Mr. Canton and Lady Rose (1989)

A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.

Director:

Jackie Chan

Writers:

Golden Way Creative Group, Hal Kanter

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Ah-Lei Gua

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jackie Chan	...	'Charlie' Cheng Wah Kuo
Anita Mui	...	Luming Yang
Ah-Lei Gua	...	Madam Kao (as Yah-Leh Gui)
Chun-Hsiung Ko	...	Tiger (as Chun Hsiung Ko)
Wu Ma	...	Uncle Hai
Bill Tung	...	Tung
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kenny Bee	...	Reporter #1
Anthony Carpio	...	One of Tiger Lo's men
Anthony Chan	...	Reporter #2
Ching-Wan Chan
Joanna Chan
Kwok-Kuen Chan	...	Chen Wah's Man
Sai-Tang Chan	...	Rope Factory Worker
Tat-Kwong Chan	...	Rope Factory Worker
Wai-Yue Chan	...	Lady Rose's Friend

Storyline

Jackie Chan's Hong Kong variation of Frank Capra's "A Pocketful of Miracles" set in the 1930s. Jackie plays a country boy who rescues a gang boss. Jackie becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. Jackie and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old rose-seller when her daughter comes to visit, all this while battling a rival gang.

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Plot Keywords:

helping the less fortunate | cult favorite | flower | thompson gun | nightclub | 

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Taglines:

"Overwhelmingly wonderful", "Nothing short of miraculous...a must see" - The Hollywood Reporter

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese English

Release Date:

15 June 1989 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Mr. Canton and Lady Rose

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Box Office

Budget:

HKD64,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company, Golden Way Films Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

139 min 101 min (DVD) 106 min (USA)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Jackie Chan's autobiography, this movie took nine months to shoot and ended up costing over nine million U.S. dollars, a staggering amount for a Hong Kong movie at the time. The film bombed at the box-office and the studio, Golden Harvest, was not happy. So in an attempt to recoup some box-office, Chan made the globe trotting adventure Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991).

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Goofs

When tripped at his initiation, Gwok begins to fall on his left side but lands on his right in the next shot.

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Alternate Versions

The international version is cut by 22 minutes from the original Hong Kong release.

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Connections

Referenced in Shanghai Knights (2003)

User Reviews

Different, but great

I recently picked up a full, subtitled copy of 'Miracles', and I must say that the original is better than the dubbed version I had previously seen, and that version was also around half an hour shorter than the original version. The dubbed version cut out some not-so-important scenes, but things still got confusing at times, and some very funny scenes which did not make into the dubbed version, and at least one of the fight scenes was significantly edited in the dubbed version.

'Miracles' a very different movie to most of Jackie's work. There is the trademark Jackie Chan action and slapstick, but fights and action sequences are not as frequent as they are in his other movies, as 'Miracles' is more about Jackie proving to critics that he can make a movie with extravagant sets and costumes, and complicated camera shots (Who can blame him? James Cameron did the same thing, but 'Miracles' is a both an enjoyable and a good movie, while 'Titanic' is neither).

The movie is funny, and the action (what action there is) is excellent, and even the acting is great.

9/10 A great movie. Check it out if you're a Jackie Chan fan, but make sure you get the full, subtitled movie (should be about two-hours).