Miracle Mile won’t be the one named. John Badham’s suspense thriller
WarGames, Mick Jackson’s horrifically realistic BBC docu-drama
Threads and Harry T Murakami’s animated drama
When The Wind Blows are the more likely candidates in that respect. That’s in no way indicative of the quality of De Jarnatt’s film, however, because
Miracle Mile is a classic. It just happens to have existed in a liminal space as a ‘cult’ or ‘overlooked’ classic, but that’s beginning to change.
While the film has always been championed by hardcore admirers, it’s the recent extras-laden, remastered Blu-ray releases that have given the film a well-deserved new lease of life. Contemporary critical reappraisals have elevated