''Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey'' () is a 2000 documentary on the

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Bruce Lee Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that ...

and Jeet Kune Do. The documentary includes never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage of Bruce Lee's life, as well as parts of the original footage of his incomplete film ''Game of Death'', which had been left out of the film.

Plot

The film has five parts, the first three of which present an overview of Bruce Lee's life, including interviews of his widow, Linda Lee Cadwell, Lee's best student Taky Kimura, Hapkido Grandmaster Ji Han Jae and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who co-stars in "Game of Death". The last two parts include 23 minutes of the original footage of "Game of Death".

Cast

(Posthumous appearance, used with archive footage) * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * Dan Inosanto * Ji Han Jae * John Little *

Linda Lee Cadwell Linda Emery Lee Cadwell (born March 21, 1945) is a retired American teacher and writer. She is the author of the Bruce Lee biography '' Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew'', upon which the film '' Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'' is based, as well as th ...

Taky Kimura Takauki "Taky" Kimura (March 12, 1924January 7, 2021) was a Japanese American martial artist who was best known as being one of Bruce Lee's top students and closest friends - and a certified instructor in Jun Fan Gung Fu, personally certified by ...

* Ted Hanulak

Production

Five years after Bruce Lee's death in 1973, Golden Harvest used about 11 minutes of Lee's uncompleted original footage intended by him to become the film "Game of Death", completing the rest of their 1978 film using Lee look-a-likes. Twenty-three more minutes of Lee's original footage were considered lost for 28 years, until they were discovered by Bey Logan in 1999. John Little assembled these parts according to Lee's script notes, reflecting more accurately Lee's intentions.

Release

The documentary was released on VHS and DVD by

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. It was also released as a bonus feature on the 2004 edition of '' Enter the Dragon'' on DVD. It was released with Lee's original

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dubbing as part of the documentary.

Legacy

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The Story

Bruce Lee's enacted storyline for The Game of Death, directed in Korea by John Little, distributed with the documentary in DVD as special features.

References

External links

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John R. Little's book ''Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey''

Film review at martialartsactionmovies.com

Detailed plot synopsis review by David Fletcher at allreaders.com

Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey DVD Review at frontrowreviews.co.ukRe-Enter the Dragon: a Bruce Lee retrospective at Asia Times
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