9 facts about the directorial debut of Jean-Claude Van Damme (4 photos)

Jean-Claude Van Damme made his directorial debut in 1996 releasing a sports action movie starring himself. Also on set attended by Sir Roger Moore, James Remar, Janet Gunn, as well as Abdel Kissy, with whom Van Damme previously starred in AWOL. translated and Spread a few facts about the tape "In Search of Adventure".





Sir Roger Moore wrote in his autobiography that he I really disliked working with Van Damme and producer Moshe Diamant. IN As a result, the actor refused to participate in Diamant's next project.

Frank Dukes sues Van Damme for copyright film, claiming that Van Damme and he wrote a story called "Kumite: Enter the New Dragon" in 1991. Van Damme denied everything claiming that the two projects are unrelated. As a result, Dukes lost the court, but achieved that in the credits his name appears as the author plot.

When the filming ran out of money, many members the film crew was asked to work for free so as not to violate filming schedule. The film crew laughed at the producers and threatened strike. The money was found immediately.



In his autobiography, Moore said that the production film constantly suffered from the disorganization of the process and weak preparation.

In the book that Christopher Dubois supposedly reads from, and which closes before the credits begin, there are two short paragraphs, which seem to resemble the theme of the film, and then turn into commercials luxury yachts.

Lord Edgar Dobbs (Sir Roger Moore) drives Christopher Dubois (Jean-Claude Van Damme) to the island of Muay Thai and sells it there. The last time Moore was on this island was during the filming of the final scenes. movie The Man with the Golden Gun.



Sir Roger Moore's character introduces himself as "Dobbs. Lord Dobbs". A clear reference to his role as James Bond.

The opening of the film is a tribute to Once Upon a Time in America and Oliver Twist.

Despite the poor reception from critics who lashed out at on the secondary nature of the plot and on the fact that "In search of ..." echoes in in many ways with "Bloodsport", Van Damme's tape managed to collect in the world box office over $57 million.