Bruce Lee makes a trip in January 1971 marking India for his project "The Silent Flute," with its two shareholders, actor James Coburn and screenwriter Sterling Silliphant. A journey that proves inconclusive, Bruce did not find the settings that suit him. He therefore accepted through the wife of director Lo Wei of Hong Kong, the proposal by Raymond Chow, the owner of Golden Harvest, to shoot "The Big Boss". Lee left Los Angeles to Hong Kong July 12, 1971 and just happened is placed on the first plane to Bangkok: Raymond Chow fears that his new star will be done by poaching staff from Shaw Brothers.
From Bangkok, the actor reaches Pakchong which awaits the team. From the first days of filming, the problems accumulate. Even in New Wanchai, Pakchong the best hotel that houses the team, the food is bad and unbearable mosquitoes.
Lee passes 62 to 58 kilos in less than ten days. He wrote his wife that he can not find beef, very little poultry and pork and is happy to have won the vitamins! By washing a glass, he severely cut his right hand. Ten stitches and a huge bandage visible on the screen, resulting. The first footage arriving in Hong Kong are catastrophic. Raymond Chow took the decision to dismiss the director Wu Chia Hsiang, Lo Wei and dispatch to Thailand to resume filming. The player takes advantage of the interval to fix the script and expand its role and has no idea that the phenomenon will be the movie ...
Five years have passed since "The Green Hornet" and how to fight on the screen of the Little Dragon has changed considerably, following the evolution of his personal practice, Jeet Kune Do. The fist away from the fencing direct approach to Wing Chun hooks boxing. The influence of Han Yingjie, the choreographer who also plays the villain, is also crucial. Yingjie Han is with Liu Chia-liang, the greatest choreographer of the 60s. The second represents the southern styles, the first styles of the north. Han Figures recycles styles but very unrealistic pay visually, directly borrowed from the Mandarin sword: the image of the hero surrounded by a circle of enemies, beating weightless, boots under secret martial fantasy. Elements a priori incompatible with the designs of Bruce Lee, but the chemistry will work yet. The four days required for the final battle is absolutely exhausting. In addition to spraining an ankle, Bruce gets the flu, forcing Han to abandon the elaborate choreography that would conclude the battle. So he invented an early end to justify that Bruce is on the ground: throwing knife, returned a kick followed by intercostal puncture is too gory and unrealistic in the eyes of Bruce but physically he is no longer able to offer something else.
Other interior scenes will be shot in Hong Kong for former Cathay Studios bought by Golden Harvest. On 6 September, the day Labour Day, Bruce finally left Hong Kong. He arrived in Los Angeles the next day and Lo Wei addresses the assembly. The language of the film is in Mandarin, all dialogues Lee are post-synchronized.
Installation is completed in less than six weeks and the film fate in Hong Kong October 31, 1971.
This was the first film to bring 1 million HKD in 2 days and Bruce Lee's amazing the public accesses to stardom.
Excellent actor, Little Dragon incredible charisma emerges: as soon as viewers saw his first shots, kung fu pian entered a new era. We are witnessing an explosion of violence so disturbing Bruce massacre his opponents. Lee imposes his style, his cries, his body, his power, his speed, his control.
This feline style is totally original and still unequaled today.
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