Miracles (Mr. Canton & Lady Rose)

Ji Ji
Jackie Chan
Part of

The Jackie Chan Experience

June 23 - 27, 2013

If you ask Jackie Chan which movie he’s most proud of directing, he always names this shimmering 1920s gangster fantasia, a remake of Frank Capra’s Lady for a Day set in a storybook Hong Kong that recalls Damon Runyon’s New York.

DIRECTOR
Jackie Chan
YEAR
1989
COUNTRY
Hong Kong
RUNTIME
127 minutes
LANGUAGE
Cantonese with English Subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
Ji Ji
START DATE
June 24, 2013

If you ask Jackie Chan which movie he’s most proud of directing, he always names this shimmering 1920s gangster fantasia, a remake of Frank Capra’s
Lady for a Day set in a storybook Hong Kong that recalls Damon Runyon’s New York. Chan plays a nice-guy country bumpkin who inherits the top crime
king position from a dying mafia boss. With the fast feet, quick quips, and sudden reversals of Hollywood’s great screwball comedies, it also features a diva turn by pop star Anita Mui, Hong Kong’s answer to Madonna, except she can actually act.

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