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unusual facts about Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey


Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey

'Warrior's Journey' is a documentary in its own right, but it can be found as a bonus feature on the release of the 2004 edition of Enter the Dragon on DVD along with the documentary, Bruce Lee: The Curse of the Dragon.


A Walk in the Spring Rain

A little known fact is that martial arts superstar Bruce Lee, a personal friend of producer Stirling Silliphant, is credited as the film's fight choreographer.

Amy-Joyce Hastings

In 1998 she was shortlisted for the title role in a film -adapted from another William Trevor novel- Felicia's Journey, directed by Atom Egoyan.

Angela Mao

She was paid US$100 for her short role as the sister of Bruce Lee's character in the film Enter the Dragon.

Anthems of Rebellion

The song, "Silent Wars," is featured in the 2005 documentary, Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.

Beopjusa

Beopjusa was chosen by Bruce Lee as the original setting for the movie Game of Death, with the five floors of Palsangjeon pagoda representing five different martial arts.

Brad Schreiber

Christopher Vogler, author of the internationally renowned story structure book The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, asked Schreiber in 1999 to take on the position of Vice President of Storytech Literary Consulting.

Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story

Bruce Li himself has also spoken about his dislike for this and his other early films.

We then see Lee competing in various martial arts tournaments and eventually landing a role on the television show The Green Hornet.

Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth

Fans of Bruceploitation movies almost universally consider this the best of the low budget Bruce Lee biopics that were released during the 1970s, and some call it Ho Chung-tao's best film as well.

Two years later, Martial Arts Films Box Set DVD was released on 23 December 2002, at a 4 disc set including three films are: Black Friday, Legacy of Rage and Rumble in Hong Kong.

Captain Fracassa's Journey

A ramshackle theater company of Commedia dell'arte (Comedy of Art) is to roam vast and boundless territories to reach the court of Louis XIV.

Carter Hargrave

His interest grew more as Bruce Lee made his debut in feature films, and was sealed by a gift from a family friend of a set of real nunchukas like Lee had used in Enter The Dragon.

Chai Sirisute

Dan Inosanto: Filipino-American martial arts instructor best known as a student of Bruce Lee

Charles Heung

In the 1970s, Charles subsequently married Betty Ting, the actress, who is remembered today primarily because of the "mysterious" death of Bruce Lee in her apartment.

Chiao Mei

Despite being the second billed character in the film, Mei's role is actually very insignificant, basically only existing to be a love interest for the film's protagonist, Cheng Chao-an portrayed by Bruce Lee.

Corbis

GreenLight also represents rightsholders directly, including the personality rights of Bruce Lee; Johnny Cash and June Carter; the Andy Warhol Foundation; Steve McQueen; Mae West; the Wright brothers; and Albert Einstein.

CV Productions, Inc.

The promoters set out to address the hypothetical question: “Who would win between Muhammad Ali (boxer), Bruce Lee (martial artist) or Bruno Sammartino (wrestler)?”

Daoism–Taoism romanization issue

The OED records the first usage of gung-ho in 1942 (referring to Evans Carlson's Marines) and of kung-fu in 1966 (referring to Bruce Lee's movies).

Donald Hugh Nagle

During his lifetime he met and knew many notable martial artists including Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Michael DePasquale Sr., S. Henry Cho and Peter Urban, to name a few.

Double Dragon Advance

The Special Thanks on the end credits now mentions Bruce Lee, as well as Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the director of the Double Dragon arcade game.

Double Harness

Among the titles are Rafter Romance (1933) with Ginger Rogers, Double Harness, The Right to Romance (1933), One Man's Journey (1933) with Lionel Barrymore, Stingaree (1934), Living on Love (1937), and A Man to Remember (1938).

Epenow

Native Canadian actor Eric Schweig portrayed Epenow in Disney's 1994 live action adventure drama film Squanto: A Warrior's Tale.

Fists of Bruce Lee

Fists of Bruce Lee is a 1978 film directed by and starring Bruce Lee imitator, Bruce Li.

Freestyle nunchaku

Freestyle nunchaku refers to the use of the nunchaku weapon (used in martial arts and popularised by Bruce Lee and other martial artists) in a more visually stunning, rather than combative way.

Fruit Chan

On August 22, 2007, Chan announced that he will make a film focusing on Bruce Lee's early years, specifically, the Chinese-language film, Kowloon City, will be produced by John Woo's producer Terence Chang.

Gruber's Journey

In September 2007, scenes were shot at the North railway station in Suceava.

Gunfighter

Other western genre themed manga and anime includes Cowboy Bebop and Kino's Journey, both who incorporate knight-errant adventure themes.

Jaspa's Journey- The Great Migration

Jaspa's Journey—The Great Migration is a children's fantasy adventure written by Dr. Rich Meyrick and published in 2009 by DreamCatcher Publishing in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Jay Sebring

Sebring had a hand in launching the film career of Bruce Lee, after meeting him at the International Karate Championships in Long Beach in 1964.

José and Pilar

It gathers sequences from Madrid to Helsinki to Rio de Janeiro and covers Jose and Pilar's life in Lanzarote, their trips around the world (presenting José's books, signing autographs, making speeches) and their most simple, transient and quotidian moments, as for during the period José writes his "The Elephant's Journey".

Kenshiro

Now turned into a full-grown adult, Buronson has stated that he based the revised Kenshiro on actor and martial arts legend Bruce Lee and the character Max Rockatansky from the Mad Max series.

According to Buronson, Kenshiro's character design was inspired by the character of Max Rockatansky from the Mad Max film series and martial artist Bruce Lee.

Kung-Fu Master

The game is considered by many to be the first beat 'em up video game, and contains elements of Bruce Lee's Game of Death.

Long Day's Journey

The electro-kinetic cat burglar-for-hire, Gwen Raiden, returns and reluctantly helps Angel and the group after they discover that the Beast is searching for five mystical Totems in order to block out sunlight from Los Angeles so that all demons and vampires can roam freely.

Mingering Mike

Mingering Mike had created a whole complex, yet nonexistent music career (including a Bruce Lee concept album), and had released more than 50 album covers in 10 years.

Necrobutcher

He, along with Mayhem guitarist Blasphemer, is featured in the documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey at Wacken Open Air, in which Stubberud gives a drunken and profane interview to Sam Dunn.

Round 5 Corporation

In addition to creating figures based on existing Bruce Lee mythology, Round 5 created figures based on new characters that populate a fictional universe based on the Bruce Lee license such as the Temple of Kung Fu line.

Sonny Umpad

Glover, the first student of Bruce Lee, referred to Umpad as “Bruce Lee with a stick” because of the speed and economy of his movement.

Umpad was chosen as the model to portray Bruce for making the Bruce Lee video game.

St. Francis Xavier's College

Bruce Lee (李小龍), world famous Martial arts instructor, actor, philosopher, film director, screenwriter, and martial arts founder.

Suceava North railway station

On September 11, 2007, the Iţcani station was chosen to be a filming site of a movie sequence from Gruber's Journey, directed by Radu Gabrea, which starred Romanian actors Florin Piersic Jr. and Claudiu Bleonț, as well as German actor Udo Schenk.

Superdragon

Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story, Bruce Lee biopic also known as Superdragon

Sverd i fjell

Sam Dunn filmed on location at Sverd i fjell while he was touring Norway doing interviews for Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.

The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers

The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure For Writers is a popular screenwriting textbook by writer Christopher Vogler, focusing on the theory that most stories can be boiled down to a series of narrative structures and character archetypes, described through mythological allegory.

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

The story is told through interviews with collaborators and friends such as Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jon Voight, John Schlesinger and with clips from Salt's films, chiefly Midnight Cowboy.

Zachary Oberzan

Having bizarrely overdosed on the anxiety drug Xanax at approximately the same time and under similar circumstances as Whitney Houston, the multimedia piece resurrects Amelia Earhart, Serge Gainsbourg, Bruce Lee, Buddy Holly, and a host of others to examine, through pop culture, timeless existential quandaries.


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