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The Official Golden Harvest tribute to the Master of the Martial Arts Film, Bruce Lee.The Official Golden Harvest tribute to the Master of the Martial Arts Film, Bruce Lee.The Official Golden Harvest tribute to the Master of the Martial Arts Film, Bruce Lee.
Hoi-Chuen Lee
- Self - Bruce Lee's Father
- (archive footage)
Hon-Sang Siu
- Self - Bruce Lee's Kung Fu Teacher
- (as Siu Hon Sung)
Chuck Norris
- Self
- (archive sound)
Betty Ting Pei
- Self
- (archive footage)
Peter Jung-sum Lee
- Self - Bruce's Brother
- (as Peter Lee)
George Lazenby
- Self
- (archive footage)
James Coburn
- Self
- (archive footage)
Steve McQueen
- Self
- (archive footage)
Linda Lee Cadwell
- Self
- (archive footage)
Jackie Chan
- Self
- (archive footage)
Robert Wall
- Self
- (as Bob Wall)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaBruce Lee said, "I was chosen for the role of Kato in The Green Hornet (1966), because I was the only Chinese man to correctly pronounce Britt Reid."
- Quotes
Self - Narrator: Kung Fu was not Bruce's only interest outside of movies at that time. He was quite a snappy dancer and in 1958 won a Hong Kong Cha-Cha Championship.
- Crazy credits"The void is that which stands right in the middle of 'this' and 'that'. The void is all-inclusive, having no opposite - there is nothing which it excludes or opposes. It is a living void, because all forms come out of it and whoever realizes the void is filled with life and power and the love of all things." Bruce Lee "The Tao of Jeet Kune Do"
- ConnectionsEdited into Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do (1995)
Featured review
Good If Not Definitive
Bruce Lee, the Legend (1984)
*** (out of 4)
Good, 90-minute documentary taking a look at the life, career of death of martial arts legend Bruce lee.
BRUCE LEE, THE LEGEND is without question a good documentary that features some wonderful stuff but there's no question that it falls well short of being the definitive film out there. I will be the first to admit that I don't know too much about Lee and while this documentary answered many questions, it still left me wonderful a lot more. I think the strengths of the film include some of the wonderful footage we get of various movies from Lee's childhood. We learn that his father was a professional actor and we get to see some terrific clips from some early Hong Kong movies. Even better is that we get to see a lot of behind-the-scenes footage to his films including THE BIG BOSS, THE Chinese CONNECTION and THE WAY OF THE DRAGON.
There's a lot of good information given about the actor's personal life, his rise to fame and why even Steve McQueen was amazed by his talents. The documentary does have some very weak spots including the direction, which is just all over the place. While the stories being told are entertaining, there's no doubt that the way they're told is a bit off and the overall film just doesn't have a very good pace to it. Still, thanks to the footage, fans of Lee will still want to check this out.
*** (out of 4)
Good, 90-minute documentary taking a look at the life, career of death of martial arts legend Bruce lee.
BRUCE LEE, THE LEGEND is without question a good documentary that features some wonderful stuff but there's no question that it falls well short of being the definitive film out there. I will be the first to admit that I don't know too much about Lee and while this documentary answered many questions, it still left me wonderful a lot more. I think the strengths of the film include some of the wonderful footage we get of various movies from Lee's childhood. We learn that his father was a professional actor and we get to see some terrific clips from some early Hong Kong movies. Even better is that we get to see a lot of behind-the-scenes footage to his films including THE BIG BOSS, THE Chinese CONNECTION and THE WAY OF THE DRAGON.
There's a lot of good information given about the actor's personal life, his rise to fame and why even Steve McQueen was amazed by his talents. The documentary does have some very weak spots including the direction, which is just all over the place. While the stories being told are entertaining, there's no doubt that the way they're told is a bit off and the overall film just doesn't have a very good pace to it. Still, thanks to the footage, fans of Lee will still want to check this out.
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