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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Year:

1993

Duration:

120 min | UK:119 min

Genres:

Action | Biography | Drama

IMDB rate:

Director:

Rob Cohen

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1993-05-07

Filming Locations: Hong Kong, China

Earnings

Budget: $14,000,000

Gross: $35,112,679 (USA)£1,723,230 (UK)

Cast

Actor

Character

Ong Soo Han

Jason Scott Lee

Bruce Lee

Lauren Holly

Linda Lee

Robert Wagner

Bill Krieger

Michael Learned

Vivian Emery

Nancy Kwan

Gussie Yang

Kay Tong Lim

Philip Tan

Ric Young

Bruce's Father

Luoyong Wang

Yip Man

Sterling Macer Jr.

Jerome Sprout

Sven-Ole Thorsen

The Demon

Eric Bruskotter

Joe Henderson

Aki Aleong

Principal Elder

Chao Li Chi

Elder

Sam Hau

Young Bruce

Iain M. Parker

Brandon Lee

Michelle Tennant

Shannon Lee

Clyde Kusatsu

History Teacher

Alicia Tao

April Chun

Kwong-Keung Kong

Mr. Ho (as Kong Kwok Keung)

John Cheung

Chef (as Johnny Cheung)

Anthony Carpio

Chef

Tat-Kwong Chan

Chef

John Lacy

Nunnemacher

Harry Stanback

Benny Sayles

Michael Cudlitz

Tad Overton

Forry Smith

Green Hornet

Sean Stanek

Assistant Director

Van Williams

Green Hornet Director

Alan Eugster

Propman

Paul Raci

Bad Guy

Ed Parker Jr.

Ed Parker

Shannon Lee

Party Singer

Robert Garrett

Krieger's Butler

Lala Sloatman

Sherry Schnell

Fu Suk Han

Cha Cha Dancer

Nick Brandon

Boatswain

Louis Turenne

Maitre D'

Paul Mantee

Doctor

Jonathan Penner

Studio Executive

Jan Solomita

Heckler

Shannon Uno

Heckler

Rob Cohen

Enter the Dragon Director

Lau Pak Lam

Big Boss Director

Pamela Holt

Head Cheerleader (uncredited)

Mark King

Boatswain (uncredited)

Johnny Mask

Party Dancer (uncredited)

Steve Spry

Ring-side coach (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

When Bruce Lee is preparing to fight the martial artist chosen to stop him from teaching the "Guai Lo", their warmup is obviously derived from The Way of the Dragon (1972): Lee is exercising his flexibility, while his opponent, like Chuck Norris, is instead practicing a series of "rehearsed routines."

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Rob Cohen: after Bruce Lee finally defeats the demon, and is back on the set of Enter the Dragon (1973), the director says, "Lost you for a minute, there."

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When Bruce climbs up the scaffolding into his room, there is a picture on the wall of Yip Man, the actual Wing Chun teacher of the real Bruce Lee.

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Goofs

Bruce Lee hurt his back lifting weights, not in a fight. The fight scene is an distortion of a true-life fight in Lee's school.

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During the ice house fight scene while filming "The Big Boss", after Bruce punches the ice blocks, he and Luke Sun grapple and Bruce gets thrown by Luke into some boxes - during this, the support wire is visible on Bruce's back.

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The British sailors wear American-style uniforms.

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Quotes

Yip Man: Kung fu is more than a system of fighting. It's a system of thought. You must outthink your opponent, whatever form he takes... because some of them will be more than just men.

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Bruce Lee: The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

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Principal Elder: [Bruce Lee drops the message the Elders sent him, interrupting their game] Bruce, I know that you like to be called Bruce. You have been charged with violating the martial arts code. We've had several complaints from Wu Zuolin and Wong Jack Man and many others. You've been teaching the gwai lo, this must stop.

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Faq

What are the differences between the European DVD and the uncut version?

The reason for the cuts is the European version, because those sequences were shortened in the UK version of the film. Removing those dangerous scenes was apparently supposed to avoid that children imitate them... A detailed comparison between both versions can be found here.

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