Bruce Lee Legends of the Dragon: v. 1

Sports & Outdoors

Kerridge, Steve

Biographies

Tao Publishing

BRUCE LEE: LEGENDS OF THE DRAGON takes the reader through an almost day to day view of the trials and struggles Lee encountered, from location filming in Italy (without a permit), to the many challenges he received from various martial arts masters in Hong Kong, who saw a publicized encounter with the "Little Dragon" as their passport to fame and fortune. Using a wide range of archive news material and personal anecdotes from friends and colleagues of the man behind the legend, a true picture of Lee the artist comes sharply into focus. Never-before-seen Photographic material augments the text in a manner that perfectly captures these moments in time. Also included are relevant correspondence and Lee's handwritten script notes that came to form the basis for his Martial Arts masterpiece The Way of the Dragon. Bruce Lee has become a unique iconic figure to legions of fans all over the World. For decades Bruce Lee fans have desperately wanted to learn about The Way of the Dragon. This book answers all questions about this film. It is a title that will not only hold appeal to his fans in the martial arts community, but also those who were deeply moved by his films. The nostalgic value Lee still holds in combination with his enduring influence on the action movie genre makes Bruce Lee a larger than life iconic figure that encompasses and crosses over many target audiences.

Bruce Lee: Legends of the Dragon

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Bruce Lee was instrumental in the global popularity of kung fu, and even some 40 years after his death he remains the most famous martial artist in the world. This official book—the biggest illustrated volume ever published on Lee—shows the whole of his life in images, all sourced from the extensive Lee family archives. Bruce himself was a prolific photographer and took thousands of pictures on set, with his family, and during intensive training and martial arts demonstrations. They are reproduced here, along with documents featuring excerpts from his poetry, philosophical musings, and film scripts, and a foreword by his daughter, Shannon Lee. The fan-pleasing images range from Lee's iconic, beloved theatrical poses to the previously undiscovered and never-before-published.

Bruce Lee: The Authorized Visual History

Humor & Entertainment

Carlton Books

With the advent of a new decade, the movie industry of Hong Kong by late 1971 had changed forever with the release of Bruce Lee's first movie, 'The Big Boss.' Hong Kong film industry old guard, having administered a hidebound approach to film production for the past several decades, were now suddenly forced to re-evaluate. Even Shaw Brothers, who in particular had monopolised the Hong Kong movie machine, found themselves on the canvas looking up in disbelieve at the now' pound for pound' champion, Bruce Lee. 
In this volume, we recommence our research as Lee continued to dominate not only the Southeast Asian movie market but also his endeavour to overcome a racially prejudiced Hollywood and prove his worth as an international commodity to the world of action cinema. Once again, the arduous task of researching and refining another historical piece of Bruce Lee history was no easy task. In comparison to the previous volume, BRUCE LEE: MANDARIN SUPERSTAR, that covered a timeline of around three years, this follow-up compendium microscopically examines a chronological fraction in contrast, with a mere six months in the life of the man. As work began on this book, it soon became apparent the amount of historical depth and development that had occurred in the life of Bruce Lee within such a brief period between late October 71 to April 72. Predominantly centred around his second movie, 'Fist of Fury, ' the real premise of this book is not only an in-depth examination of the historical significance behind the film but more so Lee's continued pursuit for international fame and recognition. In the pages ahead, the reader will not only be amazed by the visual artistry and photogenic attributes of the man, but also his continued drive towards excellence within the Southeast Asian movie industry. In so many ways, Bruce Lee was a cinematical 'Ronin, ' a 'drifter' or 'wanderer, ' with no fixed abode in the world of movie-making, a man with no lord or master other than himself. With the formation of his production company 'Concord, ' Lee now had freedom over conformity and a pathway to finally becoming the 'master of his own destiny' with his soon to be 'directorial debut.' By April 1972, and record-breaking box-office with his previous two films, the Hong Kong movie industry was undoubtedly partisan in their endeavours to emulate his formula without much success. But for an ardent and expressively driven Bruce Lee, his aspiring achievement in the Southeast Asian movie industry, although providing financial security, was somewhat insignificant in comparison to his dream of international recognition and ultimately Hollywood fame. -Steve Kerridge 2020

Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist

Biographies & Memoirs

On the Fly Productions Ltd

In October 1969, Bruce Lee embarked on a publicity tour for the MGM movie Marlowe in which he had a small co-starring role as hired thug 'Winslow Wong' beside the famous Hollywood actor James Garner. The ten-day nationwide tour had stop-overs in Texas and Florida, the east coast to New York before finally heading westward-bound towards Los Angeles via San Francisco.\nDuring the tour, Lee stopped in Charlotte, North Carolina, to participate in a television appearance for local station WSOC. MGM had approached local Taekwondo Grandmaster Reg Smith to assist Lee during demonstrations on the show. The renowned Grandmaster had also managed to shoot a roll of TRI-X still film during the television performance, the only surviving photographic record of that historic Bruce Lee appearance on Friday, October 24th. Undiscovered for over fifty years, fans worldwide can now witness these historical images of the worlds greatest martial artist for the very first time.

UNSEEN BRUCE LEE - The Reg Smith Connection

EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING: A Retro Journey Back to the 1970s. Let us take you back to the early 1970s when suddenly this strange oriental action genre hit the cinema and television screens and changed popular youth culture with stars such as Wang Yu, David Chiang, Angela Mao Ying, David Carradine, and of course the King of Kung Fu - Bruce Lee.

Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting

Religion & Spirituality

BRUCE LEE: MANDARIN SUPERSTAR\nIn over 400 pages, this softback edition uncovers the life of the martial art icon between the years 1969 to 1971. His initial attempt and subsequent failure to break into Hollywood is examined in detail, as Lee finally decides in 1971 to return to Hong Kong to pursue 
a career in the Hong Kong movie business.\nAlso, for the first time in print, a detailed study of the making of his first Hong Kong movie 'The Big Boss' is documented in meticulous detail like never before, as Lee finally achieves stardom by smashing box-office records throughout South-east Asia to earn the title of Mandarin Superstar.

Bruce Lee: Mandarin Superstar

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