Fans of JACKIE CHAN are eagerly awaiting tonight's (20APR01) premiere of his movie - which he made 12 years ago.

MIRACLE (1989) has never been shown in an American theatre in its original form with no cuts, dubbing or revised music.

The cult film's debut is facilitated by the AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE, who are showing the movie at Hollywood's EGYPTIAN THEATRE until Monday (23APR01).

Miracle, Chan's favourite amongst his many films, is based loosely on FRANK CAPRA's final film POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES, and set in 1930s Hong Kong.

Chan plays a naive country boy who becomes a mob boss and gets duped into a deception scheme while fending off a rival gang and a corrupt cop. Chan also directed, choreographed the fights and co-wrote the screenplay with EDWARD TANG. A new print features newly-translated subtitles and English credits. (RGS/LADN/ES)

Source: WENN