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Jackie Chan (Chinese: 成龍; born 7 April 1954), Chan Kong-sang, is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, filmmaker, comedian, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts. Jackie Chan has been acting since the 1970s and has appeared in over 100 films. Chan has received stars on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a cultural icon, Chan has been referenced in various pop songs, cartoons, and video games. Chan is also a Cantopop and Mandopop star, having released a number of albums and sung many of the theme songs for the films in which he has starred. Chan was born on April 7, 1954, in Victoria Peak, in the former Crown colony of Hong Kong, as Chan Kong-sang (meaning "born in Hong Kong") to Charles and Lee-Lee Chan, refugees from the Chinese Civil War. He was nicknamed Paopao (Chinese: 炮炮, literally meaning "Cannonball") because he was such a big baby, weighing 12 pounds, or about 5.4 kgs. Since his parents worked for the French Consul to Hong Kong, Chan spent his formative years within the grounds of the consul's residence in the Victoria Peak district. Chan attended the Nah-Hwa Primary School on Hong Kong Island, where he failed his first year, after which his parents withdrew him from the school. In 1960, his father immigrated to Canberra, Australia, to work as the head cook for the American embassy, and Chan was sent to the China Drama Academy, a Peking Opera School run by Master Yu Jim-yuen. Chan trained rigorously for the next decade, excelling in martial arts and acrobatics. He eventually became part of the Seven Little Fortunes, a performance group made up of the school's best students, gaining the stage name Yuen Lo in homage to his master. Chan became close friends with fellow group members Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, the three of them later to be known as the Three Brothers or Three Dragons. At the age of 17, he worked as a stuntman in the Bruce Lee films Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon under the stage name Chan Yuen Lung. He received his first starring role later that year, in Little Tiger of Canton, which had a limited release in Hong Kong in 1973.
At Christmas, miracles happen, wishes come true and people's destinies change. A trip on the Christmas train can change the whole life of everyone who sits on the train. Former war writer Tom Langdon wants to fulfill the wishes of his recently deceased father. That's why he goes to LA by train to see his girlfriend Lelia before Christmas. Tom's father wanted his son to write a story about a train trip across the US. Washington at the train station, Tom begins to get to know his fellow passengers. The trip will take four days and the passengers will cover 3,000 miles. Tom discovers that he is traveling with the old railwayman Higgins, who now drives only for fun, the fiancés Julie and Steve, who have run away from Steve's parents. They did not agree with their intention to marry, and also the strange lonely elderly lady Agnes, who watches everything and knows everyone. An interesting character on the train is the fortune teller Misty, who predicts human destinies. The crew of the wagon is completed by an old widower, John Kelly, whose wife died and he wants to fulfill her wish - to read Dickens' Christmas Carol while traveling by train. But very important fellow travelers are the famous film director Max Powers and his screenwriter Eleanor. Very soon after getting on the train, Tom starts chatting with Max at the bar, and he introduces Eleanor to him. It's a shock for Tom, but also for Eleanor. They both know each other from their past. They were once partners and lovers.
