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He doesn't frighten me,
I'm strong, see?
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[interviewer]
Now, Bruce, just look right
into the camera lens.
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Right here and tell
us your name, your age
and where you were born.
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My last name is Lee. Bruce Lee.
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I was born is
San Francisco, 1940.
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I am 24 right now.
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[interviewer]
And you work in motion
pictures in Hong Kong?
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Yeah, since I was around
six years old.
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[Mike Leeder in English]
Yeah, Bruce had done
all these movies
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as a kid, caused
a lot of trouble,
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he'd been sent to America.
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Did the Green Hornet, which
to him was a step down.
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Kato, we're dealing with
a man of infinite brilliance
and infinite madness.
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But it was the Green
Hornet marketed
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as the Kato show in Hong Kong,
that opened the doors for him.
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[howling in pain]
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[in Chinese]
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You want to fight?
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I'll take you on.
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Golden Harvest was considered
very much an upstart,
a small independent.
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He came in and showed people
that there was a different
way to do things.
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[in Chinese]
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The first movie that Bruce
did as an adult was Big Boss.
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And that was, for its time,
considered a huge success.
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Bruce was considered
a local star in Hong Kong
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and in Singapore, Malaysia.
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Before his films had
been released in Japan
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or anyplace else in the world.
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[Leeder] Even in Hong Kong,
the Bruce Lee.
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movies were the first
Chinese movies that
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non-Chinese people really
started paying attention to.
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The fact that Bruce got
interviewed on the English TV
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out here and everything.
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Even now, it's hard to see.
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Hong Kong actors
getting interviewed on
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the British side of things.
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[making noises]
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[imitating]
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[in Chinese]
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He just hit a certain moment in
history where people were
looking for that kind of hero.
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Now hear this.
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I shall accept punishment for
the lives that I took.
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-You just leave
this school alone.
-Yes. Sure.
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The Big Boss and Fists of Fury
and even Way of the Dragon,
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they weren't designed to be
international releases.
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But the demand was
so strong that suddenly
you had buyers coming in.
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[Morgan] So that was the
beginning of Bruce Lee becoming
a quote, international star,
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I was working with him
on Game of Death
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when we stopped Game of Death to
go work on Enter the Dragon.
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[Worth] Game of Death was never
finished, he only shot about
three or four fight scenes
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before Warner Brothers came
along and picked him up for
Enter the Dragon.
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[Morgan] Bruce Lee was
the first leading man
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to achieve recognition for
introducing the genre
of martial arts films
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to the global market.
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The truth in fact is we were
just at the cusp of that fame.
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Before the release of
Enter the Dragon
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when he passed away.
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On the 20th of July 1973,
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all of the newspapers in HongKong carried shock headlines.
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The death of Bruce Lee.
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[Worth] The cause of death
was cerebral edema,
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which is the swelling
of the brain
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and that was reportedly
caused by a headache
tablet he'd been taking.
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Nobody believed it.
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It was like, whoa,
in the middle of it,
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we're really getting
into this guy, then all
the sudden he's gone.
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[in Chinese]
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The next question is,
can we find another Bruce Lee?
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♪ He sure knows how tofight for his defense ♪
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♪ In starting all hislimbs are tense ♪
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♪ Power glistens in his eyes ♪
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♪ He strikes terrorwith his cries ♪
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♪ He's the king of kung fu ♪
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♪ King of kung fu ♪
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♪ King of kung fu ♪
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♪ And show what he can do ♪
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♪ He's the king of kung fu ♪
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♪ King of kung fu ♪
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♪ The greatest fighterthe world ever knew ♪
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♪ King of kung fu ♪
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♪ The greatest fighterthe world ever knew, hey ♪
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[Morgan]
I was assigned by Golden Harvest
to bring Bruce's wife,
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Linda and the children back
to the States for the funeral.
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It was suggested that we take
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a documentary film crew with us.
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The world of Chinesemovies has lost a heroand a leader.
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Many people havelost a friend.
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[Worth] Raymond Chow,
who was Bruce Lee's producer,
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started shooting
footage of the funeral.
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Started shooting
footage in Bruce Lee's house.
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Like days after he died.
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His home stands empty.
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Only memories ofthe past remain here.
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[Morgan]
The idea morphed
to building it out
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into being a complete film.
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And so we spent
about another five months
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assembling all the other
footage that went on to become
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Bruce Lee The Man,
The Life and The Legend.
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[Worth]
So right away they started
making these movies.
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I mean, you can almost
look at this documentary
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as a sort of
a Bruceploitation film.
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McQueen and Coburn helpedcarry the coffin to the hearse
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for the finaljourney to the cemetery.
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Hong Kong Chinese film
industry was moving along,
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whether it was with David Chang
or with Jimmy Wang Yu
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or with any of
the other stars of the day.
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For the international market,
we tried selling a lot
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of the other martial arts movies
and the swordplay movies.
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They met with limited
success around the world.
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They all wanted
the next Bruce Lee.
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[in Chinese]
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[Roy Horan] They would go
to people in the martial
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arts schools,
the gymnasiums and so forth.
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Hey, anybody
looked like Bruce Lee.
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Anybody was good.
They were scouring everything.
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[in English]
My name is Ho Chung-Tao.
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Chinese name,
English name is James.
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And they give name
called Bruce Li.
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Bruce Li is the bestknown double for Lee
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and is an accomplished martialartist in his own right.
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We felt that you shouldtake a good look at
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his abilitiesand compare for yourself.
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[in Chinese]
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Why then, do you still get
into fights every day?
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I can't... I can't
help fighting.
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[in Chinese]
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[grunting]
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[in Chinese]
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Additional kung fu movements
are grouped according to
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the section of the body
you want to attack.
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These groups are good
in practice,
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but the real fight is different.
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[in Chinese]
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[shouting]
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[in Chinese]
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Action!
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[in Chinese]
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[grunting]
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[laughs]
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Not bad.
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-Kung fu good!
-Uncle.
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[in Chinese]
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I'm producing the Green Hornet
program for NBC TV this fall
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and I would like you
to play a part.
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-Are you interested?
-Me?
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[in French]
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That, that hurt me.
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Get back.
Let me handle them.
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Well, what's the matter?
Want to fight?
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I think these bastards
won't bother you anymore.
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[in Chinese]
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[Worth]
He went on and did about
four or five other films
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about Bruce Lee's life.
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You can see all
the different interpretations
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all these different
filmmakers had of Bruce Lee.
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He had, like 19 different lives.
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According to these guys.
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Only one man inthe world could play the part.
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Bruce Li starring in Bruce Lee
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the Man, the Myth.
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Bruce Lee the Man the
Myth is probably one of
the most popular ones.
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It's probably
the most even handed as well.
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Bruce Li was hisfriend in life,
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Bruce Li was his student
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in the martial arts.
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I don't think he'd ever
even met Bruce Lee.
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Every kick and hitreminds you of his master.
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[in Chinese]
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A master in three formsof Wing Chun.
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No wonder he fights like hismaster, all new, all true.
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His True Story.
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[in French]
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Bruce Lee?
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Yes, my captor is very lovely.
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You must have guessed that
I wanted to know more
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about you and your kung fu.
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She certainly is...
very sweet.
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Bruce Lee, my friend,
your kung fu is really classic.
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You will be a Chinese hero.
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You will conquer
the western world.
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Bruce Lee was always
proud of being Chinese.
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When he went to America,
he became very progressive and
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he started to learn western
boxing, and he started teaching
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martial arts to whites,
and they didn't like that.
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It's like, hey,
those are our secrets.
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So when The Dragon Lives
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came along,
he's born in China.
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It means that boy is
destined for big things.
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He wasn't. He was really
born in San Francisco.
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And when he goes to America
and he's only there for,
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I think it seemed like
a month or something like that,
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and in that month,
he meets a girl in one scene
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and 15 minutes later she's
his girlfriend. The next thing
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you know, when he's in
Hong Kong now, she's his wife.
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Bruce Lee really married
a white woman in real life.
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Well, let's get her in
there because we got
to get her in there.
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They did have some skeletal
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biography of Bruce Lee,
so it's a highly fictionalized
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biography of Bruce Lee.
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[Worth]
Goes to America, fights racism.
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What sort of movie
are you making?
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Oh, it's called
Hong Kong Today.
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Hong Kong Today? Huh?
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So why must I wear this crap?
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Well, that's what
the Chinese all look like,
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so what else
are you supposed to wear?
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[speaking foreign language]
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[Worth]
Comes back to Hong Kong,
he's shipped over this American
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training device which looks
like this giant demon head.
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It was developed in
the States, it's quite new.
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And he starts punching on it.
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He locks himself
in his room and he's
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like beating
on it because he wants
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to become the best
martial artist.
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And they're always
banging on the door going,
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Bruce, what are you doing?
You've gotta stop.
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And it was
such a clear indication
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of how America has totally
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spoiled this
Chinese martial artist.
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When I'm dead.
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Then I'll rest.
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First kind of wave of
these films pivoted around
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Bruce Lee's death.
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Someone important died.
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It's Bruce Lee,
kung fu star, at age 34.
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His death is still
the headlines here.
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Bruce Lee's death, a greatblow to cinema and kung fu.
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-It can't be.
-It says it in the paper there.
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Yeah, right there.
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How could he die?
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This guy was so strong.
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Bruce, you feeling alright?
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I'm alright, but if something
should happen to me...
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You'll be my successor.
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And remember, you must
always uphold, as I have,
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the honor of the martial arts,
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wear that garment
and wear it well.
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Of course.
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I'll have to find out
if there was some foul play.
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And if there was,
I'll avenge. I'll avenge.
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[Worth]
So that's what these
films all revolved around.
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Why did he die? Who killed
him? How do we avenge him?
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The other was
sequels and prequels and
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sort of pseudo spinoffs.
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[in French]
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[in Chinese]
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Get going, Japanese,
get the hell out of here!
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[laughter]
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Well, let's see how
tough they are.
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[in Chinese]
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-And you are?
-Uh.
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-My name's Wong.
-I am Woo.
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You may call me Mr. Wong.
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Now what's the point of this?
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[in Chinese]
273
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[grunting]
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[in French]
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[in French]
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[shouting]
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[in Chinese]
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We knew it the first
time we saw you.
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Ask our producer, Mr. Cho.
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I think you were born
to be Bruce Lee the second.
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It's a heavy responsibility,
give it some thought.
282
00:21:43,896 --> 00:21:49,902
[in Chinese]
283
00:21:56,075 --> 00:21:58,160
Hey, he's the one,
the troublemaker.
You bastards again?
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Get out!
285
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I walk on set,
I looked at Ho Chung-Tao.
286
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He's playing Bruce Lee.
287
00:22:04,917 --> 00:22:06,543
I looked at
him and said, well, if
288
00:22:06,627 --> 00:22:10,673
I really stretch my
imagination a little bit.
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00:22:10,756 --> 00:22:13,175
If people buy
into it that he looks like
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Bruce Lee,
even though Bruce Lee is
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00:22:15,094 --> 00:22:21,100
no longer with us,
then they can make the gap.
292
00:22:23,977 --> 00:22:29,983
[in Chinese]
293
00:23:25,289 --> 00:23:31,295
[makes fighting noises]
294
00:23:38,302 --> 00:23:44,308
[in Chinese]
295
00:24:03,410 --> 00:24:08,248
[in Chinese]
296
00:24:08,332 --> 00:24:09,917
Soldier?
297
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:16,006
[in Chinese]
298
00:24:19,843 --> 00:24:21,970
[shouting]
299
00:24:22,054 --> 00:24:28,060
[in Chinese]
300
00:24:29,937 --> 00:24:32,773
[in English]
I don't like Bruce Li,
because it just like chicken.
301
00:24:32,856 --> 00:24:36,944
because they give me,
I have no way to change it.
302
00:24:37,027 --> 00:24:41,949
[in Chinese]
303
00:24:42,032 --> 00:24:43,826
There have beenmany imitators.
304
00:24:43,909 --> 00:24:47,204
But there's onlyone Bruce Lee.
305
00:24:47,287 --> 00:24:53,336
[in Chinese]
306
00:24:53,419 --> 00:24:59,634
[in Korean]
307
00:25:12,397 --> 00:25:14,983
Now that you've seen some ofthe Bruce Lee look-a-likes,
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00:25:15,066 --> 00:25:18,361
we feel that the latest isby far the greatest.
309
00:25:18,444 --> 00:25:20,738
From deep in the heartof the orient,
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introducing the new,sensational fighter:Dragon Lee.
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00:25:24,909 --> 00:25:27,078
[shouts]
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The rest will be history.
313
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:35,086
[speaking Korean]
314
00:25:35,753 --> 00:25:41,759
[in Korean]
315
00:26:22,467 --> 00:26:23,927
[Worth] Dragon Lee was
one of my favorites.
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His introduction was he had
317
00:26:25,178 --> 00:26:26,387
done this film in Korea,
318
00:26:26,471 --> 00:26:28,932
but an American producer
319
00:26:29,015 --> 00:26:31,809
named Serafim Karalexis
found this film
320
00:26:31,893 --> 00:26:33,937
and he bought it
and he brought it back,
321
00:26:34,020 --> 00:26:36,439
turned it from a 90 minute
to a 60 minute film.
322
00:26:36,522 --> 00:26:39,317
Stuck on a bunch of
footage that he also managed to
323
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,736
pick up of Bruce Lee as
a child actor when he was,
324
00:26:41,819 --> 00:26:43,446
like, eight years old
and fifteen years old.
325
00:26:43,529 --> 00:26:45,448
Stuck that at the beginning
of the movie, made sort of like
326
00:26:45,531 --> 00:26:47,450
a little pseudo documentary
thing at the beginning,
327
00:26:47,533 --> 00:26:49,452
and released
it as the real Bruce Lee.
328
00:26:49,535 --> 00:26:51,245
Your attention please.
329
00:26:51,329 --> 00:26:53,957
An historic event hasdeveloped recently
330
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,251
due to better relationsbetween the UnitedStates and China.
331
00:26:57,335 --> 00:27:01,130
An early Bruce Lee film hasbeen found in the Chinese Film
332
00:27:01,214 --> 00:27:04,300
archive, and arrangementsare being made to makeit available
333
00:27:04,384 --> 00:27:07,929
and ready for screening intheaters across the country.
334
00:27:08,012 --> 00:27:10,431
The real Bruce Lee is back,
335
00:27:10,515 --> 00:27:14,519
and this theater willbe privileged to showingit first in this area.
336
00:27:14,602 --> 00:27:15,853
Coming soon.
337
00:27:15,937 --> 00:27:17,438
Not yet rated, but due to
338
00:27:17,522 --> 00:27:19,148
the action,we can expect it to be R.
339
00:27:19,232 --> 00:27:22,819
[Worth] And it became this
gigantic, huge success.
340
00:27:22,902 --> 00:27:26,948
Nobody is madder,Nobody is badder.
341
00:27:27,031 --> 00:27:29,200
Dragon Lee.
342
00:27:29,283 --> 00:27:35,289
[in Chinese]
343
00:27:40,044 --> 00:27:45,842
[in Korean]
344
00:27:45,925 --> 00:27:50,304
[in Chinese]
345
00:27:50,388 --> 00:27:54,058
[in Korean]
346
00:27:54,142 --> 00:28:00,148
So this is your kung fu.
Do you want to challenge me?
347
00:28:01,232 --> 00:28:07,238
[in Korean]
348
00:28:24,088 --> 00:28:30,553
[shouting]
349
00:28:30,636 --> 00:28:36,851
[in Chinese]
350
00:28:37,477 --> 00:28:39,604
Hey, what are you doing?
351
00:28:39,687 --> 00:28:45,860
You always seem to be fooling
around, get on with your work.
352
00:28:46,319 --> 00:28:51,949
[in Chinese]
353
00:28:52,033 --> 00:28:54,410
You're responsible
for framing Sammy.
354
00:28:54,494 --> 00:28:57,455
Then you injured Lin Young,
now you've killed my brother!
355
00:28:57,538 --> 00:29:01,959
[grunting]
356
00:29:02,043 --> 00:29:08,049
[in Chinese]
357
00:29:13,346 --> 00:29:15,306
Dragon Lee,
who was this Bruce Lee
358
00:29:15,389 --> 00:29:17,475
times ten,
this gigantic, muscular guy.
359
00:29:17,558 --> 00:29:18,935
And every time he would,
like, look at you,
360
00:29:19,018 --> 00:29:20,478
you'd hear his neck cracking.
361
00:29:20,561 --> 00:29:23,147
At this point,
the nunchaka was so ingrained
362
00:29:23,231 --> 00:29:25,316
into Bruce Lee lore,
like anybody that pulled
363
00:29:25,399 --> 00:29:27,610
up a nunchaka, you're
instantly thinking of Bruce Lee.
364
00:29:27,693 --> 00:29:29,570
But he made
a pair of thumb chucks.
365
00:29:29,654 --> 00:29:32,448
So he had one stick from
the nunchaka that went to, like,
366
00:29:32,532 --> 00:29:38,538
a keychain to his thumb
and he would spin it around.
367
00:29:39,330 --> 00:29:44,627
One time he had, like,
a knife sticking on one.
368
00:29:44,710 --> 00:29:46,671
He would always come up
with these bizarre ways to let
369
00:29:46,754 --> 00:29:48,464
the evolution of Bruce Lee
370
00:29:48,548 --> 00:29:51,425
follow him through his progress.
371
00:29:51,509 --> 00:29:53,344
-What are you doing?
-I'm trying to think of
372
00:29:53,427 --> 00:29:59,433
a way to destroy
the magnetic sword.
373
00:30:12,572 --> 00:30:14,991
He actually did a couple
of really good films,
374
00:30:15,074 --> 00:30:17,994
he did one called Dragon
on Fire, which was also
known as Dragon the Hero,
375
00:30:18,077 --> 00:30:20,663
which wasn't a Bruceploitation
film, it was a period piece.
376
00:30:20,746 --> 00:30:22,498
But then when
Dragon Lee steps into it,
377
00:30:22,582 --> 00:30:28,588
he's doing his Bruce Lee thing.
378
00:30:33,134 --> 00:30:34,635
It's almost like
you've got this modern
379
00:30:34,719 --> 00:30:37,013
day Bruce Lee that steps
into this period film where
380
00:30:37,096 --> 00:30:38,639
everybody's doing this
very traditional martial
381
00:30:38,723 --> 00:30:44,729
arts and he's sitting
there thumbing his nose.
382
00:30:47,148 --> 00:30:53,154
[in Korean]
383
00:31:02,455 --> 00:31:05,166
Action!
384
00:31:05,249 --> 00:31:11,255
[in Korean]
385
00:31:21,766 --> 00:31:22,725
Cut!
386
00:31:22,808 --> 00:31:29,023
He's terrific!
387
00:31:31,192 --> 00:31:33,027
Hello!
388
00:31:33,110 --> 00:31:36,364
My name is Bruce Le.
389
00:31:36,447 --> 00:31:42,453
[in foreign language]
390
00:31:48,501 --> 00:31:53,631
[grunting]
391
00:31:53,714 --> 00:31:59,720
[in foreign language]
392
00:32:23,744 --> 00:32:28,124
Bruce Le is actually a proper
kung fu guy, he'd won
tournaments in Macau.
393
00:32:28,207 --> 00:32:34,213
[in foreign language]
394
00:32:43,681 --> 00:32:47,310
[speaking foreign language]
395
00:32:47,393 --> 00:32:53,399
[in foreign language]
396
00:33:00,948 --> 00:33:05,619
[grunting]
397
00:33:05,703 --> 00:33:11,709
[in foreign language]
398
00:33:33,981 --> 00:33:37,860
[grunting]
399
00:33:37,943 --> 00:33:43,949
[in foreign language]
400
00:33:46,660 --> 00:33:50,539
[Worth]
The Big Boss II was Bruce Le's
introduction to Bruceploitation.
401
00:33:50,623 --> 00:33:54,335
He was still being
billed under his real name,
but he, in that movie,
402
00:33:54,418 --> 00:34:00,424
plays the character that Bruce
Lee played in The Big Boss.
403
00:34:09,308 --> 00:34:12,728
[in foreign language]
404
00:34:12,812 --> 00:34:15,564
And then somebody realized
he kinda looks a bit
like Bruce Lee.
405
00:34:15,648 --> 00:34:17,858
And give him a pair of big
sunglasses and a bowl haircut
406
00:34:17,942 --> 00:34:19,610
and we can turn him into him.
407
00:34:19,693 --> 00:34:21,529
You looking for me?
408
00:34:21,612 --> 00:34:24,365
[in foreign language]
409
00:34:24,448 --> 00:34:30,454
[in French]
410
00:34:36,794 --> 00:34:40,381
[grunting]
411
00:34:40,464 --> 00:34:46,470
[in foreign language]
412
00:34:50,057 --> 00:34:56,313
[in French]
413
00:35:00,818 --> 00:35:06,824
[in foreign language]
414
00:35:19,378 --> 00:35:25,384
[in French]
415
00:35:32,099 --> 00:35:38,355
[in foreign language]
416
00:35:40,399 --> 00:35:46,405
[shouting]
417
00:35:54,121 --> 00:35:57,374
[in French]
418
00:36:22,399 --> 00:36:28,405
[in foreign language]
419
00:36:29,740 --> 00:36:35,538
[in French]
420
00:36:35,621 --> 00:36:41,627
[in foreign language]
421
00:36:52,429 --> 00:36:58,435
[in French]
422
00:37:20,624 --> 00:37:22,876
[in French]
423
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,921
[in English]
Snake blood.
424
00:37:26,005 --> 00:37:32,011
[in French]
425
00:37:51,030 --> 00:37:54,491
[in French]
426
00:37:54,575 --> 00:37:58,454
He only did one film where he
actually played Bruce Lee in it.
427
00:37:58,537 --> 00:38:01,123
It was about
Bruce Lee's youth in Hong Kong
428
00:38:01,206 --> 00:38:03,959
before he went to America.
429
00:38:04,043 --> 00:38:08,130
Do you see the meteor in the sky
that is shining for your son?
430
00:38:08,213 --> 00:38:09,840
I am an astrologer.
431
00:38:09,923 --> 00:38:11,634
[Worth] Interesting to note
in that film,
432
00:38:11,717 --> 00:38:14,470
the one that plays
the antagonist Shih Kien,
433
00:38:14,553 --> 00:38:16,930
who was the bad guy
Han in Enter the Dragon.
434
00:38:17,014 --> 00:38:20,601
-You are this famous Bruce.
-Yes, I'm Bruce.
435
00:38:20,684 --> 00:38:22,645
Well, today I'm
going to teach you a lesson.
436
00:38:22,728 --> 00:38:26,482
[Worth]
That's the only time that he
ever did a Bruceploitation film.
437
00:38:26,565 --> 00:38:28,817
Because all these actors that
all these small parts
438
00:38:28,901 --> 00:38:30,944
in Bruce Lee's films,
their stock shot way up
439
00:38:31,028 --> 00:38:32,655
when Bruce Lee passed away.
440
00:38:32,738 --> 00:38:34,448
Bolo.
441
00:38:34,531 --> 00:38:36,950
Bolo, who is the big
bodyguard in Enter the Dragon.
442
00:38:37,034 --> 00:38:38,786
First off, this guy's
done more Bruceploitation
443
00:38:38,869 --> 00:38:44,875
films than probably anybody
that would ever live.
444
00:38:46,085 --> 00:38:49,713
Unfortunately, at that
time, Enter the Dragon,
they never fought.
445
00:38:49,797 --> 00:38:55,803
So that's why they put
them up after those films.
446
00:38:56,261 --> 00:38:58,514
[Worth] They would pit him
up against these
447
00:38:58,597 --> 00:39:01,058
Bruceploitation actors
to sort of convey this
448
00:39:01,141 --> 00:39:04,144
what if Bruce Lee and Bolo
had fought on Enter the Dragon?
449
00:39:04,228 --> 00:39:07,731
Sometimes they'll literally
put him in the same outfit.
450
00:39:07,815 --> 00:39:09,525
[grunting]
451
00:39:09,608 --> 00:39:11,193
So that would go on
the poster, of course.
452
00:39:11,276 --> 00:39:13,654
And you're like, did
they film those guys fighting?
453
00:39:13,737 --> 00:39:15,698
Well, maybe it's in that film.
454
00:39:15,781 --> 00:39:18,492
[Yeung] He works a lot and
he's a very busy person.
455
00:39:18,575 --> 00:39:21,829
I never really seen him much.
I grown up, I've gone to school
456
00:39:21,912 --> 00:39:23,706
and he travels so much.
457
00:39:23,789 --> 00:39:25,749
From my recording for
what I know is at least
458
00:39:25,833 --> 00:39:30,170
like 140,
150 films in his career.
459
00:39:30,254 --> 00:39:34,675
Enter Jim Dragon Kelly.
460
00:39:34,758 --> 00:39:40,764
[in French]
461
00:39:43,851 --> 00:39:46,186
No, no, you stay here
until I get back.
462
00:39:46,270 --> 00:39:52,276
Do those dishes or something.
463
00:39:55,654 --> 00:39:57,114
They're done.
464
00:39:57,197 --> 00:39:59,074
The Black Superman ofthe martial arts.
465
00:39:59,158 --> 00:40:01,076
Star of the famousEnter the Dragon.
466
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:05,706
Jim Kelly is as cool as 007.He's James Bond and Bruce Lee
467
00:40:05,789 --> 00:40:08,208
rolled up into one coolpackage of dynamite.
468
00:40:08,292 --> 00:40:14,298
[in French]
469
00:40:23,849 --> 00:40:25,934
I like to think of you
as my white knight.
470
00:40:26,018 --> 00:40:27,644
Never the white knight, baby.
471
00:40:27,728 --> 00:40:33,734
[in French]
472
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,654
Okay. Class dismissed.
473
00:40:37,738 --> 00:40:42,910
And there were others
that we built up. Angela Mao.
474
00:40:42,993 --> 00:40:46,246
Here comes the lethallady of kung fu.
475
00:40:46,330 --> 00:40:51,919
She's a crack karate queenwho really drives men nuts.
476
00:40:52,002 --> 00:40:55,672
For five, six years,
she was the biggest female
name in martial arts.
477
00:40:55,756 --> 00:40:57,591
She was the female Bruce Lee.
478
00:40:57,674 --> 00:41:00,969
Her pictures made almost
as much as Bruce Lee.
479
00:41:01,053 --> 00:41:04,181
Queen of the Deep Thrust.
480
00:41:04,264 --> 00:41:06,141
And then she vanished.
481
00:41:06,225 --> 00:41:08,936
By the late 1980s, everybody's
saying, where is Angela Mao?
482
00:41:09,019 --> 00:41:15,025
[in Chinese]
483
00:41:42,887 --> 00:41:45,139
Stay where you are.
We caught you red-handed.
484
00:41:45,223 --> 00:41:48,309
Have a look what's behind you.
485
00:41:48,393 --> 00:41:54,399
[in Chinese]
486
00:41:59,946 --> 00:42:05,368
[shouting]
487
00:42:05,451 --> 00:42:09,330
All right let's do it once
in rehearsal, now, try.
488
00:42:09,414 --> 00:42:11,708
Now you give him a kick here.
489
00:42:11,791 --> 00:42:14,377
Hold it! Mr. Chung,
that should cover.
This act is too dangerous.
490
00:42:14,460 --> 00:42:20,675
[in Chinese]
491
00:42:27,807 --> 00:42:31,811
[in Chinese]
492
00:42:38,776 --> 00:42:44,782
[in Chinese]
493
00:42:47,827 --> 00:42:53,833
[Ho in English]
494
00:42:58,838 --> 00:43:04,844
[in Chinese]
495
00:43:14,312 --> 00:43:20,318
[in Chinese]
496
00:43:33,373 --> 00:43:39,379
[in Chinese]
497
00:43:39,921 --> 00:43:42,757
When I got to work in Hong
Kong and in the Philippines
498
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,426
and Thailand,
you saw seven to ten people.
499
00:43:45,510 --> 00:43:48,805
They did everything a 200
man crew did on a big shoot.
500
00:43:48,888 --> 00:43:52,308
A good crew could shoot
a complete film in 15 days.
501
00:43:52,392 --> 00:43:58,314
[in Chinese]
502
00:43:58,398 --> 00:44:01,818
Leave the casino until later.
We'll have the duel first.
503
00:44:01,901 --> 00:44:05,113
Right. We'll take care of this
duel business first,
504
00:44:05,196 --> 00:44:07,281
And then later, the casino.
505
00:44:07,365 --> 00:44:13,371
[in Chinese]
506
00:44:14,914 --> 00:44:17,125
Audiences, they didn't care
about your story,
507
00:44:17,208 --> 00:44:22,130
they cared about the actions.
508
00:44:22,213 --> 00:44:28,219
[in Chinese]
509
00:44:31,222 --> 00:44:37,228
[in Chinese]
510
00:44:44,902 --> 00:44:50,908
[in Chinese]
511
00:44:51,409 --> 00:44:52,910
Not a bad leg technique.
512
00:44:52,994 --> 00:44:54,829
I have a good teacher.
513
00:44:54,912 --> 00:45:00,918
[in Chinese]
514
00:45:08,259 --> 00:45:14,265
[in Chinese]
515
00:45:19,187 --> 00:45:25,193
[in Chinese]
516
00:45:32,950 --> 00:45:36,954
I see, you're begging
to be killed.
517
00:45:37,038 --> 00:45:40,041
[Horan]
If you've got a fight scene
where you have five foreigners
518
00:45:40,124 --> 00:45:42,126
fighting Ho Chung Tao,
then another fight scene,
519
00:45:42,210 --> 00:45:47,215
five foreigners fighting
Ho Chung Tao and another one.
520
00:45:47,298 --> 00:45:50,218
So they just try
to mix people up and
521
00:45:50,301 --> 00:45:51,594
make them look different.
522
00:45:51,677 --> 00:45:56,933
Let's go.
523
00:45:57,016 --> 00:46:03,022
[in Chinese]
524
00:46:06,484 --> 00:46:11,072
Kicking cars with real glass,
jumping into water
525
00:46:11,155 --> 00:46:14,450
without even checking
in the water, nothing.
526
00:46:14,534 --> 00:46:16,661
At that time I thought
I was Superman.
527
00:46:16,744 --> 00:46:19,330
Until once I jumped from
the third floor,
528
00:46:19,413 --> 00:46:23,292
at time we only had boxes and
mattress made out of straw.
529
00:46:23,376 --> 00:46:26,087
I jumped right in between,
I broke my tendon.
530
00:46:26,170 --> 00:46:27,505
Many people get hurt.
531
00:46:27,588 --> 00:46:33,469
[in foreign language]
532
00:46:33,553 --> 00:46:36,514
[yelling]
533
00:46:36,597 --> 00:46:42,603
[in Chinese]
534
00:46:44,772 --> 00:46:51,028
[in foreign language]
535
00:47:07,587 --> 00:47:13,593
[in Chinese]
536
00:47:22,393 --> 00:47:27,398
[in Chinese]
537
00:47:35,656 --> 00:47:37,992
You had days off
when you weren't filming.
538
00:47:38,075 --> 00:47:39,702
So if you're a lead
actor and you have to act
539
00:47:39,785 --> 00:47:42,413
every single day, then,
no, you have no time off.
540
00:47:42,496 --> 00:47:44,207
It was tough.
It was not easy.
541
00:47:44,290 --> 00:47:50,296
[in Chinese]
542
00:47:54,592 --> 00:47:59,222
Hey, you look exhausted,
what's wrong with you?
543
00:47:59,305 --> 00:48:05,144
[in Chinese]
544
00:48:09,190 --> 00:48:11,359
You're moving too fast.
545
00:48:11,442 --> 00:48:14,528
You've already moved
off before the other
actors have got near you!
546
00:48:14,612 --> 00:48:20,409
[in Chinese]
547
00:48:20,493 --> 00:48:23,204
It's okay.
548
00:48:23,287 --> 00:48:26,249
[moaning]
549
00:48:26,332 --> 00:48:27,416
Carry on.
550
00:48:27,500 --> 00:48:30,378
Bruce Lee!
551
00:48:30,461 --> 00:48:32,546
Instead of it just being
the Southeast Asia market,
552
00:48:32,630 --> 00:48:35,258
suddenly the Philippines
wanted them, suddenly Thailand
wanted them.
553
00:48:35,341 --> 00:48:38,261
Suddenly Europe started
to want them, suddenly
America wanted them.
554
00:48:38,344 --> 00:48:41,722
This big boom came
and people were looking
for Hong Kong cinema.
555
00:48:41,806 --> 00:48:44,267
I mean, every week back then
they would release a film or two
556
00:48:44,350 --> 00:48:46,477
in theaters and a lot
of them were Bruceploitation
557
00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:48,604
films because those are
the ones that the buyers were
558
00:48:48,688 --> 00:48:50,564
grabbing up because they figured
that's what was going to sell.
559
00:48:50,648 --> 00:48:52,817
[Morgan] I look back
at it and think about how
560
00:48:52,900 --> 00:48:55,569
easy it was
for the pirates to operate.
561
00:48:55,653 --> 00:48:58,489
I had not only
discussions at the boardroom
562
00:48:58,572 --> 00:49:01,784
level at Golden Harvest,
I had multiple conversations
563
00:49:01,867 --> 00:49:03,286
with leading law firms.
564
00:49:03,369 --> 00:49:05,246
There was very
little we could do.
565
00:49:05,329 --> 00:49:08,749
Bruce Lee "Le" or Bruce Lee "Li"
566
00:49:08,833 --> 00:49:11,627
are still not
the same as Bruce Lee "Lee."
567
00:49:11,711 --> 00:49:15,423
That actually impacted
more on the Lee family and
568
00:49:15,506 --> 00:49:18,759
their ability
to exploit the likeness
569
00:49:18,843 --> 00:49:20,636
and the trademark of Bruce Lee.
570
00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:22,763
For Linda, it was both
571
00:49:22,847 --> 00:49:24,473
financially bad and secondly,
572
00:49:24,557 --> 00:49:26,600
it was very
emotionally frustrating.
573
00:49:26,684 --> 00:49:29,603
[indistinct]
574
00:49:29,687 --> 00:49:31,689
People wanted more.
There was no video at the time.
575
00:49:31,772 --> 00:49:33,816
Films like this weren't going
to appear on TV for years.
576
00:49:33,899 --> 00:49:36,610
Every neighborhood
had a theater and every
577
00:49:36,694 --> 00:49:38,487
theater had kung fu movies.
578
00:49:38,571 --> 00:49:40,448
[Valerie Soe] Dojos just came
up all over the place.
579
00:49:40,531 --> 00:49:42,616
A lot of people really
started to think of Asian
580
00:49:42,700 --> 00:49:45,661
men as being strong and heroic.
581
00:49:45,745 --> 00:49:48,831
Let the foreigners experience
kung fu just to let them see
582
00:49:48,914 --> 00:49:51,459
what kung fu's really
like and to teach them that
583
00:49:51,542 --> 00:49:53,794
Chinese are not cowards.
584
00:49:53,878 --> 00:49:55,713
And talented
and charismatic and sexy.
585
00:49:55,796 --> 00:49:58,299
But would
you really like to take me?
586
00:49:58,382 --> 00:50:02,470
Of course,
honeymoon in Hong Kong.
587
00:50:02,553 --> 00:50:07,850
I can't believe it.
588
00:50:07,933 --> 00:50:09,894
Which is not
something that Asian men
589
00:50:09,977 --> 00:50:11,687
in the U.S. were thought of.
590
00:50:11,771 --> 00:50:13,814
In Hollywood movies,
there were generally very
591
00:50:13,898 --> 00:50:16,150
few kinds of roles for men.
592
00:50:16,233 --> 00:50:18,194
You could play
a Japanese soldier and
593
00:50:18,277 --> 00:50:20,654
get killed,
or you could play a houseboy.
594
00:50:20,738 --> 00:50:22,531
Inspector Clouseau's residence.
595
00:50:22,615 --> 00:50:24,200
Or maybe pull a rickshaw.
596
00:50:24,283 --> 00:50:25,701
[speaking in foreign language]
597
00:50:25,785 --> 00:50:27,495
Women had a little bit,
598
00:50:27,578 --> 00:50:30,206
somewhat more interesting parts.
599
00:50:30,289 --> 00:50:33,751
Townsend Harris, first whiteman to open up the Orient,
600
00:50:33,834 --> 00:50:37,922
and the beautiful geisha wassent to love him and kill him.
601
00:50:38,005 --> 00:50:39,924
[Soe] Although they were,
generally speaking, either
602
00:50:40,007 --> 00:50:44,595
geisha girls, prostitutes
or girlfriends of the white guy.
603
00:50:44,678 --> 00:50:50,684
[in Chinese]
604
00:51:03,864 --> 00:51:08,869
So Bruce Lee came along
and all of a sudden, boom, boom.
605
00:51:08,953 --> 00:51:11,247
It was disruptive
to the film industry.
606
00:51:11,330 --> 00:51:12,581
So that, of course, engendered
607
00:51:12,665 --> 00:51:14,583
a lot of pride
amongst Chinese people.
608
00:51:14,667 --> 00:51:16,627
It wasn't only just
Asian Americans who liked it.
609
00:51:16,710 --> 00:51:18,587
There's huge numbers
of African Americans
610
00:51:18,671 --> 00:51:20,881
who love kung fu movies.
611
00:51:20,965 --> 00:51:23,467
Maybe because Bruce Lee
often played someone
612
00:51:23,551 --> 00:51:25,761
who is fighting
against the system.
613
00:51:25,845 --> 00:51:27,972
And then just through
his sheer strength of will
614
00:51:28,055 --> 00:51:31,392
and incredible
martial arts skills,
615
00:51:31,475 --> 00:51:37,481
he was able
to beat the system.
616
00:51:49,034 --> 00:51:52,955
Oh, 42nd Street, the circus.
[laughs]
617
00:51:53,038 --> 00:51:57,293
42nd Street, in those days,
was quite a shady area.
618
00:51:57,376 --> 00:51:59,920
In the movie theaters,
people would be selling joints
619
00:52:00,004 --> 00:52:01,630
and bags and stuff.
620
00:52:01,714 --> 00:52:03,424
People would smoke
right next to you.
621
00:52:03,507 --> 00:52:04,800
They'd drink next to you.
622
00:52:04,884 --> 00:52:08,429
But most of the theaters
were young people.
623
00:52:08,512 --> 00:52:11,640
Principally male-dominated,
blue-collar audience,
624
00:52:11,724 --> 00:52:14,435
action-oriented audience.
625
00:52:14,518 --> 00:52:17,313
And we were constantly
successful with these pictures.
626
00:52:17,396 --> 00:52:19,440
I met Serafim Karalexis there.
627
00:52:19,523 --> 00:52:20,941
Mr. Van Clief.
628
00:52:21,025 --> 00:52:23,486
He's the gentleman
that really started
629
00:52:23,569 --> 00:52:27,281
the kung fu phase in America,
he and Terry Levene.
630
00:52:27,364 --> 00:52:29,783
They had movie theaters
and they showed
631
00:52:29,867 --> 00:52:31,827
three, four kung fu movies
per day.
632
00:52:31,911 --> 00:52:35,331
They were both innovators
on the kung fu market.
633
00:52:35,414 --> 00:52:37,625
Ron Van Clief was working
here in New York
634
00:52:37,708 --> 00:52:39,668
as a martial arts instructor.
635
00:52:39,752 --> 00:52:43,797
He was a remarkable athlete
and a remarkable actor.
636
00:52:43,881 --> 00:52:46,884
The death of Bruce Lee came
as a surprise to the world .
637
00:52:46,967 --> 00:52:49,303
A Chinese millionairefrom San Francisco
638
00:52:49,386 --> 00:52:53,807
was willing to pay $100,000up-front to find out the truth.
639
00:52:53,891 --> 00:52:58,646
The assignment went tothe most feared man in America.
640
00:52:58,729 --> 00:53:04,735
Ron Van Clief, otherwise knownas The Black Dragon.
641
00:53:05,611 --> 00:53:08,030
I met Bruce Lee at
the All-American Championships
642
00:53:08,113 --> 00:53:10,658
at Madison Square Garden
in New York City.
643
00:53:10,741 --> 00:53:12,535
He watched me fight
in the eliminations.
644
00:53:12,618 --> 00:53:16,372
And he said that my spirit
was so strong,
645
00:53:16,455 --> 00:53:18,082
he named me The Black Dragon.
646
00:53:18,165 --> 00:53:21,544
About eight years later,
I met Serafim Karalexis.
647
00:53:21,627 --> 00:53:24,338
And the first film I did for him
was called The Black Dragon.
648
00:53:24,421 --> 00:53:27,383
Black Dragon rips intothe Hong Kong underworld
649
00:53:27,466 --> 00:53:30,844
a nd takes no bullshit
from any of them ,
650
00:53:30,928 --> 00:53:34,431
as he revenges the deathof Bruce Lee.
651
00:53:34,515 --> 00:53:36,892
We did some promotion
for The Black Dragon,
652
00:53:36,976 --> 00:53:39,395
Black Dragon's Revenge,
Super Weapon,
653
00:53:39,478 --> 00:53:41,939
The Way of the Black Dragon,
Kung Fu Fever,
654
00:53:42,022 --> 00:53:44,400
which they renamed
Black Dragon Fever.
655
00:53:44,483 --> 00:53:45,859
We'd bring him to live shows
656
00:53:45,943 --> 00:53:48,737
at the Lyric Theater
and the Selwyn Theater.
657
00:53:48,821 --> 00:53:51,740
Terry had me do exhibitions
on a stage
658
00:53:51,824 --> 00:53:54,618
that was really small, narrow.
659
00:53:54,702 --> 00:53:57,037
One of my students fell off
the stage into the audience
660
00:53:57,121 --> 00:54:00,124
when we were doing
one of the demonstrations.
661
00:54:00,207 --> 00:54:06,380
That guy bothering you?
662
00:54:07,006 --> 00:54:09,717
How can I ever repay you?
663
00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:12,636
I'm sure Ron has some ideasof his own.
664
00:54:12,720 --> 00:54:14,597
This is the part that always
gets left out
665
00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:17,474
when everybody talks about
the history of the Asian cinema.
666
00:54:17,558 --> 00:54:19,602
There are two markets
that actually help
667
00:54:19,685 --> 00:54:21,729
to drive the Chinese cinema.
668
00:54:21,812 --> 00:54:24,732
One being the United States,
and the other being France.
669
00:54:24,815 --> 00:54:26,609
[in French]
670
00:54:26,692 --> 00:54:32,698
[in French]
671
00:54:44,835 --> 00:54:50,841
[in Chinese]
672
00:55:01,769 --> 00:55:07,775
[in French]
673
00:55:12,279 --> 00:55:18,535
[in French]
674
00:55:28,128 --> 00:55:34,134
[in French]
675
00:55:42,267 --> 00:55:48,273
[in French]
676
00:56:01,078 --> 00:56:07,084
[in French]
677
00:56:29,815 --> 00:56:35,821
[in French]
678
00:56:37,823 --> 00:56:40,117
[announcer speaking French]
679
00:56:40,200 --> 00:56:46,206
[in German]
680
00:57:18,197 --> 00:57:19,990
[in German]
681
00:57:20,073 --> 00:57:21,784
[in German]
682
00:57:21,867 --> 00:57:24,787
Asian people, especially
Taiwan people,
683
00:57:24,870 --> 00:57:26,663
[in Chinese]
684
00:57:26,747 --> 00:57:29,291
It's not the real Bruce Lee,
oh, forget it, forget it.
685
00:57:29,374 --> 00:57:32,795
The westerns can't tell
a Korean from a Japanese
686
00:57:32,878 --> 00:57:35,172
from a Chinese.
Most of them can't.
687
00:57:35,255 --> 00:57:41,261
[in German]
688
00:57:55,192 --> 00:57:56,610
I was five when Bruce Lee died.
689
00:57:56,693 --> 00:57:58,111
So I was like,
he's a Chinese man.
690
00:57:58,195 --> 00:57:59,947
I didn't know at
the time he was a real person.
691
00:58:00,030 --> 00:58:01,782
I thought he was a character,
almost, because
692
00:58:01,865 --> 00:58:03,659
I'd see other people
playing Bruce Lee.
693
00:58:03,742 --> 00:58:05,661
I was twelve years old.
I was in San Francisco,
694
00:58:05,744 --> 00:58:08,331
and there was a poster
up on the Marcus street cinema,
695
00:58:08,414 --> 00:58:09,999
and it said, the Young Dragon.
696
00:58:10,083 --> 00:58:11,835
It had this Chinese guy,
and he was all ripped up
697
00:58:11,918 --> 00:58:13,711
and shredded, and he had
the aviator glasses on.
698
00:58:13,795 --> 00:58:18,007
The tagline was Bruce
in his first film at age 18.
699
00:58:18,091 --> 00:58:19,384
That's it. It didn't say
which Bruce.
700
00:58:19,467 --> 00:58:20,969
So I went in,
and within ten minutes
701
00:58:21,052 --> 00:58:27,058
I realized
I'd been seriously duped.
702
00:58:27,433 --> 00:58:30,812
I didn't hang around
the theater too much
703
00:58:30,895 --> 00:58:34,148
for critical reviews,
for obvious reasons.
704
00:58:34,232 --> 00:58:38,987
But putting that aside, I don't
recall anybody or any incident
705
00:58:39,070 --> 00:58:42,699
of a serious nature where
a customer was dissatisfied.
706
00:58:42,782 --> 00:58:48,788
[in German]
707
00:58:55,128 --> 00:59:01,134
[in French]
708
00:59:09,809 --> 00:59:12,687
[in French]
709
00:59:15,940 --> 00:59:19,193
When Bruce Lee died,
it was a big deal.
I was very upset.
710
00:59:19,277 --> 00:59:22,071
And I said, if you could get
the TV show,
711
00:59:22,155 --> 00:59:26,034
same people that did Batman,
you could cut it up
and all your troubles be solved,
712
00:59:26,117 --> 00:59:28,077
because Bruce Lee's
the biggest star and he's great.
713
00:59:28,161 --> 00:59:31,372
We took the best episodes
and we made it into two movies.
714
00:59:31,456 --> 00:59:35,209
And from that, my dad became
a big independent distributor.
715
00:59:35,293 --> 00:59:38,421
I want to just point out,
these ads were the thing
716
00:59:38,504 --> 00:59:40,757
that really
also brought people in
717
00:59:40,840 --> 00:59:43,760
so much in the advertising,
and it was such a big
part of it.
718
00:59:43,843 --> 00:59:46,804
Now, you would think
this is going to be
a sequel to Big Boss 1
719
00:59:46,888 --> 00:59:50,767
but it absolutely has
zero to do with any Big Boss.
720
00:59:50,850 --> 00:59:54,270
This is an example of three
movies that have the same title.
721
00:59:54,354 --> 01:00:00,360
[in French]
722
01:00:05,073 --> 01:00:08,159
This film got released
while Bruce Lee was alive.
723
01:00:08,242 --> 01:00:11,412
So it's essentially the first
Bruceploitation movie.
724
01:00:11,496 --> 01:00:16,084
Bruce, of course, went nuts
because films of him helping do
725
01:00:16,167 --> 01:00:19,462
some of the choreography
on the set turned into the most
726
01:00:19,545 --> 01:00:23,925
exciting kung fu picture
ever directed by Bruce Lee.
727
01:00:24,008 --> 01:00:29,430
This would quickly change to...
728
01:00:29,514 --> 01:00:32,475
The most exciting
kung fu picture ever directed.
729
01:00:32,558 --> 01:00:34,477
And then Bruce Lee,
of course, is now missing
730
01:00:34,560 --> 01:00:35,979
from the front of it.
731
01:00:36,062 --> 01:00:42,068
[in French]
732
01:00:42,944 --> 01:00:46,280
This is a film that really has
zero, zero to do with Bruce Lee.
733
01:00:46,364 --> 01:00:48,783
But you get
this guy that is basically
734
01:00:48,866 --> 01:00:51,494
Bruce Lee with
a Charles Bronson mustache.
735
01:00:51,577 --> 01:00:53,496
[in French]
736
01:00:53,579 --> 01:00:56,332
[in French]
737
01:00:56,416 --> 01:00:58,501
[in French]
738
01:00:58,584 --> 01:01:04,048
Nothing will stopthe rise of Bronson Lee.
739
01:01:04,132 --> 01:01:06,843
Here... it's Bruce Lo.
740
01:01:06,926 --> 01:01:08,136
How did that come about?
741
01:01:08,219 --> 01:01:09,846
When I was doing the trailer,
742
01:01:09,929 --> 01:01:12,849
and in it they had a guy
who looked like Bruce Lee,
743
01:01:12,932 --> 01:01:15,184
and his name was Kurata.
744
01:01:15,268 --> 01:01:17,520
So I said, they had
Bruce Le, Bruce Li,
745
01:01:17,603 --> 01:01:20,815
do they have Bruce Lo yet? And
he said, that's a good idea.
746
01:01:20,898 --> 01:01:22,316
Bruce Lo, that's very good.
747
01:01:22,400 --> 01:01:24,902
Witness Bruce Loas he takes on a dozen
748
01:01:24,986 --> 01:01:26,863
skilled fighters, bare handed.
749
01:01:26,946 --> 01:01:28,823
I'm told that
he didn't even know
750
01:01:28,906 --> 01:01:34,912
that he was called
Bruce Lo in the United States.
751
01:01:36,914 --> 01:01:39,333
[laughs]
I'm Japanese.
752
01:01:39,417 --> 01:01:43,546
So, everything, spirit,
mind, style,
753
01:01:43,629 --> 01:01:46,549
always in the
Japanese style. Yeah.
754
01:01:46,632 --> 01:01:52,638
This is calledthe Japanese crab technique.
755
01:01:53,598 --> 01:01:57,018
So Exit the Dragon,
Enter the Tiger.
756
01:01:57,101 --> 01:02:02,273
We've got, obviously, this image
drawn of Bruce Lee in a coffin.
757
01:02:02,356 --> 01:02:04,275
Now, that was bad enough,
but when you get over
758
01:02:04,358 --> 01:02:07,236
to the Death of
Bruce Lee poster,
759
01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:11,365
this is an actual photo
of Bruce Lee at the bottom here.
760
01:02:11,449 --> 01:02:15,036
In, uh, in his coffin.
761
01:02:15,119 --> 01:02:16,370
And they put it on the poster.
762
01:02:16,454 --> 01:02:19,540
We have a picture,
enter something or
763
01:02:19,624 --> 01:02:22,085
whatever it is,
and we show the entire
764
01:02:22,168 --> 01:02:23,628
30 minutes of his funeral.
765
01:02:23,711 --> 01:02:25,213
In Hong Kong.
766
01:02:25,296 --> 01:02:27,924
Bruce Lee was buried,
767
01:02:28,007 --> 01:02:33,137
but not before making a dealwith the black angel of death.
768
01:02:33,221 --> 01:02:37,934
Now his tormented soulreturns as Bruce Lee
769
01:02:38,017 --> 01:02:40,436
Fights Back From the Grave.
770
01:02:40,520 --> 01:02:45,441
Bruce Lee Fights Back From
the Grave, primarily, was a faux
771
01:02:45,525 --> 01:02:48,945
Bruce Lee,
a fictional Bruce Lee.
772
01:02:49,028 --> 01:02:51,280
His name might have
been Bruce Li, Bruce Lee,
773
01:02:51,364 --> 01:02:55,993
Bruce Flea, for all I know.
774
01:02:56,077 --> 01:02:59,497
We had a director who we hired
775
01:02:59,580 --> 01:03:02,500
to go to a cemetery in
776
01:03:02,583 --> 01:03:05,128
New Jersey, sacrilegiously
777
01:03:05,211 --> 01:03:07,672
open a grave,
and have himself come out
778
01:03:07,755 --> 01:03:14,011
of the grave dressed
in a Bruce Lee mask.
779
01:03:14,345 --> 01:03:16,973
Special effects,
and a few things of that nature,
780
01:03:17,056 --> 01:03:19,475
which cost an awful,
awful lot of money.
781
01:03:19,559 --> 01:03:22,436
Around about $35.
782
01:03:22,520 --> 01:03:24,105
He faces every contest.
783
01:03:24,188 --> 01:03:27,275
The fighters,the killers, the mobsters,
784
01:03:27,358 --> 01:03:29,443
the slime of the underworld.
785
01:03:29,527 --> 01:03:31,612
You have kind of like
the seven stages of dying.
786
01:03:31,696 --> 01:03:34,323
You have this shock and you have
this acceptance and this anger.
787
01:03:34,407 --> 01:03:36,117
And I think there's
a certain sense of
788
01:03:36,200 --> 01:03:37,660
that you can follow
through with these films.
789
01:03:37,743 --> 01:03:39,620
In the beginning, all
the films dealt with his death,
790
01:03:39,704 --> 01:03:41,622
and then you progressed
into this stage
791
01:03:41,706 --> 01:03:44,125
where everybody was going,
okay, he's dead.
792
01:03:44,208 --> 01:03:48,462
We got to deal with it now.
793
01:03:48,546 --> 01:03:50,673
And that brought up
these what if scenarios.
794
01:03:50,756 --> 01:03:54,051
I didn't coin this phrase,
but they were like
Bruce Lee conjectures.
795
01:03:54,135 --> 01:03:56,637
If we wanted to
see Bruce Lee as Indiana Jones.
796
01:03:56,721 --> 01:03:58,514
What if he had lived
and he played Indiana Jones?
797
01:03:58,598 --> 01:04:00,641
We stick him in New Guinea,
and he fights the snake clan,
798
01:04:00,725 --> 01:04:03,686
and you got
Bruce Li in New Guinea.
799
01:04:03,769 --> 01:04:09,984
[in French]
800
01:04:17,283 --> 01:04:23,289
[in French]
801
01:04:41,349 --> 01:04:44,352
[in Chinese]
802
01:04:46,354 --> 01:04:52,360
[in French]
803
01:05:04,330 --> 01:05:06,707
There was a point
where the Bruce Lee actors
804
01:05:06,791 --> 01:05:09,085
actually started to go
through their own transition,
805
01:05:09,168 --> 01:05:12,129
trying to change up their
own images so they weren't
806
01:05:12,213 --> 01:05:14,382
so stuck in
the whole Bruce Lee mold.
807
01:05:14,465 --> 01:05:16,425
Dragon Lee started
getting really into comedy,
808
01:05:16,509 --> 01:05:18,386
so he was still doing Bruce,
but he was doing this
809
01:05:18,469 --> 01:05:22,265
weird kind of comedy
hybrid version of him.
810
01:05:22,348 --> 01:05:28,354
[in Korean]
811
01:05:28,854 --> 01:05:32,566
Bruce Le, basically,
in his morphing, went into very
812
01:05:32,650 --> 01:05:36,779
extravagant sort of James Bond
sort of pink kind of filmmaking
813
01:05:36,862 --> 01:05:42,451
career where everything
was either topless women.
814
01:05:42,535 --> 01:05:45,121
Or gangsters.
815
01:05:45,204 --> 01:05:51,210
[in Chinese]
816
01:05:55,840 --> 01:05:58,092
[Worth] He teams up with
basically a James Bond
817
01:05:58,175 --> 01:05:59,593
character in the story,
this white guy.
818
01:05:59,677 --> 01:06:01,429
And they both go on
this mission to try to
819
01:06:01,512 --> 01:06:03,639
stop this drug that's
been stolen that can actually
820
01:06:03,723 --> 01:06:06,142
disseminate
every male on the planet,
821
01:06:06,225 --> 01:06:07,685
make everybody infertile.
822
01:06:07,768 --> 01:06:08,769
Great storyline.
823
01:06:08,853 --> 01:06:09,854
If you look at the poster,
824
01:06:09,937 --> 01:06:11,647
it says, starring Bruce Le.
825
01:06:11,731 --> 01:06:14,775
Then it says, and
Jack Klugman and Jane Seymour.
826
01:06:14,859 --> 01:06:18,321
And you're like, what? And what
they did was they were filming
827
01:06:18,404 --> 01:06:20,865
this movie and they went to
a party where Jack Klugman and
828
01:06:20,948 --> 01:06:23,659
Jane Seymour at this party,
and they just filmed Bruce Lee
829
01:06:23,743 --> 01:06:25,494
walking up to him
and shaking their hand.
830
01:06:25,578 --> 01:06:27,121
You can't even
hear what they're saying.
831
01:06:27,204 --> 01:06:28,706
And he walks
into Jane Seymour and just
832
01:06:28,789 --> 01:06:30,541
stands next to her for
a minute and then walks off.
833
01:06:30,624 --> 01:06:31,834
And now they're
starring in the movie.
834
01:06:31,917 --> 01:06:34,378
And it was just classic.
835
01:06:34,462 --> 01:06:37,131
I don't know if you know
the film Pieces. He's in it.
836
01:06:37,214 --> 01:06:39,300
He makes one little
appearance where he shows up,
837
01:06:39,383 --> 01:06:41,510
has a karate fight in a walkway.
838
01:06:41,594 --> 01:06:44,513
[in Chinese]
839
01:06:44,597 --> 01:06:47,350
Hey, it's my kung fu professor.
What's the story, Chow?
840
01:06:47,433 --> 01:06:50,853
Oh, I am out jogging, and next
thing I know, I am on ground.
841
01:06:50,936 --> 01:06:53,689
Something I eat. Bad chop suey.
So long.
842
01:06:53,773 --> 01:06:59,779
[in French]
843
01:07:00,738 --> 01:07:03,532
Hey, that looks like,
you know, Bruce Lee.
I heard they brought him in.
844
01:07:03,616 --> 01:07:05,534
The clones of Bruce Lee,
845
01:07:05,618 --> 01:07:09,372
which is so self
reflexive of the genre itself.
Bruce Lee dies.
846
01:07:09,455 --> 01:07:11,874
Nothing, doctor. His heart
has stopped beating.
847
01:07:11,957 --> 01:07:15,211
[Worth]
This evil doctor comes
up with an idea to clone him
848
01:07:15,294 --> 01:07:17,546
and turn him into different
Bruce Lees and then ultimately
849
01:07:17,630 --> 01:07:19,548
take over the world,
which sounds sort of like
850
01:07:19,632 --> 01:07:21,675
the Bruceploitation
genre in itself, right?
851
01:07:21,759 --> 01:07:27,765
[in Chinese]
852
01:07:29,266 --> 01:07:35,272
[in Chinese]
853
01:07:36,524 --> 01:07:42,238
So that film had
Dragon Lee and Bruce Le and it
had another Bruce Thai.
854
01:07:42,321 --> 01:07:48,327
[in Chinese]
855
01:07:59,839 --> 01:08:05,845
[in Korean]
856
01:08:23,654 --> 01:08:25,781
[Worth] They each go on
an adventure for the government.
857
01:08:25,865 --> 01:08:27,908
And at the very end of
the film, the clones come
858
01:08:27,992 --> 01:08:29,952
together and they say,
to hell with this.
Let's fight the doctor.
859
01:08:30,035 --> 01:08:36,333
Get him.
860
01:08:36,417 --> 01:08:38,752
Are you sure it's Bruce Lee?
Doesn't look like him.
861
01:08:38,836 --> 01:08:44,842
[in French]
862
01:08:46,760 --> 01:08:49,013
[in French]
863
01:08:49,096 --> 01:08:53,434
When a person dies,their face and theirbody undergo a change.
864
01:08:53,517 --> 01:08:59,523
[in French]
865
01:09:11,911 --> 01:09:13,454
I love it.
866
01:09:13,537 --> 01:09:14,788
What do you take me for?
867
01:09:14,872 --> 01:09:16,499
Don't think you can
trick me, baby.
868
01:09:16,582 --> 01:09:18,000
[in French]
869
01:09:18,083 --> 01:09:21,462
Listen, Dracula, your
zombies can't help you.
870
01:09:21,545 --> 01:09:27,551
[in French]
871
01:09:27,718 --> 01:09:33,641
[in French]
872
01:09:42,900 --> 01:09:45,528
It's a crazy fun film to watch.
873
01:09:45,611 --> 01:09:47,488
[in French]
874
01:09:47,571 --> 01:09:50,824
When a man's endowed like Bruce,
the girls are bound to want him.
875
01:09:50,908 --> 01:09:55,496
He's gotta have his fun,
eh, Brucey?
876
01:09:55,579 --> 01:09:56,872
That's enough.
877
01:09:56,956 --> 01:10:02,962
[in French]
878
01:10:09,969 --> 01:10:15,975
[in Chinese]
879
01:10:24,650 --> 01:10:30,656
[laughs]
880
01:10:31,657 --> 01:10:37,663
[in Chinese]
881
01:10:48,465 --> 01:10:53,429
[shouting]
882
01:10:53,512 --> 01:10:55,764
Bruce Liang did The Dragon
Lives Again.
883
01:10:55,848 --> 01:10:58,142
He did a film called Little
Godfather in Hong Kong
884
01:10:58,225 --> 01:11:04,440
where he basically plays Bruce
Lee making Way of the Dragon
when he was in Rome.
885
01:11:04,523 --> 01:11:10,529
Not a move.
886
01:11:10,988 --> 01:11:16,994
[in Chinese]
887
01:11:36,055 --> 01:11:42,061
You're a pretty clever guy.
888
01:11:44,063 --> 01:11:50,069
[in Japanese]
889
01:12:30,651 --> 01:12:36,657
[in Chinese]
890
01:12:56,593 --> 01:12:59,179
You'd like a fight, huh?
891
01:12:59,263 --> 01:13:05,269
[in Chinese]
892
01:13:22,995 --> 01:13:25,289
[in Korean]
893
01:13:25,372 --> 01:13:31,628
[in Korean]
894
01:13:34,798 --> 01:13:40,804
[in Chinese]
895
01:13:42,848 --> 01:13:48,854
[in Chinese]
896
01:13:54,193 --> 01:13:59,990
I gave you 200 a day.
Now I give you three.
897
01:14:00,073 --> 01:14:04,328
-Five. I'm begging you.
-All right.
898
01:14:04,411 --> 01:14:06,955
Now, through the miracleof motion pictures,
899
01:14:07,039 --> 01:14:09,166
we bringyou the story and the film
900
01:14:09,249 --> 01:14:15,255
that superstar Bruce Leewanted you to see.
901
01:14:16,673 --> 01:14:19,134
There were attempts
to advertise the game of
902
01:14:19,218 --> 01:14:21,637
death that whatever it is,
903
01:14:21,720 --> 01:14:24,640
the Return of the Dragon,
Part Five has the secret,
904
01:14:24,723 --> 01:14:26,809
unseen footage.
Well, that's very easy
905
01:14:26,892 --> 01:14:29,645
to stop those claims,
or at least to make legal
906
01:14:29,728 --> 01:14:31,188
threats that would
make the distributors think
907
01:14:31,271 --> 01:14:33,649
twice before they would
actually go forward with it.
908
01:14:33,732 --> 01:14:35,192
But there was
a lot of mystery about
909
01:14:35,275 --> 01:14:37,861
what was the actual footage.
910
01:14:37,945 --> 01:14:39,988
Well, the truth was
we knew that it couldn't
911
01:14:40,072 --> 01:14:42,324
be pirated because
the negative was being
912
01:14:42,407 --> 01:14:45,828
held in a vault
at our own laboratory.
913
01:14:45,911 --> 01:14:49,165
What they did do, though,
was take some of the frames
914
01:14:49,249 --> 01:14:52,127
that we had released
back before Bruce died,
915
01:14:52,210 --> 01:14:55,004
very famous shots of
him with Kareem Jabbar
916
01:14:55,088 --> 01:14:57,173
and try and inject
them into their films.
917
01:14:57,257 --> 01:14:59,175
This image of Bruce Lee
918
01:14:59,259 --> 01:15:02,220
in his tracksuit with
the nunchaku, particularly,
919
01:15:02,303 --> 01:15:05,849
was so prevalent in people's
brains years and years
920
01:15:05,932 --> 01:15:07,976
before Game of Death
even came out.
921
01:15:08,059 --> 01:15:09,894
It was all about
you wanting to go
922
01:15:09,978 --> 01:15:11,729
and hopefully
this was maybe the movie
923
01:15:11,813 --> 01:15:15,859
that Bruce Lee actually was in.
924
01:15:15,942 --> 01:15:17,694
At the time of his death,
925
01:15:17,777 --> 01:15:20,154
Bruce Lee was workingon this film project.
926
01:15:20,238 --> 01:15:23,408
Soon it will be atthis theater, a livingmemorial to this
927
01:15:23,491 --> 01:15:28,037
great fighterand kung fu superstar.
928
01:15:28,121 --> 01:15:29,998
Pleasure to meet
Mr. Lee's killer.
929
01:15:30,081 --> 01:15:31,708
-Well chosen.
-Thank you.
930
01:15:31,791 --> 01:15:35,795
[in French]
931
01:16:26,846 --> 01:16:32,852
[in foreign language]
932
01:17:04,884 --> 01:17:09,138
With the greatest castever assembled in onemotion picture.
933
01:17:09,222 --> 01:17:14,978
The Shaolin Magician,Poison Fingers,The Incredible Ape.
934
01:17:15,061 --> 01:17:21,776
And last but not least,Abdul the Giant.
935
01:17:21,859 --> 01:17:27,865
[in French]
936
01:17:36,290 --> 01:17:40,003
A giant in his time,a legend in his death.
937
01:17:40,086 --> 01:17:44,007
He lives again.
938
01:17:44,090 --> 01:17:46,467
And fights for his life.
939
01:17:46,551 --> 01:17:51,848
in the Game of Death.Four years in the making.
940
01:17:51,931 --> 01:17:54,308
Initially,
it was not our intention
to finish the film.
941
01:17:54,392 --> 01:17:56,185
It was not until a good
942
01:17:56,269 --> 01:17:59,147
two years after he passed away
943
01:17:59,230 --> 01:18:01,566
that the serious
conversations started at
944
01:18:01,649 --> 01:18:05,361
Golden Harvest about, is
it possible to finish the movie?
945
01:18:05,445 --> 01:18:10,408
We had shot 30 minutes of
usable footage that ultimately
946
01:18:10,491 --> 01:18:18,374
was cut down to be about
15 minutes in the film.
947
01:18:18,458 --> 01:18:24,464
It was probably
the worst Bruceploitation
movie of all time.
948
01:18:25,673 --> 01:18:26,924
It promises so much.
949
01:18:27,008 --> 01:18:28,217
It's got that fantastic opening
950
01:18:28,301 --> 01:18:30,261
sequence that you're expecting.
951
01:18:30,344 --> 01:18:32,555
This is the bombastic music
comes in, it's all there,
952
01:18:32,638 --> 01:18:36,059
and then suddenly it's got
footage of Bruce Lee's funeral.
953
01:18:36,142 --> 01:18:39,353
I can say definitively
that Golden Harvest refrained
954
01:18:39,437 --> 01:18:43,107
from making any knockoff movies,
with the exception of
Game of Death,
955
01:18:43,191 --> 01:18:45,068
where I did use
doubles for Bruce Lee.
956
01:18:45,151 --> 01:18:47,904
It is better to die
a broken piece of jade
957
01:18:47,987 --> 01:18:50,239
than to live a life of clay.
958
01:18:50,323 --> 01:18:53,534
Even though it's
being done in the guise of
a Bruce Lee film,
959
01:18:53,618 --> 01:18:57,080
it uses all the same
tricks that all
the Bruceploitation films
960
01:18:57,163 --> 01:18:59,540
use to make you think,
am I seeing Bruce Lee right now?
961
01:18:59,624 --> 01:19:01,959
There's a cardboard cut out
of Bruce Lee stuck on a mirror.
962
01:19:02,043 --> 01:19:04,587
The double sits down in front
of a mirror, and they literally
963
01:19:04,670 --> 01:19:07,590
just take a cardboard
pasting of Bruce Lee's face,
964
01:19:07,673 --> 01:19:09,634
like a photograph, and stick
it on the front of the mirror.
965
01:19:09,717 --> 01:19:11,469
And he's just behind it,
and you're like, what?
966
01:19:11,552 --> 01:19:14,430
Here we go.
Everybody settle down.
967
01:19:14,514 --> 01:19:17,892
In the story, he's reenacting
a scene from Fists of Fury where
968
01:19:17,975 --> 01:19:20,395
he runs at the camera and
this kick and these guards are
969
01:19:20,478 --> 01:19:26,484
all sitting below the camera,
and they shoot him.
970
01:19:28,528 --> 01:19:31,948
In Game of Death,
they have it where a gangster
971
01:19:32,031 --> 01:19:34,242
is placed in these extras
972
01:19:34,325 --> 01:19:37,995
and really
shoots him in the face.
973
01:19:38,079 --> 01:19:39,664
The idea
there was that his face got
974
01:19:39,747 --> 01:19:41,624
a little bit changed from
the bullet hitting in the face,
975
01:19:41,707 --> 01:19:44,585
so he was always wearing
disguises, beards and glasses.
976
01:19:44,669 --> 01:19:50,675
And so that's kind of
how they worked it off.
977
01:19:51,676 --> 01:19:54,178
Commercially it was
a phenomenal success.
978
01:19:54,262 --> 01:19:56,347
With the true Bruce Lee
979
01:19:56,431 --> 01:19:58,141
fans and aficionados,
980
01:19:58,224 --> 01:20:00,351
I think I would say mixed.
981
01:20:00,434 --> 01:20:02,145
And there were some
people that were convinced
982
01:20:02,228 --> 01:20:04,313
we still had another
hour of footage that we were
983
01:20:04,397 --> 01:20:07,150
holding back for
part two and part three.
984
01:20:07,233 --> 01:20:09,527
There are no secret
five minutes of footage
985
01:20:09,610 --> 01:20:15,616
that I have stashed for
my old age retirement pension.
986
01:20:16,409 --> 01:20:19,996
For the action scenes
that had to be done without
987
01:20:20,079 --> 01:20:21,998
Bruce, we used a young,
988
01:20:22,081 --> 01:20:24,375
in those days,
aspiring action director
989
01:20:24,458 --> 01:20:27,462
by the name of Sammo Hong,
because Sammo had been involved
990
01:20:27,545 --> 01:20:29,630
with Bruce on
the Enter the Dragon with me
991
01:20:29,714 --> 01:20:33,676
and worked as
a stuntman on the other movies.
992
01:20:33,759 --> 01:20:39,765
[in Chinese]
993
01:20:58,451 --> 01:21:00,745
And for my money,
Sammo was one of the smartest
994
01:21:00,828 --> 01:21:02,580
martial arts choreographers.
995
01:21:02,663 --> 01:21:04,332
He went on to
become a very successful
996
01:21:04,415 --> 01:21:06,709
director in his own right.
997
01:21:06,792 --> 01:21:12,798
[in Chinese]
998
01:21:16,761 --> 01:21:23,392
Do I look like him?
999
01:21:23,476 --> 01:21:29,482
[in Chinese]
1000
01:21:38,282 --> 01:21:41,202
Does the star
really look like Bruce Lee?
1001
01:21:41,285 --> 01:21:42,411
Yes, he does.
1002
01:21:42,495 --> 01:21:43,579
More than you, for sure.
1003
01:21:43,663 --> 01:21:45,248
There's a great sequence where
1004
01:21:45,331 --> 01:21:47,416
Sammo gets hired to
be an extra
1005
01:21:47,500 --> 01:21:50,253
on a Bruceploitation
movie and has a fight
with the actor because
1006
01:21:50,336 --> 01:21:52,380
he feels you're not
worthy of Bruce Lee's spirit.
1007
01:21:52,463 --> 01:21:55,383
Cut, cut, cut, cut.
Why didn't you move?
1008
01:21:55,466 --> 01:21:56,801
He doesn't look like Bruce Lee.
1009
01:21:56,884 --> 01:21:59,553
What do you mean?
1010
01:21:59,637 --> 01:22:01,556
I can tell you this,
1011
01:22:01,639 --> 01:22:04,642
that Bruce Lee is my hero.
You're not in the same league.
1012
01:22:04,725 --> 01:22:06,727
The funny thing about the Fat
Dragon is it's very easy to go
1013
01:22:06,811 --> 01:22:08,729
oh, this movie is
just a piss-take,
1014
01:22:08,813 --> 01:22:11,148
but it's actually
a very respectful piss-take.
1015
01:22:11,232 --> 01:22:17,238
[in French]
1016
01:22:22,326 --> 01:22:28,332
[in Chinese]
1017
01:22:36,382 --> 01:22:42,388
[in Chinese]
1018
01:23:01,866 --> 01:23:04,577
[in French]
1019
01:23:05,578 --> 01:23:07,330
-What do you want?
-From what I've seen of you,
1020
01:23:07,413 --> 01:23:09,665
-I reckon you'd fit.
-No thanks.
1021
01:23:09,749 --> 01:23:15,755
[in French]
1022
01:23:21,636 --> 01:23:23,679
[Worth] New Fist of Fury
and Fist of Fury Two,
1023
01:23:23,763 --> 01:23:26,349
which was Bruce Li, were kind
of competing sequels to fist
1024
01:23:26,432 --> 01:23:29,810
of Fury because they were
being done about the same time.
1025
01:23:29,894 --> 01:23:35,900
[in Chinese]
1026
01:23:39,945 --> 01:23:43,157
[in Chinese]
1027
01:23:56,754 --> 01:23:58,839
Ng called me into his office.
He says, there's this other
1028
01:23:58,923 --> 01:24:01,342
film I would like you to do.
1029
01:24:01,425 --> 01:24:04,887
Play a bad guy in the film. It's
a new guy called Jackie Chan.
1030
01:24:04,970 --> 01:24:10,518
He's done a few
films in Hong Kong.
1031
01:24:10,601 --> 01:24:12,561
-The preacher.
-[laughs]
1032
01:24:12,645 --> 01:24:16,524
I'm not any sort of priest.
I come from Russia.
1033
01:24:16,607 --> 01:24:22,613
But we're going to
try something different.
1034
01:24:22,863 --> 01:24:26,242
But Jackie always said
the way he became famous later
1035
01:24:26,325 --> 01:24:28,369
was by doing everything
that Bruce Lee didn't do.
1036
01:24:28,452 --> 01:24:30,454
I'm gonna get my ass kicked
for the whole movie and then win
1037
01:24:30,538 --> 01:24:32,373
at the end. And that's
what Bruce Lee never would do.
1038
01:24:32,456 --> 01:24:36,627
And if you give me a chance,
I will be the best comedy
1039
01:24:36,710 --> 01:24:42,716
action martial
arts star in the world.
1040
01:24:44,718 --> 01:24:46,762
Nobody was interested in
1041
01:24:46,846 --> 01:24:49,598
comedy action kung fu.
1042
01:24:49,682 --> 01:24:52,435
He went off and he made two
movies away from Golden Harvest,
1043
01:24:52,518 --> 01:24:54,478
the Drunken Master
movies that convinced us
1044
01:24:54,562 --> 01:24:56,647
we didn't understand
how to use Jackie.
1045
01:24:56,730 --> 01:25:00,985
God Chang, the drunkGod with the double kick.
1046
01:25:01,068 --> 01:25:05,573
So in the finest
traditions of the movie
industry everywhere,
1047
01:25:05,656 --> 01:25:08,325
Golden Harvest turned
around and said, we always
knew that would be a success.
1048
01:25:08,409 --> 01:25:10,411
We love you. We want
to make a deal with you.
1049
01:25:10,494 --> 01:25:16,500
As we say, the rest is history.
1050
01:25:18,002 --> 01:25:19,795
Jackie Chan,
at this point, was starting
1051
01:25:19,879 --> 01:25:22,256
to come up and people were
taking notice of Jackie Chan.
1052
01:25:22,339 --> 01:25:23,966
What if Bruce Lee and
Jackie Chan had done a movie?
1053
01:25:24,049 --> 01:25:26,469
Well, you got Golden
Dragon and Silver Snake,
1054
01:25:26,552 --> 01:25:28,596
or you have Bruce
and Jackie to the rescue.
1055
01:25:28,679 --> 01:25:35,478
Dragon Lee is the GoldenDragon. Johnnie Chan is...
1056
01:25:35,561 --> 01:25:40,774
The Silver Snake.
1057
01:25:40,858 --> 01:25:42,776
At some point,
it's going to come to a place
1058
01:25:42,860 --> 01:25:44,862
where everybody's sort
of processed what happened.
1059
01:25:44,945 --> 01:25:48,324
Game of Death finally come out.
Now you guys let him be.
1060
01:25:48,407 --> 01:25:51,285
Many believeBruce Lee is still alive.
1061
01:25:51,368 --> 01:25:55,664
A recluse preparingto return in 1983,
1062
01:25:55,748 --> 01:26:01,754
ten years from the dayof his disappearance.
1063
01:26:21,607 --> 01:26:26,362
So here is the, what we call
Clearwater Bay studio nowadays,
1064
01:26:26,445 --> 01:26:28,989
not easy to find this
kind of studio. No more.
1065
01:26:29,073 --> 01:26:31,992
No more studios.
1066
01:26:32,076 --> 01:26:34,870
No more Golden Harvest.
So much closed, yeah.
1067
01:26:34,954 --> 01:26:36,872
Most of production
gone to China.
1068
01:26:36,956 --> 01:26:38,999
Before, we shot the 400 films.
1069
01:26:39,083 --> 01:26:40,876
Now only 30 films a year.
1070
01:26:40,960 --> 01:26:43,587
Even though the advertising
or commercial films still,
1071
01:26:43,671 --> 01:26:46,423
they also move
their base back to China
1072
01:26:46,507 --> 01:26:48,676
to shoot there because
Hong Kong is too expensive.
1073
01:26:48,759 --> 01:26:51,053
It's a [indistinct]
That's a history of
1074
01:26:51,136 --> 01:26:54,682
Hong Kong film industry,
a downfall of the Golden Empire.
1075
01:26:54,765 --> 01:27:00,771
[laughs]
1076
01:27:02,982 --> 01:27:08,988
[in Chinese]
1077
01:27:55,868 --> 01:28:01,874
[in Chinese]
1078
01:28:12,551 --> 01:28:18,557
[in foreign language]
1079
01:28:34,073 --> 01:28:40,079
[in Chinese]
1080
01:29:07,731 --> 01:29:13,737
[in Korean]
1081
01:30:07,875 --> 01:30:13,881
[in Chinese]
1082
01:31:05,891 --> 01:31:07,309
[shouting]
1083
01:31:07,392 --> 01:31:13,607
[in Chinese]
1084
01:31:28,039 --> 01:31:34,045
[in Chinese]
1085
01:31:40,260 --> 01:31:46,266
[in Chinese]
1086
01:31:48,059 --> 01:31:54,065
[in foreign language]
1087
01:32:06,786 --> 01:32:12,792
[in Chinese]
1088
01:32:20,800 --> 01:32:26,806
[in Chinese]
1089
01:33:50,556 --> 01:33:54,102
♪ He sure knows howto fight for his defense ♪
1090
01:33:54,185 --> 01:33:57,146
♪ In starting all hislimbs are tense ♪
1091
01:33:57,230 --> 01:33:59,482
♪ Power glistens in his eyes ♪
1092
01:33:59,565 --> 01:34:03,987
♪ He strikes terrorwith his cries ♪
1093
01:34:04,070 --> 01:34:08,282
♪ He's the king of kung fu ♪
1094
01:34:08,366 --> 01:34:11,119
♪ King of kung fu ♪
1095
01:34:11,202 --> 01:34:13,287
♪ King of kung fu ♪
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