Detroit Film Theatre To Screen Jackie Chan Classic
On Memorial Day weekend, the theater inside the Detroit Institute of Arts will screen the film that made the stuntman a star.
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On Memorial Day weekend, the theater inside of the Detroit Institute of Arts will screen a restored version of Police Story, the action film from 1985 that made Jackie Chan a star.
The Detroit Film Theatre is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year. DFT curator Elliott Wilhelm has been bringing films to the theater since 1974.
“Jackie Chan could take a punch like no one on this earth and keep going,” says Wilhelm. “You actually see an entire stunt play out, which was part of what [Chan] did. Jackie Chan’s stunts are his gift to the world.”
Click on the audio player above to hear DFT film curator Elliot Wilhelm preview Police Story, the Jackie Chan classic from 1985.
