Bruce Lee - The Man, The Myth, The Legend
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Bruce Lee - The Man
Bruce Lee (Lee Jun Fan, ???, ???; pinyin: L? Zhènf?n, L? Xi?olóng; ? ) was a Chinese American and Hong Kong actor, martial artist, philosopher, film director, screenwriter, practitioner of Wing Chun and founder of the Jeet Kune Do concept. He is considered by many as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century, and a cultural icon. He was named by Time Magazine as one of the Category: Time 100 - : The Most Important People of the Century|100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Lee was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Hong Kong until...
Bruce Lee - The Actor
Most people are unaware that Bruce Lee only starred in 5 actual movies released in the US, and the non US releases included only cameos and / or Lee as a toddler or infant. Many people think that Bruce Lee starred in many more movies because of all the Bruce Lee Knock-offs or Bruceploitation as it has been dubbed like Bruce Li, Bruce Lei, Bruce Le, or any other variation of the name. These variations came about due to the huge international success of Enter the Dragon, which incedentally was released in 1973 just after Bruce Lee's untimely death, many Hong Kong studios feared that a movie without their most famous star in it would not be financially successful, so some studios decided to play on Lee's sudden international fame by making movies using actors whos names vaguely sounded like and resembled Bruce Lee. There was only one and will only ever be one Bruce LeeBelow are all 5 Bruce Lee Movies by their US titles and in order of their US release.
Fist of Fury
Bruce Lee - Fists of Fury
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Cheng (Bruce Lee) is a Chinese man from Guangdong who moves to Thailand along with his cousins. They get jobs at an ice factory. However, the factory is secretly a cover for a drug smuggling gang led by the Big Boss. Some of Cheng's cousins are offered roles in the drug smuggling operation. When they decline, they are murdered.
A suspicious Cheng breaks into the factory after hours and discovers his cousins' bodies. Cheng gets his revenge by fighting and killing the Bosses Gang and then The Big Boss.
The Chinese Connection
The Chinese Connection
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The film is set in the 1930's, during the occupation of Shanghai, China by several foreign countries, including Japan. It is about a Chinese Martial Arts school whose master (Huo) was recently killed by men associated with a rival Japanese Martial Arts School who continue to harass them. Chen is out to find out who is responsible for his master's death and get justice.
Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon
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A martial arts expert (Bruce Leeis recruited to infiltrate a drug operation under the guise of taking part in an invitational competition sponsored by the one handed crime boss. This was Bruce Lee's most popular film in the west.
Return of the Dragon
Return of the Dragon
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Tang Lung (Bruce Lee) is sent from Hong Kong to Rome to help some family friends whose restaurant is being targeted by the local gangsters. The gangsters resort to intimidation. Tang Lung has to fight off the gangsters and The mafia boss. The mafia boss then hires foreign martial artists to challenge Tang Lung, the final duel takes place between Tang Lung and the best of the foreign martial artists, Colt (Chuck Norris), in the Colosseum.
Game of Death
Game of Death
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A famous martial-arts master who stars in many films, Billy Lo (Bruce Lee) has an unsuccessful murder attempt against him, Lo decides he must fake his own death to figure out who is trying to kill him and stop them.
Bruce Lee - The Legend
- Lee's striking speed from three feet with his hands down by his side reached five hundredths of a second.
- Lee could spring a 235 lb (107 kg) opponent 15 feet (4.6 metres) away with a 1 inch punch.
- Lee's combat movements were at times too fast to be captured on film at 24fps, so many scenes were shot in 32fps to put Lee in slow motion. Normally martial arts films are sped up.
- In a speed demonstration, Lee could snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.
- Lee could perform push ups using only his thumbs.
- Lee would hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer.
- Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks.
- Lee performed one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger.
- Lee performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups.
- From a standing position, Lee could hold a 125 lb (57 kg) barbell straight out.
- Lee could break wooden boards 6 inches (15 cm) thick.
- Lee performed a side kick while training with James Coburn and broke a 150-lb (68 kg) punching bag.
- Lee could cause a 300-lb (136 kg) bag to fly towards and thump the ceiling with a side kick.
- In a move that has been dubbed "Dragon Flag", Lee could perform leg lifts with only his shoulder blades resting on the edge of a bench and suspend his legs and torso perfectly horizontal midair.
- Lee could thrust his fingers through unopened steel cans of Coca-Cola, at a time before cans were made of the softer aluminum metal.
- Lee could use one finger to leave dramatic indentations on pine wood.
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- Chris1392 Chris1392 Jan 18, 2009 @ 12:42 pm
- Great work. I spent a lot of saturdays in the movies watching him. I'm such a fan that I will be checking out ThomasC too.
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- selva selva Jun 20, 2008 @ 5:25 am
- i am big fan of bruce lee. i am love is style ,moves,etc.
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- ThomasC ThomasC Apr 13, 2008 @ 1:24 am
- I am a huge fan of Bruce Lee! I created a squidoo lens to honor him as well! If you have time, come add this lens to my Bruce Lee Group and come view all my Martial Arts lenses!
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