Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest

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The Big BossFist of FuryThe Way of the DragonEnter the DragonGame of Death
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When former child actor and Hollywood TV sidekick Bruce Lee returned to his native Hong Kong in 1971 to star in two films for fledgling company Golden Harvest, movie history was made thanks to one of the most iconic partnerships between star and studio that cinema has ever seen. In only a handful of films, Lee high-kicked his way into audiences’ imaginations forever, thanks to his blistering screen presence and his masterful ‘Jeet Kune Do’ fighting technique.

The first two starring vehicles for Lee, The Big Boss and Fist of Fury (both directed by Lo Wei), smashed all box office records in Hong Kong and made him the most famous face on the continent. Lee asserted his artistic independence by directing, writing and starring in The Way of the Dragon, arguably his most thrilling and personal film. Tragically, on the cusp of achieving the international stardom he had long strived for, Bruce Lee died suddenly in 1973, aged only 32. Not to be outdone by the tidal wave of ‘Bruceploitation’ films that followed, Golden Harvest completed two posthumous films using unreleased footage, 1978’s Game of Death and its 1981 sequel, as well as two official documentaries, the first of which hit cinemas only three months after Lee’s death. Today, five decades since his passing, Bruce Lee continues to be the most beloved and influential martial artist in the world.

This definitive collection, featuring fresh and exclusive 4K restorations by Arrow Video from the best available film materials, hours of brand new bonus features and previously unreleased footage - including the extended Mandarin Cut of The Big Boss, now ten minutes longer than any version ever released on video worldwide, and the never-before-seen ‘log fight’ from the original Game of Death shoot - is the ultimate tribute to Bruce Lee’s enduring legacy and fruitful collaboration with Golden Harvest.

Technical Specifications

Format: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audio: French 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono , Spanish 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono , Japanese 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono , Italian 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono , German 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono , Polish 2.0 Dolby Digital Mono , Russian 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround , English 1.0 PCM Mono , Cantonese 1.0 PCM Mono , Mandarin 1.0 PCM Mono , English 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround
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Subtitles: English , French , Spanish , Japanese , Italian , Russian , German , Portuguese , Polish , Serbo-Croatian , Korean , Turkish , Romanian
Region: A/B/C
Discs: 10 Discs |  BD-50
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Supplements

  • Audio commentary for The Big Boss by David Desser
  • Audio Commentary for The Big Boss by Brandon Bentley
  • Return to Thailand, a new documentary produced and presented by Matt Routledge exploring the original filming locations
  • Newly uncovered deleted and extended scenes for The Big Boss, with optional commentary by Bentley
  • Alternate Ending for The Big Boss
  • The Not-Quite-Biggest Boss, a video essay by Brandon Bentley investigating the scenes still lost, such as the ‘saw-in-the-head’ scene
  • Interview with co-star Lau Wing
  • Interview With Tung Wai
  • Bruce Lee Vs. Peter Thomas, a short video essay about the music for the English version
  • Alternate Opening Credits for The Big Boss
  • Extended Scenes for The Big Boss
  • Theatrical Trailers for The Big Boss
  • Axis of English, a brand new video essay by Will Offutt profiling the English dubbing actors for The Big Boss, Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon
  • Unrestored raw scan of the Mandarin Cut (1080p only)
  • Audio commentary for Fist of Fury by Jonathan Clements
  • Audio commentary for Fist of Fury by Brandon Bentley
  • Legend of the Dragon, a newly filmed 80-minute overview of Lee's life and career by film critic and historian Tony Rayns
  • Visions of Fury, a new featurette on Bruce Lee's collaboration with Golden Harvest and Lo Wei, featuring interviews with co-producer Andre Morgan and martial arts experts Michael Worth, Frank Djeng, John Kreng, Andy Cheng and Bruce Willow
  • Interview with Actor Nora Miao
  • Interview with Actor Riki Hashimoto
  • Interview with Actor Jun Katsumura
  • Interview With Yuen Wah
  • Alternate Opening Credits for Fist of Fury
  • Theatrical Trailers for Fist of Fury
  • Audio commentary for Way of the Dragon by Frank Djeng and Michael Worth
  • Audio commentary for Way of the Dragon by Brandon Bentley
  • The Way of the Camera, a new documentary looking at Lee's filmmaking and fighting method in his directorial debut, featuring interviews with Golden Harvest producer Andre Morgan, martial arts experts Michael Worth, Jon Kreng, Andy Cheng, Frank Djeng, David Yeung, film historian Courtney Joyner and actors Piet (Peter) Schweer, Jon Benn and John Saxon
  • Meet the Italian Beauty, a newly filmed interview with star Malisa Longo
  • The Scottish Soldier Meets the Dragon, a newly filmed interview with on-set observer John Young
  • Newly recorded select scene commentary by ‘thug’ actor Piet Schweer
  • Kung Fu? Jon T. Benn Remembers the Shooting of the Film
  • "Way of the Dragon" - Robert Wall talks about his film debut
  • Theatrical Trailers for The Way of the Dragon
  • Audio commentary on the special-edition version of Enter the Dragon by producer Paul Heller
  • Blood and Steel, a 2004 documentary about the making of Enter the Dragon
  • Bruce Lee: In His Own Words (1998)
  • Collection of short interviews with Linda Lee Cadwell
  • Electronic Press Kit for Enter the Dragon
  • Backyard Workout With Bruce Lee
  • The Curse of the Dragon, documentary about the deaths of Bruce Lee and his son, Brandon Lee
  • "No Way As Way" documentary featuring new interviews with Linda Lee Cadwell, daughter Shannon Lee, granddaughter Wren Lee Keasler, fan George Takei, and more
  • The Return to Han’s Island: revisiting the film's island location
  • Wing Chun: The Art that Introduced Kung Fu to Bruce Lee
  • Theatrical Trailers for Enter the Dragon
  • TV Spots for Enter the Dragon
  • Audio commentary for Game of Death by Brandon Bentley & Mike Leeder
  • The Song I’m Singing Tomorrow, a newly filmed interview with star Colleen Camp
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Alternate Opening and Ending
  • "Master of the Game" with Dan Inosanto
  • Game of Death Revisited: Interview with Robert Wall
  • Behind-the-scenes footage as featured in Bruce Lee: The Legend
  • Rare pre-production sales featurette from 1976 with new commentary by Michael Worth and producer Andre Morgan
  • Fight scene dailies directed by Sammo Hung
  • Locations featurette from 2013
  • Theatrical Trailers for Game of Death
  • Archive interview with Casanova Wong from 2001 on his relationship with Sammo Hung, and Lee’s influence on him
  • "Bruce Lee Remembered" - New Interviews with Anthony Delongis, Byron Mann, Daniel Nguyen, Director Jason Evans and Jason McNiel
  • "The Grandmaster and the Dragon" - William Cheung and Bruce Lee
  • Legacy of the Dragon: 2001 documentary about Bruce Lee's life and career
  • The Hong Kong Connection
  • Dragon Rising
  • Archive interviews with Robert Lee, Phoebe Lee, Pat Johnson, George Lee, Gene LeBell, Van Williams, Joe Torrenueva, Jeff Imada, Linda Palmer, Fred Weintraub, Tom Kuhn, Paul Heller and James Lew
  • The Final Game of Death, a brand new three-hour video essay by Arrow Films that incorporates a new 2K restoration of all two hours of Lee’s original dailies from a recently-discovered interpositive
  • Game of Death Revisited
  • Super 8 footage from 1974 of Dan Inosanto demonstrating the nunchaku
  • Brief archival interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar from 1976
  • Brand new 2K restoration of the International Cut of the film titled Game of Death II by Arrow Films from original film elements
  • Brand new feature commentary for Game of Death II by Frank Djeng & Michael Worth, co-producers of Enter the Clones of Bruce
  • Archive interview with co-star Roy Horan
  • Alternate Korean version with unique footage, presented in High Definition with original lossless mono audio and newly translated English subtitles
  • Alternate US video version in High Definition with lossless English mono audio, via seamless branching
  • Alternate end credits sequence for Game of Death II
  • Trailer gallery
  • Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973)
  • Bruce Lee, The Legend documentary
  • Alternate video version of The Legend, featuring different editing and credits (standard definition only)
  • Archive video of a tour of Golden Harvest Studios conducted in the mid-1990s by Russell Cawthorne, writer of Bruce Lee: The Legend
  • Alternate animated Hong Kong credits for Enter the Dragon
  • Trailers and image gallery for both films
  • Image galleries

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