The Real Bruce Lee
The Real Bruce Lee, also known as Last Fist of Fury, is a 1977 martial arts documentary.
| The Real Bruce Lee 최후의精武門 | |
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| Directed by | Jim Markovic |
| Produced by | Serafim Karalexis Dick Randall |
| Written by | Larry Dolgin Dick Randall |
| Starring | Bruce Lee Bruce Li Dragon Lee |
Running time | 93 min. 118 min. (British video version)[1] |
| Country | South Korea Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese[2] English |
The version of the film that is commonly distributed in the West (USA) on public domain-type DVD and video labels runs 93 minutes in length. The British VHS-version released in 1979 runs 118 minutes.[1]
Plot
It begins with a brief biography of Bruce Lee, and shows scenes from four of his childhood films, Bad Boy, Orphan Sam, Kid Cheung, and The Carnival, each sepia-toned and given a fully new soundtrack with dubbed English dialogue and a disco soundtrack such as an instrumental version of Devil's Gun by C. J. & Company.
Next, there is a three-minute highlight reel of Lee imitator Bruce Li.
Finally, there is a feature-length Korean martial arts film starring an imitator Dragon Lee as Lee Xiao Long in 최후의 정무문, Choihui Jeongmumun (lit. "Last Fist of Fury"). The film is a spinoff of the Bruce Lee film Fist of Fury (1972) in which Japan has invaded China and started putting to shame the glorious past of the House of the Dragon kung fu school. When they kill one of the pupils in an uneven match, a fellow fighter from the school named Lee Xiao Long decides to risk his own life in taking revenge on the foreign oppressors.
Sequel
In 2004, The Real Bruce Lee 2 was released.
References
External links
- The Real Bruce Lee at IMDb
- The Real Bruce Lee is available for free download at the Internet Archive