Enter the Dragon aka. The Deadly Three, originally titled Blood and Steel is a 1973 American martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse; starring martial artist Bruce Lee, John Saxon and Jim Kelly. It is the last completed film Bruce Lee appeared in before his death. He died six days before the movie was released.

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It was the first kung fu film to have been made by a major Hollywood studio and was produced in association with Golden Harvest and Lee's Concord Production Company. The film is largely set in Hong Kong.

Among the stuntmen for the film were members of the Seven Little Fortunes, including Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. This was arguably instrumental in Chan and Hung's further association with Golden Harvest studios, which later launched their careers. The portly Hung is shown fighting Lee in the opening sequence of the movie.

The finished version of the film was significantly different from the original screenplay drafts as Bruce Lee revised much of the script himself, including having written and directed the film's opening Shaolin Temple fight sequence. Lee wanted to use the film as a vehicle for expressing what he saw as the beauty of his Chinese culture, rather than it being just another action movie.

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Enter the Dragon was a huge success during its original theatrical release. It grossed an estimated $25,000,000 in North America, and an estimated $90,000,000 worldwide, off a very modest $850,000 budget, making it one of the most profitable films ever made.

In Hong Kong, the film grossed HKD $3,307,536 — huge business for the time, but substantially less than Lee's Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon

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Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Kien Shih, Ahna Capri, Angela Mao, Jim Kelly, Robert Wall, Bolo Yeung, Betty Chung, Geoffrey Weeks, Peter Archer, Ho Lee Yan, Marlene Clark, Allan Kent, William Keller, Mickey Caruso, Pat E. Johnson, Darnell Garcia, Mike Bissell, Jackie Chan (stuntman, uncredited), Roy Chiao (uncredited), Paul M. Heller (uncredited), Sammo Hung (martial artist, uncredited), Ching Ying Lam (uncredited), Tony Liu (uncredited), Keye Luke (voice, uncredited), Hidy Ochiai (uncredited), Steve Sanders (uncredited), Wei Tung (uncredited), Donnie Williams (uncredited), Tadashi Yamashita (uncredited), Yuen Biao (uncredited), Yuen Wah (uncredited)

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Bruce was bitten by a cobra during filming of the scene in which he infiltrates Han's underground lair. Fortunately the snake had been de-venomized prior to Bruce handling the snake.

Lee's famous, running thrust kick into Bob Wall's chest at the end of their fight scene broke Wall's sternum, and broke one arm each of two extras, into which Wall was propelled and fell. The rest of the fight (with the glass bottles) was delayed for one month, until Wall had healed well enough to perform the choreography. The kick and fall were scripted and rehearsed, but Lee was unhappy that the kick would not look real on screen. Wall exhorted Lee, "Go for it, man. I'm a professional." The result, on the eighth take, put Wall in the hospital. This incident, as well as others, helped give rise to the rumor of an on-set feud between Wall and Lee, and that this feud prompted Lee to fight him for real.

Sammo Hung appears as Bruce Lee's sparring opponent at the beginning of the movie.

Jackie Chan appears briefly in a couple of scenes, as one of the guards or henchmen with O'Harra. The first is when he is kicked in the groin while coming on to Lee's sister. He is wearing the light blue clothing. He is also the only person to get any serious type of damage on Lee's sister. (Punches, a kick, and pushing her head into the wall) Later on, he gets his neck snapped by Bruce Lee during a battle with several guards, where Bruce Lee uses a number of weapons including the nunchakus.

According to Shannon Lee, who appeared on a Spike TV special, airing the film, she states there was a debate on deciding the title, as the film originally was supposed to be named "Blood and Steel" or "Han's Isle". The film was named "Enter the Dragon", as she states her father was known as "The Dragon".

Kien Shih, who played Han, did not speak English, he just simply mouthed the lines as best as he could. Chinese-American actor Keye Luke overdubbed his dialogue.

To get all the Asian extras for the training and fight scenes, the filmmakers had to literally recruit gang members from Hong Kong. Bruce Lee was reportedly slightly arrogant, and between takes, the gang members (who were obviously just plebs in the film) were always trying to fight Lee. This proved very time-consuming for the filmmakers.

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The video is called "Lose Control" but the song is called "Hero" by Sevendust. Credit for this video goes to AJ Johnson. I am just sharing the video with as many people as possible.

The music video has clips from Way of the dragon, Enter The Dragon and Fist of Fury as well as the footage from Game of Death and The Big Boss. All five Bruce Lee Blockbusters.

Bruce Lee's movies were and still are awsome. Especially when you look at everything else that was coming out in the late 60's and early 70's. He was 30 years ahead of his time.

When you look at how bruce lee trained through his books (not his movies) he was actually a well rounded mma fighter. In his own series of books he displayed a knowledge of wrestling skills, boxing, judo. He had everything from a proper fighting stance to take down defences which he called "Tackle Defence".

To sum it up. The guy was 40 years ahead of his time. And that goes for making movies as well as Martial Arts. Every Martial Arts fighter or fan across the planet owes him a lot.

Obviously people associate Bruce Lee as being a master of martial arts who appeared in many films and had quite an amazing life. But one thing people may not be aware of is that Bruce Lee had a very strict diet which he stuck to, to keep him performing at the peak of his fitness. The Bruce Lee Diet consists of various factors which we will examine below.

Obviously before even thinking about copying the Bruce Lee Diet, you should consult a suitably qualified medical professional to make sure you are fit and healthy enough to start a new diet or weight loss program.

He worked on a basis that he didn't consume any calories or carbohydrates that had no effect on improving his fitness. So he didn't eat many products that contained flour, such as biscuits etc. He enjoyed eating his native western food, so Chinese meals were eaten plentifully. He liked these especially because of the goodness from all the vegetables that they contain.

Another major part of the Bruce Lee Diet was that he avoided products that contained dairy, such as milk and cheese. He would use a powdered milk. Anything Bruce did is what is recommended on most of the popular diets in todays society and that is to eat small and often. Avoid having large meals and have 4-5 small meals each day. This helps to keep a stable metabolism and encourage weight loss.

The Bruce Lee Diet also consisted of regular high protein drinks and also taking supplements. Obviously these have improved a lot since those days but he reguarly took vitamin tablets and made sure he was eating a lot of protein.

Obviously the Bruce Lee Diet was limited to what was available at the time but his diet still makes sense. That's why he was able to remain almost fat free but with a lot of energy which he used in his martial arts.

Stage musicals about the late martial arts star Bruce Lee and former South African President Nelson Mandela are to be made for Broadway.

Bruce Lee: Journey to the West, set for 2010 or 2011, will tell the story of the action hero's rise to fame.

Meanwhile, a separate musical about South Africa's struggle for freedom from apartheid is planned for May 2010.

It will be based in part on a forthcoming memoir by Mandela's daughter Zindzi.

It will mix historical events with tales from Zindzi's memoir about growing up in the apartheid era with her father in jail.

The struggle against apartheid was also the subject of 1988 Broadway musical Sarafina!, about the 1976 Soweto riots. That was made into a film starring Whoopi Goldberg in 1992.

The Bruce Lee musical will include martial arts, Chinese opera, modern dance and pop music as his character struggles to master his skills and forge a link to unite East and West.

A lead actor has yet to be chosen. Lee died in Hong Kong in 1973 at the age of 32, having suffered from a fatal swelling of the brain.

He was loved by fans for martial arts movies like Enter the Dragon and Fists of Fury.

HONG KONG — News reports say Bruce Lee's former home in Hong Kong is being sold to raise money for earthquake relief efforts in China.

The Souch China Morning Post reports philanthropist Yu Pang-lin plans to sell five residential properties in the Kowloon Tong district, including Lee's former home, with the proceeds going to quake relief.

Reports say Lee lived in the two-story house in the 1960s and 1970s, but it has since been turned into a love motel.

The report says the plot has an estimated worth of US$13 million.

Lee, who died in Hong Kong in 1973 at age 32 from swelling of the brain, was born in San Francisco but grew up in Hong Kong where he also made his name as an actor.

The action star was known for films in which he portrayed characters that defended the Chinese and the working class from oppressors.

Yu was not immediately available for comment.

A Bruce Lee-themed park is to be built at the late kung-fu star's ancestral home in China, the president of his Hong Kong fan club has said. The park will feature a statue of Lee - who died 34 years ago - as well as a memorial hall and martial arts academy.

Newspaper reports in China have put the estimated cost of the park at 200 million Chinese Yuan (more than 25 million dollar).

But fan club chairman Wong Yiu-keung told The Associated Press he was not sure who is funding the planned park.

A ceremony to mark the laying of foundations at the park in Shunde, near Hong Kong, was held on Sunday, attended by Lee's younger brother Robert and actress Betty Ting Pei.

Lee was born in the US but first shot to fame in Hong Kong, where he had moved as a child.

His most famous films include Fist of Fury, Enter the Dragon and Game of Death. He died aged 32 in July 1973 from a cerebral edema - a swelling of the brain.

A statue of Lee was unveiled in Hong Kong last year on what would have been his 65th birthday.

Following the untimely death of Bruce Lee, there were many rumors and speculations about the cause of his death. These rumors ranged from murder to drug overdose. None of which were true.

For the most part, the course of events on that fateful July day in 1973 can be pieced together. According to Lee's wife, Linda, Bruce met film producer Raymond Chow at 2 p.m. at home to discuss the making of Game of Death. They worked until 4 p.m., and then drove together to the home of Betty Tingpei, a Taiwanese actress who was to also have a leading role in the film. The three went over the script at Tingpei's home, and then Chow left to attend a dinner meeting.

A short time later, Lee complained of a headache and Tingpei gave him a tablet of Equagesic a kind of super apirin. Apart from that, Lee reportedly consumed nothing but a couple of soft drinks.

At around 7:30 p.m., Lee lay down for a nap and was still asleep when Chow called to ask why he and Tingpei had not yet shown up for dinner as planned. The actress told Chow she could not wake Lee. The ensuing autopsy found traces of cannabis in Lee's stomach, but the significance of this discovery is debatable. Some believe the cannabis caused a chemical reaction that led to the cerebral edema, but the coroner's inquiry refutes this theory. In fact, one doctor was quoted as saying that the cannabis being in Lee's stomach was "no more significant than if Bruce had drunk a cup of tea that day."

After a lengthy coroner's inquest in Hong Kong. A panel of medical experts eventually concluded that Bruce Lee had died from a hypersensitive reaction to a compound in the drug Equagesic. This hypersensitivity led to a swelling of the brain and resulted in Bruce Lee entering a deep coma from which he never awoke. The coroner declared himself satisfied with the finding, and so did Linda Lee, his wife.

hey guys, i'm back. jet li is gonna be in his last action movie! are you sad, happy, dead, etherized upon a tableau, or are you currently so baked in your present state of marital arts stupor that you know not up from down nor oriental from occidental, thankye, thankye, for thou hast sinned

In game of death Bruce was supposed to go up 5 stairways, and I'm not sure how it was going to go. I heard one was praying mantis form and a kicking style like tae kwon do. I was wondering if these were the first two styles bruce would face.

well, things have been pretty slow lately, so i'm tyring to think of something to talk about..

does anyone know anything about joe lewis or mike stone? and if so, do you think bruce lee was better than them? i read somewhere that mike stone believed to be bruce lee's equal rather than his student.

thats the best i can come up with at the moment.

cheers