Miracles aka The Canton Godfather (88 Films)

[Magic Monkey]

Release date: December 9th, 2019

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Limited Edition Gloss O-Card slipcase [First Print Run Only - 3000] New artwork from R.P. “Kung Fu Bob” O’Brien [check out his webshop for awesome kung fu prints here]
• Limited Edition 44 page Booklet: Miracles On Set: William Blaik takes a look back at the JC Stunt Team’s Future Stars and Hidden Gems [Booklet notes]. The Old Way of the Dragon: Inspiration, Techniques and making Miracles by Scott Harrison [Booklet notes] featuring rare stills, posters, lobby cards, behind the scenes photos, production stills and more [First Print Run Only - 3000]
• Brand-new 4K restorations of the Original Hong Kong cut (Mr Canton & Lady Rose - 127 mins) and the International cut (Miracles aka Black Dragon - 107 mins) in original 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio
• Remastered Original Cantonese Mono Soundtrack
• Alternate Cantonese Mono Soundtrack featuring a unique mix and dfferent music cues
• Newly-translated English Subtitles and SDH [optional]
• Classic English Dub for the International cut with optional SDH
• ‘Teaser’ with clips from the main features of ‘Project A II’, ‘Police Story 2’, followed by behind-the scenes of ‘Miracles’
• Alternative The Canton Godfather title sequence
• [New] Jackie Chan: Film Director Featurette with Steve Lawson
• Hong Kong Trailer
• Double-sided artwork with both original Hong Kong poster art and International poster art

TECHNICAL SPECS

• Region Code: B
• Audio: DTS-HD MA Dual Mono
• Picture: 1080p HD 2.35:1
• Runtime: 127 [HK cut] 107 [International cut] mins approx
• Language: Cantonese / English
• Subtitles: English

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88 Films

[dr727]

Finally!!! I saw a Jackie triple feature last year and Miracles was his selection. He did an in-person in Q&A after. So good!

[DK1979]

DB Entry: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Miracle-Blu-ray/240414/

[reason108]

With this and Dragons Forever will complete my list of JC films that I want on blu-ray; true HD, I mean. I have the upscale. But, please don`t screw this up, 88.

[Yautja_Warrior]

I'm hoping with these films being newer / higher profile movies than the likes of TKWI and Dragon Fist, the masters will be in much better shape to begin with, so will hopefully look much better.

[reason108]

Originally Posted by Yautja_Warrior

I'm hoping with these films being newer / higher profile movies than the likes of TKWI and Dragon Fist, the masters will be in much better shape to begin with, so will hopefully look much better.

88 mentioned that the masters for these were night and day compared to the JC titles they’ve released so far.

[splintersan]

Originally Posted by reason108

88 mentioned that the masters for these were night and day compared to the JC titles they’ve released so far.

Also just to reiterate for those that are unaware of how Fortune Star works, most of the time who ever licenses the films are not allowed touch the film. So they are generally released as they are received. It sucks when it comes through with some weird grading or DNR but it is what it is unfortunately. The only one that really bums me out is the Battle Creek Brawl stretched image. I feel like that could have been fixed.

Are there various cuts of this film too? I'm not as familiar with this one as some of Jackie's others.

[Magic Monkey]

The HKL DVD mentions that it has "extra footage not available in the international print".

According to https://www.movie-censorship.com/list.php?s=miracles

- Uncut HK version
- Chinese extended version (4 min longer)
- Export/international version (21 min shorter)
- Japanese version (9 min shorter)

[chen lung]

Originally Posted by Magic Monkey

The HKL DVD mentions that it has "extra footage not available in the international print".

It's just the normal Hong Kong version (I have it).

They said something similar for their release of 'Armour of God'.

[chen lung]

4K was a surprise to me, but it is welcome and probably justified given the visual (a lot was spent on production - see this).

I don't know how Fortune Star determines scanning resolution - does anyone have general insight?

[backslashio]

Ok I think I'm going to give in to this bluray & watch it for the first time! Damn you Jackie Chan

[chen lung]

Is anyone aware of a version featuring the international English dub with the HK edit?

[Magic Monkey]

What's the dub on the HKL DVD? Not the one you're after?

[chen lung]

Originally Posted by Magic Monkey

What's the dub on the HKL DVD? Not the one you're after?

It's the Star TV dub.

[Keung]

Jackie's masterpiece, and probably my favourite film of his overall. Absolutely cannot wait for this – it should look beautiful in 4K.

[chen lung]

My understanding is this:

Hong Kong English title: 'Mr Canton and Lady Rose'
International English title: 'Miracles'

I'm assuming 'Black Dragon' was a title introduced by Columbia TriStar for their re-issue (what was the reason?), but I'm thinking 'The Canton Godfather' was only used for UK VHS releases in the early 90s, and has since been adopted by Fortune Star for their remaster - possibly erroneously.

Would anyone disagree, or can fill me in?

[Ken81]

The Chinese title literally translates to 'Miracle', so I wonder why they bother with the other alternative titles. Miracles should be an appropriate and simple enough title in my opinion

[chen lung]

It's partly about trying to understand the history and representing as intended.

I do think that the multitude of titles doesn't help, and that 'Miracles' probably would have sufficed, though 'Mr Canton and Lady Rose' is a bit more elegant.

[Magic Monkey]

Originally Posted by chen lung

but I'm thinking 'The Canton Godfather' was only used for UK VHS releases in the early 90s, and has since been adopted by Fortune Star for their remaster - possibly erroneously.

In 2006 Nordic region had 6 JC movies released on DVD, and one of them was titled "The Canton Godfather":



Basically the same as the UK disc few years earlier:

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by chen lung

My understanding is this:

Hong Kong English title: 'Mr Canton and Lady Rose'
International English title: 'Miracles'

I'm assuming 'Black Dragon' was a title introduced by Columbia TriStar for their re-issue (what was the reason?), but I'm thinking 'The Canton Godfather' was only used for UK VHS releases in the early 90s, and has since been adopted by Fortune Star for their remaster - possibly erroneously.

Would anyone disagree, or can fill me in?

That all sounds about right.

I rather like this poster: