Bruce Lee Enter The Dragon
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The Name Bruce Lee will always be their in the heart of his fans.
No body can match his energy that he used to bring on the screen.
Sir Bruce will always be remembered as epitome of Martial arts always.
During that time, Hollywood was dealing with the prevailing cancer of racism and could not see his character outshine John Saxon. Nevertheless, the strength of the picture was in the fighting prowess of Bruce Lee.
As a young kid. I studied martial arts. I learned the fundamentals and discipline of fighting from both my training instructor
( Jim Kelly) and from studying this movie particularly. It was a joy to watch in 1973 and still delivers an authentic experience to new viewers.
You revolutionised martial arts Bruce, my idol.
Also promoted ethnic equality around the world. Taught so much more than martial arts. One of the biggest losses in the movie industry. Hope
You are resting peacefully.
After 50+ years, his inspiration and legacy will help future generations. I was so inspired by him that I attended his 25th death anniversary just to respect his living family and friends. I am still inspired today.
Have bruce lee been alive today he would be older as his physics would never change as well speeds accurate positon in legs and kicks strength as well as power for theirs wont be another that can replace him as i am also a chinese american born in Singapore as Mr.Lee the grandmaster who created martial arts mixes boxing which mma that is call today compare to lies and untruth been bought in by that scroundel taraino in One Upon A time in Hollywood just to earn a,quick buck but now his film become a flock and pples question his points of rasic towards the chinese pples and without us history would be indespair as chinese all over the world stands as one as our roots came from china.As chinese phrase said we are the dragon great grand childrens from China
Bruce Lee was and will always be an Inspiration to Black People I was 16 yrs old when I first started admiring him and I still admire him Today as I did then In my opinion He will Always Be Unbeatable.Amen
Even before I ever knew what Bruce Lee looked like, he was an image easily envisioned by 9 year old boys like myself. My friends and I thought of a God from Greek and Roman mythology. Then when we finally saw Enter The Dragon, Bruce Lee was so much more.
Bruce Lee was the Best Martial Art Fighters of his time. I love all of his movies he made. He inspired me to take Martial Art Training. He was my hero growing up, I was a teenager back then seeing all of his movies. He was my Superhero. I will always remember him never forgotten much respect Bruce Lee .
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It was made in 1973 as a joint production between Golden Harvest and Warner Bros and was the first such international co-production. It cost US$800,000 to make - making it one of the highest grossing films of all time (relative to cost). It was eventually released in August of 1973 and shot Bruce Lee to international stardom, though he had actually already died in July 1973.
The film starts off with a shot of Ching Chun Koon temple in Tuen Mun and pans left to a (still unidentified) location where Bruce is squaring up to a long- haired Samo Hung Gam Bo with Roy Chiao officiating as the head monk. Then some scenes where Bruce talks fighting philosophy at Tsing Shan Monastery in Tuen Mun.
As a nice side-story to this, I have been helping a Canadian film documentary maker film a Bruce Lee locations-related doc this week but the one scene that remains to be identified is the location of the fight with Samo Hung. After interviewing a fellow called Tung wai - who played the young student 'Lao' in the Tsing Shan scenes - he has given the name of the place as "The Rose Garden" but can't remember where it was. No one else seems to know. Yuen wah - a famous local actor and Bruce's acrobatic stunt double in the film - has forgotten and Samo Hung is currently unreachable.
The next shot has only just recently been identified as being in the woods behind Ho Sheung Heung village in the northern NT. This scene was also the last one shot by Bruce Lee before he died and this sequence was actually done by him independently of Warners.
The scene below, called "Lao's Time" starring a young Tung Wai (now a famous local director) is situated about twenty feet below the location of the monk scene. Both these locations are situated on the hill behind the main monastery buildings.
The opening credits start with the required city view taken from somewhere above Admiralty. I am sure I have seen this tree in many other programs but I don't know the exact location. Anyway, we get to see the 1973 Jardine House and Queens Building as well as quite a few others.
Then we move to TST and a shot of John Saxon in a rickshaw. You can see the Red Lips bar on the left which should tell you its exact location in 1973. Famous, but I don't know where it is/was..Hankow Road?)
the next portion of the film shows the fighters meeting up on a junk in Aberdeen Harbour before heading off to Han's Island. The scene is interspersed with flashbacks but only Bruce Lee's are HK location related. So I'll post these next, but for now we see various shots o Aberdeen as it was in 1973.
Actually the next one doesn't look like Aberdeen Harbour proper but perhaps was filmed in part of the outer harbour? I think it is the hillside that has the seminary at the top. No obscured from this angle by the road bridge.
The next shot is a good view over the harbour showing the Tai Pak and Sea Palace restaurants, Ap Lei Chau, some reclamation, the power station that became South Horizons development and Lamma in the far background.
the main scene involves a chase filmed at Golden Harvest studios, but there is also a scene where Lee visits his parents' grave. This was filmed high up in the Muslim Cemetery in Happy Valley but there are recognisable (I hope) buildings in the background.
Incidentally, I havew recently come into possession of an aerial photo of Tai Tam showing Lo's house (Palm Villa) and its tennis courts - as well as Stanley Ho's old villa two doors away. Don't know whio owned the one stuck in the middle but they have all been removed to make way for the American Club. Lo's tennis courts (all three of them it seems) were all taken over by Pacific View.
the red lips bar was in a corner walk through alley between peking road (this shot) and lock road. institution which, amongst other nasties sold san mig to intrepidous schoolboys in uniform in those days - urban myth? unfortunately not!
I believe it was taken somewhere around the Cameron Mansion area. I have compared the line of site using Google Earth and it appeared to be right. I'll have to get hold of a copy of the DVD in order to have a better picture of it though.
Han, the evil baddy from "Enter the Dragon" (played by Shek Kin who passed away this year) lived on an Island Fortress that straddled the HK maritime border therefore taking part of it out of British jurisdiction (that's the plot, not real life).
In the film it is shown, via a map, at the south-western part of the border. There is also an island on the map that did actually match a real island in 1973 although you would be hard pressed to find it now. Look carefully on the screen shot below and you will see the distinctive outline of Chek Lap Kok. The top of which straddles the "border".
When they were doing location hunting for the film one of the films actors, Roy Chiao (very famous HK actor who died in 1999), who was qualified as a pilot, took the production crew out in his plane and the following island shot is a result of that trip.
I'm not sure this is a real island because this photo is a composite made up of at least three items: the island, the 'fortress' and the tennis grounds. It's possible the island itself is also a mixture of several locations. Unless someone can recognise it.
Look closely and you will see that the production crew did quite a good job at using another angle of King Yin lei as Han's fortress (though you can't really see this cleary in the film) and MW Lo's tennis courts for the tournament fields. The following shot shows this.
if you want some first-hand info on this film you could always contact anders nelsson - long time resident, he had a half minute shot in it, i include a link to his website with several clippings- some of which talk about hk films and tv
Unfortunately most of that film was shot in Rome and in the Golden Harvest studio. There is only one outdoor scene filmed in HK and it was shot at the (now) tennis courts behind Woodland Crest in Sheung Shui near Wa Shan Tsuen.
ok sorry phil! - way of , enter, saw both and more! also was a mourner in-loco when bruce lees coffin was driven up nathan road - a sad day. didnt see much but had some grainy b/w cuttings which have lost along the years. fortunately these gems crop up when you least expect them :) on more recent sites!
I suspect that the Han's Island idea may have been lifted directly from John Le Carre's great book The Honourable Schoolboy which has an island south of Hong Kong inhabited by the 'Baddy' in the climax. Can't find my well read paperback copy to check the publication date. But it was published around the same time in the 70s. Also plenty of Hong Kong coverage in it.
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