Rent Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend / The Legend (1984)
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2h 48min
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- Synopsis:
A special 30th anniversary presentation showcasing nearly 3 hours of footage on the life and career of martial arts legend Bruce Lee. Presenting the only official tributes to Bruce Lee by his friends and partners at Golden Harvest studios, this unique video package brings together for the first time the acclaimed documentary features 'The Legend' and 'The Man and the Legend'.
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973)Produced in the days and weeks immediately following Bruce Lee's death, this moving programme includes rare and extensive footage of the Hong Kong memorial service attended by celebrities such as Sammo Hung and George Lazenby and a unique tour of Bruce's Kowloon Tong home and training equipment. A section of the programme also contains what is believed to be the only remaining Cantonese recording of Bruce Lee's voice in existence today. This section, which reveals details for an unrealized movie project, has now been translated into English for the first time.
Bruce Lee: The Legend (1984)
Featuring extensive footage from Bruce Lee's childhood movies as well as famous scenes from iconic 60s TV series Longstreet, James Garner's Marlowe and extended out-takes from Bruce Lee's Game of Death, The Legend is an in-depth look at Bruce Lee's life and career which is underpinned with interviews with Golden Harvest C.E.O. Raymond Chow and Bruce Lee's leading lady Nora Miao. A specially created section also combines Bruce Lee's hand-drawn combat illustrations with demonstrations of students showing the practical applications of his fighting art, 'Jeet Kune Do'.- Actors:
- Lo-Ba Chen, Wing-Hon Cheung, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ted Ashley, Robert Baker, Linda Lee Cadwell, Raymond Chow, Robert Clouse, James Coburn, Benson Fong, Ying-Chieh Han, Paul M. Heller, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Dan Inosanto, Han Jae-ji, Taky Kimura, George Lazenby, Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee, Hoi-Chuen Lee
- Directors:
- Shih Wu, Leonard Ho
- Producers:
- Raymond Chow, Andre Morgan, Leonard Ho
- Narrated By:
- Mei Wang, James B. Nicholson
- Writers:
- Shih Wu, Russell Cawthorne
- Aka:
- Li Xiao Long De Sheng Yu Si (Life and Legend of Bruce Lee) / Bruce Lee, the Legend
- Studio:
- Contender
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Documentary, Special Interest, Sports & Sport Films
- Countries:
- Hong Kong
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- Release Date:
- 24/07/2023
- Run Time:
- 169 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Mandarin Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Alternate video version of 'The Legend', featuring different editing and credits (standard definition only)
- Archive video of a tour of Golden Harvest Studios conducted in the mid-1990s by Russell Cawthorne, writer of 'Bruce Lee: The Legend', from the archives of Andrew Staton
- Alternate animated Hong Kong credits for 'Enter the Dragon'
- Trailers and image galleries for both films
