A biographic film based on the books "Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew" by his widow Linda Lee Cadwell and "Bruce Lee: The Biography" by Robert Clouse who directed him. Bruce Lee (Jaon Scott Lee) was born Lee Jun Fan November 27, 1940 in San Francisco, the son of Lee Hoi Chuen (Ric Young) , a singer with the Cantonese Opera. This account deals with the gentle young Bruce Lee who begins appearing in children's roles in minor films including The Birth of Mankind (1946) . Furthermore, he worked in a close relative's restaurant . He eventually made his way to Seattle, Washington, where he enrolled at university to study philosophy and including an enjoyable romance when he meets his future wife Linda Lee (Lauren Holly) , at the same time Bruce found the time to practice his beloved kung fu techniques. Lee became associated with many key martial arts figures in the United States, including kenpo karate expert , tae kwon do , Karate and Kung Fu . Introduced to television by producer William Dozier (Robert Wagner) , the latter was keen to bring the cartoon character the Green Hornet to television and was on the lookout for an East Asian actor to play the Green Hornet's sidekick, Kato. Around this time Bruce also opened a second kung fu school in Oakland, California and relocated to Oakland to be closer to Hollywood where trained some Hollywood stars , including to celebrities as Steve McQueen and James Coburn as well as screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. .Bruce's screen test was successful, and Green Hornet (1966) starring Van Williams aired in 1966-1967 with mixed success. . His dedication was such that he insisted his character behave like a perfect bodyguard, keeping his eyes on whoever might be a threat to his employer except when the script made this impossible. Another film opportunity then came his way as he landed the small role of a stand over man named Winslow Wong who intimidates private eye James Garner in Marlowe (1969). Subsequently, he developed the series 'Kung Fu' for Warner Brothers , though he was turned down for the lead at the last moment and replaced by David Carradine . The Mystery. The Life. The Love. The Legend !.
Agreeable and entertaining biography of one the greatest legends in the film history . A fictionalized retelling of the life of the martial arts superstar , the great Bruce Lee . As the martial art sequences are magnificent , as the film packs thrilling, breathtaking and violent struggles with impressive combat sequences including Karate , Judo, Tae Kwon do , Hapkido and Wushu . There's also an intense relation with his wife well played Lauren Holly who acquits herself well , though relies heavily on their long love story. Jason Lee (no relation to Bruce) is nice as as the talented artist , exuding joy of life , bravery and suave spirit , before his mysterious brain disorder death at the age of 32 . Ironically , this release coincided with Brandon Lee's accidental death on a movie set ; as Brandon was an actor and martial artist like his father, was killed in a freak accident on the set of The Raven (1994) . ¨Dragon¨ includes appearances from some notorious actors such as Robert Wagner, Michael Learned , Michael Cudlitz , Van Williams as Green Hornet Director and important Chinese-American actors as Ric Young , Nancy Kwan , Clyde Kusatsu and Aki Aleong.
¨The Bruce Lee Story¨ (1993) deals with his life in America and Hong Kong , as his minor hit in Hollywood led Bruce to return for a visit to Hong Kong and was approached by film producer Raymond Chow who had recently started Golden Harvest productions . Chow was keen to utilize Lee's strong popularity amongst young Chinese fans, and offered him the lead role in Big Boss (1971) . In it , Lee plays a distant cousin coming to join relatives working at an ice house, where murder, corruption, and drug-running lead to his character's adventures and display of Kung-Fu expertise. The film shot in Thailand on a very short budget and in terrible living conditions for cast and crew . However, when it opened in Hong Kong the film was an enormous hit. Chow knew he had struck box office gold with Lee and quickly assembled another script entitled Fist of Fury (1972). ¨Fist of Fury¨ was previously realized to his American box office ¨Enter the dragon¨. This one was made later but released before ¨Lee's Return of dragon¨ with Chuck Norris as contender , and Lee had formerly starred ¨The big boss¨. Being his greatest success the Kung-Fu actioner : ¨Enter the dragon¨ is his last complete movie character but his next film ¨ Game of death¨ was absurdly edited after his death . Bruce Lee played a few films , most of them directed by Lo Wei and Robert Clouse until his early death at 32 . The motion picture was professionally directed by Rob Cohen.
Agreeable and entertaining biography of one the greatest legends in the film history . A fictionalized retelling of the life of the martial arts superstar , the great Bruce Lee . As the martial art sequences are magnificent , as the film packs thrilling, breathtaking and violent struggles with impressive combat sequences including Karate , Judo, Tae Kwon do , Hapkido and Wushu . There's also an intense relation with his wife well played Lauren Holly who acquits herself well , though relies heavily on their long love story. Jason Lee (no relation to Bruce) is nice as as the talented artist , exuding joy of life , bravery and suave spirit , before his mysterious brain disorder death at the age of 32 . Ironically , this release coincided with Brandon Lee's accidental death on a movie set ; as Brandon was an actor and martial artist like his father, was killed in a freak accident on the set of The Raven (1994) . ¨Dragon¨ includes appearances from some notorious actors such as Robert Wagner, Michael Learned , Michael Cudlitz , Van Williams as Green Hornet Director and important Chinese-American actors as Ric Young , Nancy Kwan , Clyde Kusatsu and Aki Aleong.
¨The Bruce Lee Story¨ (1993) deals with his life in America and Hong Kong , as his minor hit in Hollywood led Bruce to return for a visit to Hong Kong and was approached by film producer Raymond Chow who had recently started Golden Harvest productions . Chow was keen to utilize Lee's strong popularity amongst young Chinese fans, and offered him the lead role in Big Boss (1971) . In it , Lee plays a distant cousin coming to join relatives working at an ice house, where murder, corruption, and drug-running lead to his character's adventures and display of Kung-Fu expertise. The film shot in Thailand on a very short budget and in terrible living conditions for cast and crew . However, when it opened in Hong Kong the film was an enormous hit. Chow knew he had struck box office gold with Lee and quickly assembled another script entitled Fist of Fury (1972). ¨Fist of Fury¨ was previously realized to his American box office ¨Enter the dragon¨. This one was made later but released before ¨Lee's Return of dragon¨ with Chuck Norris as contender , and Lee had formerly starred ¨The big boss¨. Being his greatest success the Kung-Fu actioner : ¨Enter the dragon¨ is his last complete movie character but his next film ¨ Game of death¨ was absurdly edited after his death . Bruce Lee played a few films , most of them directed by Lo Wei and Robert Clouse until his early death at 32 . The motion picture was professionally directed by Rob Cohen.