shut up, Mr. Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it!
Egg Shen: Can see things no one else can see. Do things no one else can do.
Jack Burton: Real things?
Egg Shen: As real as Lo Pan!
Jack Burton: Hey, what more can a guy ask for?
Egg Shen: Oh, a six-demon bag!
Jack Burton: Terrific, a six-demon bag. Sensational. What's in it, Egg?
Egg Shen: Wind, fire, all that kind of thing!
Margo: Oh come on, Jack. (points at the knife he is cleaning) You're not a one man army!
Jack: I know but still. You're staying top-side with Eddie and Uncle Chu!
Margo: (points to where Eddie is sitting) Eddie? But he...
Jack: I know. He has a crush on ya!
Gracie: (Jack's truck starts) What was that?
Jack: 6.9 on the Richter scale!
Some people pick the darnedest places to start a fight!
Adventure doesn't come any bigger!
Try to find big reason before you visit world of magic...
Jack Burton's in for some serious trouble and you're in for some serious fun.
A Mystical, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Kung Fu, Monster, Ghost Story!
- Jack Burton
- Gracie Law
- Wang Chi
- Miao Yin
- David Lo Pan
- Egg Shen
- Eddie Lee
has an article about:There was much more to women's work during World War Two than 'Make Do and Mend'. They built tanks, worked in rescue teams, and operated behind enemy lines. Carol Harris spoke to women of their experiences during the conflict.
During World War One, women volunteered for essential work in order to release men to go into the armed forces. Some 25 years later, as World War Two loomed, campaigns emphasised the need for women to volunteer in similar fashion.
It was always clear, however, that this time volunteering was not going to meet the demands of wartime production, and in 1940, a secret report by Sir William Beveridge demonstrated that the conscription of women, as well as of men, was unavoidable.
...it was emphasised that women would not be required to bear arms.
From spring 1941, every woman in Britain aged 18-60 had to be registered, and their family occupations were recorded. Each was interviewed, and required to choose from a range of jobs, although it was emphasised that women would not be required to bear arms. Many women, however, were eventually to work - and die - under fire.
In December 1941, the National Service Act (no 2) made the conscription of women legal. At first, only single women aged 20-30 were called up, but by mid-1943, almost 90 per cent of single women and 80 per cent of married women were employed in essential work for the war effort.
In 1944, Olive Owens, aged 17, was working as an air raid warden in Croydon, Surrey.
'One day when I was on duty, a V2 rocket dropped on the corner of Park Road and King's Road. It was complete devastation. We dug and dug until our fingers bled. My most vivid memory is of an arm raised, to call for silence, when someone heard tapping among the ruins... '
'The American Red Cross was very good at keeping us in doughnuts and American coffee and I also remember well the astonishment of one American Sergeant when he realised how young I was to be doing that job and working full-time elsewhere too - but it was nothing in those days. Everyone did it.'
Changing roles
ATS anti-aircraft crew, 1941
Most women who volunteered before the war went into civil defence or the Women's Land Army. The main civil defence services were Air Raid Precautions (ARP), the fire service and Women's Voluntary Services (WVS). Initially, the women mainly carried out clerical work, but their roles expanded to meet demand, and female pump crews became commonplace.
The WVS was the largest single women's organisation at this time. It was formed to support civil defence and to provide services not provided locally by other organisations, and had over one million members. Typical WVS contributions included organising evacuations, shelters, clothing exchanges and mobile canteens.
Typical WVS contributions included organising evacuations, shelters, clothing exchanges and mobile canteens.
The Women's Land Army/Scottish Land Army was reformed in 1938 so that women could be trained in agricultural work, leaving male workers free to go to war. Most WLA members were young women from the towns and cities.
Annice Gibbs, who worked for the WLA Timber Corps, remembers an encounter with Italian prisoners of war (POWs).
'After our training, we soon got used to heavy work, such as lifting pit-props and cutting them into various lengths for the coal mines. There were no mechanical devices used then and every pit-prop was cut by hand.
'... the Italian POWs worked to measure the trees. They were very well looked after and we were amazed to see them erecting field ovens. They cooked bacon and cabbage for their lunch and brewed delicious hot coffee ... and we sat under a tree eating beetroot sandwiches ... We were fortunate - they gave us some of their coffee and food.'
A woman's place
Ambulance crew, Fulham, 1941
In the 1930s, social roles were clearly defined. A woman's place was in the home, a man's place was out at work. It was acceptable for women to work outside the home if they had no family to look after, but they were paid less than men were - even when doing the same jobs. Before the war, nearly five million women in the United Kingdom had paid employment, but most would have expected to leave as soon as they married, or when they had their first child.
...so mothers often ran the home alone - and had to get used to going out to work, as well.
With the onset of war, everything changed. Fathers perhaps joined the armed forces, or were sent away to do vital civilian work, so mothers often ran the home alone - and had to get used to going out to work, as well. Young single women, often away from home for the first time, might be billeted miles from their families.
Flexible working hours, nurseries and other arrangements soon became commonplace to accommodate the needs of working women with children. Before long, women made up one third of the total workforce in the metal and chemical industries, as well as in ship-building and vehicle manufacture.
They worked on the railways, canals and on buses. Women built Waterloo Bridge in London. Nellie Brook left the munitions factory where she worked due to poor health, and was assigned to aircraft manufacture.
'I was told my services were needed at A V Roe at Yeardon, where they made Lancaster bombers. That was like something out of science fiction. To get there, we were taken out into the country. When you arrived you would never have thought there was a factory there, it was great big grass hillocks and once you went inside it was amazing. No windows, all these hundreds of people of both sexes all working away like ants. All doing different jobs that finished up producing one of Britain's finest planes.'
Fashion and freedom
Trousers made quite an impact on women's fashion
Military styling and lines influenced fashions at the start of the war. Women often wore trousers, or a one-piece siren suit (so-called because it could be pulled on quickly when an air raid warning siren sounded). Headgear became practical, seen as a means of keeping hair out of the way rather than as a fashion statement. Large handbags - to carry all the family's ration books - were also practical rather than fashionable accessories.
Knitting became a national female obsession. Various schemes gave advice on recycling or making clothes last longer, two of these were the Make Do and Mend, and Sew and Save, schemes. Leading designers worked on the Utility scheme, aiming to make the best use of materials to produce functional clothing.
Leading designers worked on the Utility scheme, aiming to make the best use of materials to produce functional clothing.
Hair was worn long, but off the face. As war drew to a close, women adopted the 'Victory Roll', where the hair was rolled up tightly, fixed in place, and topped with a swept-up curl. Longer hair, like red lipstick, was thought to add to a woman's glamour. The popular wisdom was that such feminine touches boosted morale, both for women and for the men around them.
The practical demands of wartime changed social customs beyond all recognition. People enjoyed far greater social freedom than before, with more opportunities for encounters with members of the opposite sex, and a sense that normal rules did not apply in the face of so much imminent danger.
The drawback to such new opportunities was the increase in numbers of people with venereal disease, Being, or having an illegitimate child were socially unacceptable then, but even so, there was a huge increase in the number of children born to single mothers during the war. However, increasingly explicit sex education did mean that people ended the war far better informed about this topic than they might have otherwise have been.
A global response
The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) was formed in 1938. Its initial plan was to recruit 25,000 female volunteers for driving, clerical and general duties. In 1939, however, it was in action in France with the British Expeditionary Force.
Women also came to Britain as members of other Allied forces - such as the Women's Australian Air Force...
The vast majority of women in the ATS served in anti-aircraft command, on searchlights - the 93rd Searchlight Regiment were all female. They also worked in mixed batteries on anti-aircraft guns, but were not officially allowed to fire them.
The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was reformed in the spring of 1939. Women aged 18-50 and living near naval ports could apply. The WRNS maintained ships of the Royal Navy and were involved in some of the most secret planning for D-Day.
Gwyneth Verdon-Roe was in the WRNS in 1943-7. In her letters home, she often mentions her brother and her father, both serving in the Royal Navy. On 15 June 1944 she wrote:
'You mustn't worry. I am keeping an eye on Daddy and Keith. Daddy should be back soon but he is busy keeping the lanes free from mines and making them broader. They are doing a necessary and wonderful job. I read the newspaper reports and keep cuttings. I am so glad I am a plotter - it is the most exciting job because we are in on everything that is happening. The night of 4th-5th June I was on all night. We worked flat out till dawn and then the whole thing was called off because of bad weather. The disappointment was terrible, the anti-climax after all the stress. We were tearful and tired and had never felt so low in all our lives.'
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) was created in July 1939. Among other duties, they boosted the numbers in the Royal Observer Corps, and in maintaining and flying barrage balloons.
Some, mainly from the voluntary First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, worked with the Special Operations Executive, dropping into enemy territory and working as saboteurs, couriers and radio operators.
Elsewhere overseas, female nurses in military field hospitals worked near the front line of battle, and many served with allied forces such as SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces). Women also came to Britain as members of other Allied forces - such as the Women's Australian Air Force, and its Canadian and American equivalents. Others came from across the then British Empire to serve in the ATS. At its peak the British auxiliary forces consisted of nearly half a million members.
Women in 1945
VE Day, London, May 1945
Recruitment posters showed women as glamorous and independent, and images of women, especially in uniform, were used to sell everything from cigarettes to shoes. In the cinema, women were usually
depicted as practical and capable - and those who moaned were usually dead by the end of the film.
"It was an awful and wonderful war. I wouldn't have missed it for anything..."
Women's contributions to the war effort were highlighted in newspapers and magazines, and auxiliary forces paraded regularly through towns. As the war ended, however, printed publications took for granted the return of women to the home.
It was understood throughout the war that what Britain's women were doing was really 'a man's job'. So many of them were dismissed from their work once peace was declared. Government policy encouraged men to return to their pre-war occupations, and wartime nurseries were wound up. In industries that were not heavily unionised, however, some women were kept on - not least because they were cheaper to employ than men.
Trudy Murray served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. She remembers mixed feelings at the end of the war.
'Demob was a big disappointment to a lot of us. It was an awful and wonderful war. I wouldn't have mi some of the friends we made were forever.'
Recognition of the contribution of the auxiliary forces came quickly, after the war was over, with the creation of permanent women's forces in 1949. And post-war food shortages meant that the Women's Land Army continued until 1950. The WVS proved itself too useful ever to disband and continues today, becoming 'Royal' in 1966.
The wartime achievements of civilian women were less easy to define, however, once normal life was resumed, and there was no obvious immediate change in their circumstances. Nevertheless, by the 1960s the experiences of those who had done 'a man's job' in the war years began to resonate with a new generation. Their stories added weight to the campaign throughout that decade for equal workplace opportunities, and equal pay, for women.
Find out more
Green Sleeves: The Story of the WVS/WRVS by Katharine Bentley Beauman (Seeley, Service and Co, 1977)
The Story of the W.R.N.S. by Eileen Bigland (Nicholson and Watson, 1946)
WWII British Women's Uniforms by Martin Brayley and Richard Ingram (Windrow and Green,1995)
Put That Light Out by Mike Brown (Sutton,1999)
Women in Uniform Through the Centuries
by Elizabeth Ewing (Batsford,1975)
Wartime Women - a Mass Observation Anthology
by Dorothy Sheridan (Phoenix Press, 1990)
Land Girl by Anne Hall (Ex Libris, 1993)
The Long Weekend by Robert Graves and Alan Hodge (Hutchinson, 1985)
About the author
Carol Harris is a freelance journalist and lecturer, with a special interest in World War Two. She is the author of Women at War 1939-45: the Home Front, and Women at War in Uniform: 1939-45. She co-authored The Wartime House (Sutton, 2000), with Mike Brown, her husband.
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