Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: MVD5743D
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 760137574392
- Street Date: 10/01/13
- PreBook Date: 08/13/13
- Label: MVD Visual »
- Genre: Documentary
- Run Time: 165 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2000
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Bruce Lee
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Peter Archer
- Director: John Little
Product Assets
Bruce Lee - A Warrior's Journey/Pursuit Of The Dragon
Two complete documentaries on this cultural icon
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Two complete films. A WARRIOR'S JOURNEY reveals the soul of Bruce Lee for the first time. This 97 minute documentary includes 33 minutes of continuous action footage that was shot for "The Game of Death" but had been lost; this rediscovered footage, which is the best martial arts footage ever filmed of Lee, appears for the first time in this film. IN PURSUIT OF THE DRAGON is a 62 minute documentary that follows the chronology of Bruce Lee's four films: "The Big Boss," "Fist of Fury," "The Way of the Dragon" and "Enter the Dragon."
Sales Points
- Extensive National Publicity and Marketing Campaigns
- A Warrior's Journey was the first doc. to be made with the active participation of the Lee family and includes 33 mins. of rediscovered, previoulsy unreleased, continuous action footage
Press Quotes
The footage, from a number of sources including Lee's home movies, TV interviews, and shows, is well presented and paints a vivid picture of a man whose phenomenal talents were only just beginning to mature.
—BBC
... a bonus is delivered, and it's a doozy. Formerly lost footage from Lee's never-completed final film is re-edited into a series of martial-arts battles that make dramatic and thematic sense - and nearly 30 years after they were filmed, these scenes remain dynamic.
—The New York Daily News
Many fantastic fight scenes
—Sports Illustrated
In this documentary, especially in its recently salvaged footage from 'The Game of Death' -- his last, incomplete film -- one can feast one's eyes on [Bruce Lee's] lightning quickness, his rapidity of turn and swivel, his dancer's highness of kick, his instinctive choreographical mastery. Watching a Lee film is like watching 'Swan Lake' played by leopards and panthers.
—Wall Street Journal
This documentary marks the first time the surviving Game of Death material has been assembled according to Lee's script notes, in an attempt to honor Lee's ambitious intentions for the film.
—New York Times
The 33 minutes of previously unseen fight footage (including the climactic battle with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) unearthed for the enterpeice of this documentary are such a revelation. Simultaneously graceful and viscious, Lee oozes charisma from every pore, but then again, it's easy to look cool when you're kicking some 7-foot-2-inch guy's ass. Game on!
—Entertainment Weekly
An exceptional documentary that reveals more of the man behind the legend. It is a must-see for all matial artists... audiences can finally catch a glimpse of what could have been Lee's crowning cinematic achievement... John Little -- writer, director and producer of the program -- has done a fantastic job recreating the film's finale with the incomplete footage he discovered.
—Blackbelt Magazine
Lee fans will find plenty to love... [the film] works hard to remake and tone down the Lee legacy into something that's truly life-size... 'A Warrior's Journey' seems to go out of its way to avoid many of the sensationalistic sins of past Lee profiles to focus as much on his unique philosophy and discipline as on the racier aspects of what made him tick. Credit producer-director-writer John Little for the refreshing departure.
—Hollywood Reporter
As a project to place Bruce Lee's final, unfinished 1973 film, 'The Game of Death,' in its proper context, 'Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey' is up to the task. And as a documentary explaining what Lee and his revolutionary approach to the martial arts was all about it has much to value.
—Variety