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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story North American cover art (Atari Jaguar version)
Developer(s) Virgin Interactive
Publisher(s) Acclaim Entertainment
Designer(s) Dave Semmens (Sega Master System version)
Artist(s) Doug Townsley (Sega Master System version)
Composer(s) Matt Furniss (Sega Master System version)
Platform(s) Sega Genesis
Game Gear
Atari Jaguar
Sega Master System
Super NES
Release date(s) Super NES: NA July 1995
EU February 23, 1995
Sega Genesis: NA 1994
EU 1993
AUS 1993
Atari Jaguar: NA November 1, 1994

Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player
Multiplayer (up to 3 players)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a multiplatform fighting video game based on the film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, which is a semi-fictionalized account of the life of Bruce Lee.


Contents  [hide]
1 Gameplay
2 Version differences
3 Master System and Game Gear versions
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links

Gameplay[edit]
Players control Lee, and must defeat the sailor from the dance in Hong Kong, the chefs from the Chinese Restaurant in San Francisco, the martial arts master who challenges Lee, amongst others to progress through the game, recalling major action scenes from the film. However, the video game leaves out valuable plot information from the film and most of the romantic content between Bruce Lee and his future wife.
Players can use a variety of martial arts moves to defeat their enemies and build up a chi meter, which can help unleash special moves on their opponents. The game is noted for its difficulty and it takes an expert player to complete or even advance to the later stages. The player has three continues, and if lost, they must fight The Phantom (the personification of Bruce's fear who takes the form of an armored Japanese Samurai) to continue, though he is near invincible. They face The Phantom Samurai again at the end as a final boss.
The game supports up to three players simultaneously, playing through the game co-operatively, or against each other in a battle mode. Characters other than Bruce Lee are not playable, and so the additional players only control clones of Lee, differentiated by different colored trousers.
Version differences[edit]
The Jaguar version is noted for having considerably more frames of animation than the Super Nintendo and Genesis versions without running any slower, resulting in a much smoother and graphically impressive game. However, the Jaguar version predates the Jaguar Teamtap, and so only supports up to two players.
Master System and Game Gear versions[edit]
The Master System and Game Gear versions are a platformer / beat'em up game, rather than a one-on-one fighting game as SNES, Genesis and Jaguar versions.
Reception[edit]
Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the Jaguar version a 4.4/10, calling it "More or less your run-of-the-mill action fighter game". They commented that the game was released too long after the movie (which came out well over a year before) to benefit from the license.[1] GamePro similarly commented that the game "lacks fire", elaborating that the graphics are moderately impressive, but the gameplay is crude and requires little skill due to the limited set of moves.[2]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Dragon Review". Electronic Gaming Monthly (66) (EGM Media, LLC). January 1995. p. 46.
2.Jump up ^ "ProReview: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story". GamePro (67) (IDG). February 1995. p. 102.
External links[edit]
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story at MobyGames
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Sega Genesis version) at GameFAQs
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Super NES version) at GameFAQs
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Atari Jaguar version)


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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (video game)

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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story North American cover art (Atari Jaguar version)
Developer(s) Virgin Interactive
Publisher(s) Acclaim Entertainment
Designer(s) Dave Semmens (Sega Master System version)
Artist(s) Doug Townsley (Sega Master System version)
Composer(s) Matt Furniss (Sega Master System version)
Platform(s) Sega Genesis
Game Gear
Atari Jaguar
Sega Master System
Super NES
Release date(s) Super NES: NA July 1995
EU February 23, 1995
Sega Genesis: NA 1994
EU 1993
AUS 1993
Atari Jaguar: NA November 1, 1994

Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player
Multiplayer (up to 3 players)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a multiplatform fighting video game based on the film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, which is a semi-fictionalized account of the life of Bruce Lee.


Contents  [hide]
1 Gameplay
2 Version differences
3 Master System and Game Gear versions
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links

Gameplay[edit]
Players control Lee, and must defeat the sailor from the dance in Hong Kong, the chefs from the Chinese Restaurant in San Francisco, the martial arts master who challenges Lee, amongst others to progress through the game, recalling major action scenes from the film. However, the video game leaves out valuable plot information from the film and most of the romantic content between Bruce Lee and his future wife.
Players can use a variety of martial arts moves to defeat their enemies and build up a chi meter, which can help unleash special moves on their opponents. The game is noted for its difficulty and it takes an expert player to complete or even advance to the later stages. The player has three continues, and if lost, they must fight The Phantom (the personification of Bruce's fear who takes the form of an armored Japanese Samurai) to continue, though he is near invincible. They face The Phantom Samurai again at the end as a final boss.
The game supports up to three players simultaneously, playing through the game co-operatively, or against each other in a battle mode. Characters other than Bruce Lee are not playable, and so the additional players only control clones of Lee, differentiated by different colored trousers.
Version differences[edit]
The Jaguar version is noted for having considerably more frames of animation than the Super Nintendo and Genesis versions without running any slower, resulting in a much smoother and graphically impressive game. However, the Jaguar version predates the Jaguar Teamtap, and so only supports up to two players.
Master System and Game Gear versions[edit]
The Master System and Game Gear versions are a platformer / beat'em up game, rather than a one-on-one fighting game as SNES, Genesis and Jaguar versions.
Reception[edit]
Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the Jaguar version a 4.4/10, calling it "More or less your run-of-the-mill action fighter game". They commented that the game was released too long after the movie (which came out well over a year before) to benefit from the license.[1] GamePro similarly commented that the game "lacks fire", elaborating that the graphics are moderately impressive, but the gameplay is crude and requires little skill due to the limited set of moves.[2]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Dragon Review". Electronic Gaming Monthly (66) (EGM Media, LLC). January 1995. p. 46.
2.Jump up ^ "ProReview: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story". GamePro (67) (IDG). February 1995. p. 102.
External links[edit]
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story at MobyGames
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Sega Genesis version) at GameFAQs
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Super NES version) at GameFAQs
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Atari Jaguar version)


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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Storyofdragon.JPG
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Rob Cohen
Produced by
Raffaella De Laurentiis
 Rick Nathanson
John Badham
Screenplay by
Rob Cohen
 John Raffo
 Edward Khmara
Based on
Bruce Lee: The Beginning
 by Robert Clouse
Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew
 by Linda Lee Cadwell
Starring
Jason Scott Lee
Lauren Holly
Robert Wagner
Music by
Randy Edelman
Cinematography
David Eggby
Edited by
Peter Amundson
Distributed by
Universal Pictures

Release dates

May 7, 1993


Running time
 120 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$14 million[1]
Box office
$63.5 million[2]
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a 1993 American biographical drama film written and directed by Rob Cohen, and starring Jason Scott Lee (no relation), Lauren Holly and Robert Wagner. The film was released in the United States on May 7, 1993.
The film tells the story of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee.[3][4] Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was dedicated to Bruce and his son Brandon Lee, who died two months earlier while performing in his last film The Crow.[1]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Deleted scenes (UK)
4 Reception 4.1 Box office
5 Soundtrack
6 Legacy
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]
The film begins with a nightmare of Bruce Lee's father (Ric Young), who sees a terrifying phantom (Sven-Ole Thorsen) in black samurai armor that haunts the young Bruce Lee (Sam Hau). Bruce is shown as a child receiving instruction in traditional Chinese martial arts in a montage that passes quickly through his teenage years in Hong Kong. As a young adult, Bruce (Jason Scott Lee) becomes involved in a fight with British sailors (who are harassing a young Chinese woman) and this results in him having to leave Hong Kong because of the incident. His father suggests that Bruce go to the US, since he was actually born in San Francisco when his father was on a tour there and has a US birth certificate. His father asks Bruce to become a success, so big a success that his name will be famous even back in Hong Kong.
In the US Bruce starts off working as a dishwasher at a Chinese restaurant, where he becomes involved in a fight with some of the staff, and he fends them off until the restaurant owner (Nancy Kwan) arrives and fires Bruce. As well as severance she gives him an all-purpose loan and convinces him to use the money to invest in a future with education. At a university, he begins to teach martial arts classes, and during these classes he meets Linda Emery (Lauren Holly), and the two begin dating. They eventually marry in defiance of Linda's racist mother. Linda suggests that Bruce open up a martial arts training school, which he does, but some other Chinese martial arts schools feel that he should not train non-Chinese. They challenge him to fight Johnny Sun (John Cheung) to resolve the issue. Bruce wins the fight but Sun attacks Bruce from behind after the fight is over, resulting in a serious back injury.
While immobilized and recovering Bruce and Linda quarrel of why he did not tell her about this duel, but she furiously rejects his despairing assumption that she will abandon him because of this injury. To give his recovery time purpose, Linda coaxes him to examine the weaknesses of his combat technique, which leads to him developing the fight philosophy of Jeet Kune Do while she helps him write "The Tao of Jeet Kune Do." During this period Linda gives birth to their first child, Brandon, and he is the key for the couple to reconcile with Linda's mother (Michael Learned). Later at Ed Parker's martial arts tournament, Bruce has been challenged by Johnny Sun, this time in a 60-second demonstration of his new fighting style. Johnny Sun appears to have the upper hand in the first half of the match but then Bruce recovers and ends up kicking Sun over the top rope.
After the match, Bruce meets Bill Krieger (Robert Wagner) and is hired for The Green Hornet television series. Bruce and Bill work together and create the idea for the Kung Fu television series. At a cast party, Linda says she is now pregnant with their second child, Shannon. Shortly afterwards, there is an announcement for the cancellation of The Green Hornet. Kung Fu makes it onto television, but starring David Carradine and not Bruce.
Bruce travels back home for his father's funeral and whilst in the country is approached by Philip Tan (Kay Tong Lim), a Hong Kong film producer. He says that Bruce is well known in Hong Kong and that The Green Hornet show is called The Kato Show there. Bruce begins work on the feature film The Big Boss. In the filming of the final scene, set in an ice factory, the brother of Johnny Sun attacks Bruce, wanting revenge. Bruce successfully defends himself against the attack. The Big Boss is a success and Bruce makes several more films – working as actor, director and editor. This causes a rift between Bruce and Linda, as she wishes to return to the States. Bill Krieger shows up, and although he knows that Bruce is still angry with him, he offers him a chance to work on a big-budget Hollywood movie, which Bruce decides to do, particularly as Linda wishes to return to the States.
On the 32nd day of shooting Enter the Dragon, Bruce has a vision of himself fighting and defeating the phantom that haunted his childhood. At the end, he decides to walk off of the set and go home to see his family. The film ends during a shot of the final scene of Enter the Dragon, with a voice-over by Linda informing the audience of his death before the movie's release, and her preferred choice to discuss his life, not his death.
Cast[edit]
Jason Scott Lee as Bruce Lee[5] Sam Hau as Young Bruce Lee
Lauren Holly as Linda Lee[6]
Robert Wagner as Bill Krieger
Michael Learned as Vivian Emery
Nancy Kwan as Gussie Yang
Alicia Tao as April Chun
Ed Parker Jr. as Ed Parker
Lim Kay Tong as Philip Tan
Ric Young as Bruce's Father
Wang Luoyong as Yip Man
Sterling Macer Jr. as Jerome Sprout
John Cheung as Johnny Sun
Sven-Ole Thorsen as The Demon
Eric Bruskotter as Joe Henderson
Aki Aleong as Principal Elder
Van Williams as Michael Gondry, TV director of The Green Hornet[7]
Lala Sloatman as Sherry Schnell
Rob Cohen as Robert Clouse, Enter the Dragon director
Iain M. Parker as Brandon Lee
Michelle Tennant as Shannon Lee
Production[edit]
The film is based upon the biography Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew, written by Linda Lee Cadwell, Bruce Lee's widow.[4]
The role for Bruce Lee was first offered to his real-life son Brandon Lee, who declined. Brandon Lee died in a fatal shooting accident while filming for the film The Crow in March 1993, less than two months before this film's release.[8] The film is dedicated to his memory at the end credits. In the film Brandon was portrayed as a child by Iain M. Parker.
To prepare for their roles both lead actors Jason Scott Lee and Lauren Holly trained in Bruce Lee's Martial Art Jeet Kune Do for months under former Lee student-turned-instructor Jerry Poteet.[9][10] Jason Scott Lee has continued to train in Jeet Kune Do under Poteet since 1993.
Jerry Poteet also portrays himself in the film, he can be seen in the background of many scenes. Van Williams, who played The Green Hornet in the 1960s TV series of the same name appears as the director of The Green Hornet in this film. Bruce Lee's daughter, Shannon Lee, has a cameo appearance as a singer in the party scene (singing "California Dreamin'"), at which Linda tells Bruce she is pregnant for the second time – carrying Shannon.
The tombstone that Bruce is forced to see when confronting his demon towards the end of film is the actual tombstone of Bruce Lee. The picture on it is different from the one that is actually on the real one but the date of birth, date of death and the epitaph are the same.
Deleted scenes (UK)[edit]
Scenes from Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story were deleted by British authorities, ostensibly to meet age-rating prior to its release in the United Kingdom, in particular the scenes in the Lantern Festival dance party in Hong Kong where a British sailor who abuses a woman, is confronted by Bruce Lee,[11][12][13] and the fight between Bruce Lee and his inner demon near the end of the film was shortened in a way that viewers can not see Bruce Lee fighting with the nunchaku weapon.
Reception[edit]
The film received generally positive reviews,[14][15][16] with a rating of 83% on RottenTomatoes, based on 18 reviews counted.[17]
Box office[edit]
The film debuted at #1 at the box office.[18][19] The film had a domestic gross of $35,113,743, with an additional $28,400,000 earned in foreign territories. The film grossed $63,513,743 worldwide.[2]
Soundtrack[edit]

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Soundtrack album by Randy Edelman

Genre
Soundtrack

Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars[20]
The soundtrack for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was composed by Randy Edelman. Randy Edelman's soundtrack is best known for its use in film trailers, particularly the love theme Bruce and Linda and The Premiere of the Big Boss.[21] The uncredited song playing during the kitchen fight scene at the beginning, is "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MGs.[22]
Legacy[edit]
A video game of the same name was released in the mid 1990s to various consoles.
In the film The Fast and the Furious, Dragon was on Dominic Toretto's television during a scene in his house. Both films are directed by Rob Cohen.
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Chase, Donald (October 25, 1992). "Re-Enter the Dragon". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
2.^ Jump up to: a b Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story at Box Office Mojo
3.Jump up ^ Weinraub, Bernard (April 15, 1993). "Bruce Lee's Brief Life Being Brought to Screen". The New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
4.^ Jump up to: a b Higgins, Bill (April 30, 1993). "A Film Premiere Tempered by Loss : Memories: Brandon Lee's death made the opening of Bruce Lee's bio a poignant event. But the elder Lee's widow said it was a tribute to both.". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
5.Jump up ^ Rainer, Peter (May 7, 1993). "'Dragon,' Jason Scott Lee: They Have the Chops : The biopic depicts a larger-than-life Bruce Lee. The actor playing him meets the challenge and proves himself a star in the making.". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
6.Jump up ^ Christon, Lawrence (May 2, 1993). "Shadow of the Dragon : It wasn't easy finding an actor to play martial arts god Bruce Lee, but Jason Scott Lee found the key to the man behind the flying fists". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
7.Jump up ^ Galbraith, Jane (May 16, 1993). "A Look inside Hollywood and the movies : CAMEO CORNER : Green Hornet Pays Homage to His Kato". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
8.Jump up ^ Chase, Donald (October 25, 1992). "Re-Enter the Dragon". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
9.Jump up ^ "Bruce Lee's Brief Life Being Brought to Screen". The New York Times. April 15, 1993. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
10.Jump up ^ "Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision". Cinefantastique. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
11.Jump up ^ http://fightscenewiki.org/wiki/Dragon:_The_Bruce_Lee_Story_-_Dance_Hall_Fight
12.Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106770/trivia
13.Jump up ^ http://movieclips.com/pf9b7-dragon-the-bruce-lee-story-movie-fighting-the-sailors/
14.Jump up ^ Canby, Vincent (May 7, 1993). "Review/Film; Recalling The King Of Kung Fu". The New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
15.Jump up ^ "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story". Washington Post. May 7, 1993. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
16.Jump up ^ "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
17.Jump up ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dragon_the_bruce_lee_story/
18.Jump up ^ Citron, Alan (May 11, 1993). "Bruce' and 'Dave's' Excellent Box Office". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
19.Jump up ^ Fox, David J. (May 11, 1993). "Weekend Box Office : 'Dragon' Makes 'Dave' Vice President". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
20.Jump up ^ Allmusic review
21.Jump up ^ Appelo, Tim (May 14, 1993). "Tears of the Dragon". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
22.Jump up ^ Sella, Marshall (July 28, 2002). "The 150-Second Sell, Take 34". New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
External links[edit]
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Storyofdragon.JPG
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Rob Cohen
Produced by
Raffaella De Laurentiis
 Rick Nathanson
John Badham
Screenplay by
Rob Cohen
 John Raffo
 Edward Khmara
Based on
Bruce Lee: The Beginning
 by Robert Clouse
Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew
 by Linda Lee Cadwell
Starring
Jason Scott Lee
Lauren Holly
Robert Wagner
Music by
Randy Edelman
Cinematography
David Eggby
Edited by
Peter Amundson
Distributed by
Universal Pictures

Release dates

May 7, 1993


Running time
 120 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$14 million[1]
Box office
$63.5 million[2]
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a 1993 American biographical drama film written and directed by Rob Cohen, and starring Jason Scott Lee (no relation), Lauren Holly and Robert Wagner. The film was released in the United States on May 7, 1993.
The film tells the story of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee.[3][4] Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was dedicated to Bruce and his son Brandon Lee, who died two months earlier while performing in his last film The Crow.[1]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Deleted scenes (UK)
4 Reception 4.1 Box office
5 Soundtrack
6 Legacy
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]
The film begins with a nightmare of Bruce Lee's father (Ric Young), who sees a terrifying phantom (Sven-Ole Thorsen) in black samurai armor that haunts the young Bruce Lee (Sam Hau). Bruce is shown as a child receiving instruction in traditional Chinese martial arts in a montage that passes quickly through his teenage years in Hong Kong. As a young adult, Bruce (Jason Scott Lee) becomes involved in a fight with British sailors (who are harassing a young Chinese woman) and this results in him having to leave Hong Kong because of the incident. His father suggests that Bruce go to the US, since he was actually born in San Francisco when his father was on a tour there and has a US birth certificate. His father asks Bruce to become a success, so big a success that his name will be famous even back in Hong Kong.
In the US Bruce starts off working as a dishwasher at a Chinese restaurant, where he becomes involved in a fight with some of the staff, and he fends them off until the restaurant owner (Nancy Kwan) arrives and fires Bruce. As well as severance she gives him an all-purpose loan and convinces him to use the money to invest in a future with education. At a university, he begins to teach martial arts classes, and during these classes he meets Linda Emery (Lauren Holly), and the two begin dating. They eventually marry in defiance of Linda's racist mother. Linda suggests that Bruce open up a martial arts training school, which he does, but some other Chinese martial arts schools feel that he should not train non-Chinese. They challenge him to fight Johnny Sun (John Cheung) to resolve the issue. Bruce wins the fight but Sun attacks Bruce from behind after the fight is over, resulting in a serious back injury.
While immobilized and recovering Bruce and Linda quarrel of why he did not tell her about this duel, but she furiously rejects his despairing assumption that she will abandon him because of this injury. To give his recovery time purpose, Linda coaxes him to examine the weaknesses of his combat technique, which leads to him developing the fight philosophy of Jeet Kune Do while she helps him write "The Tao of Jeet Kune Do." During this period Linda gives birth to their first child, Brandon, and he is the key for the couple to reconcile with Linda's mother (Michael Learned). Later at Ed Parker's martial arts tournament, Bruce has been challenged by Johnny Sun, this time in a 60-second demonstration of his new fighting style. Johnny Sun appears to have the upper hand in the first half of the match but then Bruce recovers and ends up kicking Sun over the top rope.
After the match, Bruce meets Bill Krieger (Robert Wagner) and is hired for The Green Hornet television series. Bruce and Bill work together and create the idea for the Kung Fu television series. At a cast party, Linda says she is now pregnant with their second child, Shannon. Shortly afterwards, there is an announcement for the cancellation of The Green Hornet. Kung Fu makes it onto television, but starring David Carradine and not Bruce.
Bruce travels back home for his father's funeral and whilst in the country is approached by Philip Tan (Kay Tong Lim), a Hong Kong film producer. He says that Bruce is well known in Hong Kong and that The Green Hornet show is called The Kato Show there. Bruce begins work on the feature film The Big Boss. In the filming of the final scene, set in an ice factory, the brother of Johnny Sun attacks Bruce, wanting revenge. Bruce successfully defends himself against the attack. The Big Boss is a success and Bruce makes several more films – working as actor, director and editor. This causes a rift between Bruce and Linda, as she wishes to return to the States. Bill Krieger shows up, and although he knows that Bruce is still angry with him, he offers him a chance to work on a big-budget Hollywood movie, which Bruce decides to do, particularly as Linda wishes to return to the States.
On the 32nd day of shooting Enter the Dragon, Bruce has a vision of himself fighting and defeating the phantom that haunted his childhood. At the end, he decides to walk off of the set and go home to see his family. The film ends during a shot of the final scene of Enter the Dragon, with a voice-over by Linda informing the audience of his death before the movie's release, and her preferred choice to discuss his life, not his death.
Cast[edit]
Jason Scott Lee as Bruce Lee[5] Sam Hau as Young Bruce Lee
Lauren Holly as Linda Lee[6]
Robert Wagner as Bill Krieger
Michael Learned as Vivian Emery
Nancy Kwan as Gussie Yang
Alicia Tao as April Chun
Ed Parker Jr. as Ed Parker
Lim Kay Tong as Philip Tan
Ric Young as Bruce's Father
Wang Luoyong as Yip Man
Sterling Macer Jr. as Jerome Sprout
John Cheung as Johnny Sun
Sven-Ole Thorsen as The Demon
Eric Bruskotter as Joe Henderson
Aki Aleong as Principal Elder
Van Williams as Michael Gondry, TV director of The Green Hornet[7]
Lala Sloatman as Sherry Schnell
Rob Cohen as Robert Clouse, Enter the Dragon director
Iain M. Parker as Brandon Lee
Michelle Tennant as Shannon Lee
Production[edit]
The film is based upon the biography Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew, written by Linda Lee Cadwell, Bruce Lee's widow.[4]
The role for Bruce Lee was first offered to his real-life son Brandon Lee, who declined. Brandon Lee died in a fatal shooting accident while filming for the film The Crow in March 1993, less than two months before this film's release.[8] The film is dedicated to his memory at the end credits. In the film Brandon was portrayed as a child by Iain M. Parker.
To prepare for their roles both lead actors Jason Scott Lee and Lauren Holly trained in Bruce Lee's Martial Art Jeet Kune Do for months under former Lee student-turned-instructor Jerry Poteet.[9][10] Jason Scott Lee has continued to train in Jeet Kune Do under Poteet since 1993.
Jerry Poteet also portrays himself in the film, he can be seen in the background of many scenes. Van Williams, who played The Green Hornet in the 1960s TV series of the same name appears as the director of The Green Hornet in this film. Bruce Lee's daughter, Shannon Lee, has a cameo appearance as a singer in the party scene (singing "California Dreamin'"), at which Linda tells Bruce she is pregnant for the second time – carrying Shannon.
The tombstone that Bruce is forced to see when confronting his demon towards the end of film is the actual tombstone of Bruce Lee. The picture on it is different from the one that is actually on the real one but the date of birth, date of death and the epitaph are the same.
Deleted scenes (UK)[edit]
Scenes from Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story were deleted by British authorities, ostensibly to meet age-rating prior to its release in the United Kingdom, in particular the scenes in the Lantern Festival dance party in Hong Kong where a British sailor who abuses a woman, is confronted by Bruce Lee,[11][12][13] and the fight between Bruce Lee and his inner demon near the end of the film was shortened in a way that viewers can not see Bruce Lee fighting with the nunchaku weapon.
Reception[edit]
The film received generally positive reviews,[14][15][16] with a rating of 83% on RottenTomatoes, based on 18 reviews counted.[17]
Box office[edit]
The film debuted at #1 at the box office.[18][19] The film had a domestic gross of $35,113,743, with an additional $28,400,000 earned in foreign territories. The film grossed $63,513,743 worldwide.[2]
Soundtrack[edit]

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Soundtrack album by Randy Edelman

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Allmusic 2/5 stars[20]
The soundtrack for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was composed by Randy Edelman. Randy Edelman's soundtrack is best known for its use in film trailers, particularly the love theme Bruce and Linda and The Premiere of the Big Boss.[21] The uncredited song playing during the kitchen fight scene at the beginning, is "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MGs.[22]
Legacy[edit]
A video game of the same name was released in the mid 1990s to various consoles.
In the film The Fast and the Furious, Dragon was on Dominic Toretto's television during a scene in his house. Both films are directed by Rob Cohen.
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Chase, Donald (October 25, 1992). "Re-Enter the Dragon". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
2.^ Jump up to: a b Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story at Box Office Mojo
3.Jump up ^ Weinraub, Bernard (April 15, 1993). "Bruce Lee's Brief Life Being Brought to Screen". The New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
4.^ Jump up to: a b Higgins, Bill (April 30, 1993). "A Film Premiere Tempered by Loss : Memories: Brandon Lee's death made the opening of Bruce Lee's bio a poignant event. But the elder Lee's widow said it was a tribute to both.". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
5.Jump up ^ Rainer, Peter (May 7, 1993). "'Dragon,' Jason Scott Lee: They Have the Chops : The biopic depicts a larger-than-life Bruce Lee. The actor playing him meets the challenge and proves himself a star in the making.". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
6.Jump up ^ Christon, Lawrence (May 2, 1993). "Shadow of the Dragon : It wasn't easy finding an actor to play martial arts god Bruce Lee, but Jason Scott Lee found the key to the man behind the flying fists". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
7.Jump up ^ Galbraith, Jane (May 16, 1993). "A Look inside Hollywood and the movies : CAMEO CORNER : Green Hornet Pays Homage to His Kato". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
8.Jump up ^ Chase, Donald (October 25, 1992). "Re-Enter the Dragon". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
9.Jump up ^ "Bruce Lee's Brief Life Being Brought to Screen". The New York Times. April 15, 1993. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
10.Jump up ^ "Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision". Cinefantastique. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
11.Jump up ^ http://fightscenewiki.org/wiki/Dragon:_The_Bruce_Lee_Story_-_Dance_Hall_Fight
12.Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106770/trivia
13.Jump up ^ http://movieclips.com/pf9b7-dragon-the-bruce-lee-story-movie-fighting-the-sailors/
14.Jump up ^ Canby, Vincent (May 7, 1993). "Review/Film; Recalling The King Of Kung Fu". The New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
15.Jump up ^ "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story". Washington Post. May 7, 1993. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
16.Jump up ^ "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
17.Jump up ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dragon_the_bruce_lee_story/
18.Jump up ^ Citron, Alan (May 11, 1993). "Bruce' and 'Dave's' Excellent Box Office". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
19.Jump up ^ Fox, David J. (May 11, 1993). "Weekend Box Office : 'Dragon' Makes 'Dave' Vice President". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
20.Jump up ^ Allmusic review
21.Jump up ^ Appelo, Tim (May 14, 1993). "Tears of the Dragon". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
22.Jump up ^ Sella, Marshall (July 28, 2002). "The 150-Second Sell, Take 34". New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
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