#1036c: LEE, Bruce: The Way Of The Dragon (1972)
LEE, Bruce (Hong Kong)
The Way Of The Dragon [1972]
Spine #1036c
Blu-ray
By Spine #
The Way Of The Dragon [1972]
Spine #1036c
Blu-ray
After the back-to-back triumphs of The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, Bruce Lee was given the chance to write, produce, and direct his third outing as a martial-arts superstar. He used the opportunity to add a touch of goofily entertaining comedy to the typically action-driven proceedings in The Way of the Dragon, which finds him playing a rigorously trained martial artist who travels from Hong Kong to Rome to help his cousin, whose restaurant is being threatened by a gang of thugs. Reaching new heights of physical virtuosity, Lee unleashes an astonishing display of nunchuck-swinging, fly-kicking mayhem, all culminating in one of his most breathtaking fights: an epic gladiatorial death match with Chuck Norris in the Roman Colosseum.
99 minutes
Color
Monaural
in Mandarin
2:35:1 aspect ratio
Monaural
in Mandarin
2:35:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2020
Director/Writer
Bruce Lee was 32 when he wrote and directed The Way of the Dragon.
The Film
The Film
A
Film Rating (0-60):
60
The Extras
The Booklet
Twenty-four page paper magazine with poster featuring an essay by Jeff Chang.
Commentary
The Booklet
Twenty-four page paper magazine with poster featuring an essay by Jeff Chang.
Commentary
Alternate English-language soundtrack
Interview 1
With Lee biographer Matthew Polly.
Interview 2
With producer Andrew Morgan about Golden Harvest, the company behind Hong Kong’s top martial-arts stars, including Lee.
Interview 3
With author Grady Hendrix about the “Bruceploitation” subgenre that followed Lee’s death, and a selection of Bruceploitation trailers.
Multiple programs and documentaries
Interview 1
With Lee biographer Matthew Polly.
Interview 2
With producer Andrew Morgan about Golden Harvest, the company behind Hong Kong’s top martial-arts stars, including Lee.
Interview 3
With author Grady Hendrix about the “Bruceploitation” subgenre that followed Lee’s death, and a selection of Bruceploitation trailers.
Multiple programs and documentaries
About Lee’s life and philosophies, including Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973) and Bruce Lee: In His Own Words (1998).
Interviews
With Linda Lee Caldwell, Lee’s widow, and many of Lee’s collaborators and admirers, including actors Jon T. Benn, Riki Hashimoto, Nora Miao, Robert Wall, Yuen Wah, and Simon Yam and directors Clarence Fok, Sammo Hung, and Wong Jing.
Interviews
With Linda Lee Caldwell, Lee’s widow, and many of Lee’s collaborators and admirers, including actors Jon T. Benn, Riki Hashimoto, Nora Miao, Robert Wall, Yuen Wah, and Simon Yam and directors Clarence Fok, Sammo Hung, and Wong Jing.
Promotional materials
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