Bruce Lee - The Master Collection

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The 7-disc Blu-ray box set will showcase 4K digital restorations of fist-flying films, The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Game of Death, and The Way of the Dragon. The Criterion Collection has officially announced Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits, which will be released on July 14.

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The Dolby Digital tracks (mostly the Cantonese ones) sound rough in comparison, sounding a bit more distorted and edgy. Additionally, Lee’s signature film and iconoclastic actioner, Enter the Dragon, will also be included in this set; an eye-opening addition, since the film—as a co-production of Warner Bros. There is then a couple of trailers and a collection of alternate sequences, including one alternate opening credits sequence and then three alternate endings. This is accompanied by a collection of trailers for a few notable films in the genre, though only a radio spot for Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death.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. Also included is a high-definition version of Game of Death II, the 1981 sequel film, which, in its opening, utilized archived footage of Lee before turning the film over to a new protagonist. Game of Death II also comes with an alternate credits sequence (using its original title, Tower of Death) and a trailer. Featuring exclusive 4K restorations, hours of brand new bonus features and previously unreleased footage, the set will include 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. That leads into some deleted scenes which includes another alternate ending where Billy Lo gets arrested, and with a fight scene that would show up in Game of Death II.

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org, one of the premier destinations on the web to discuss DVD releases from The Criterion Collection, Masters of Cinema, and other DVD production companies from around the world. That film would be followed up in 1978—five years after Lee’s untimely death at age 32—by Game of Death, which utilized doubles for Lee’s character, transitioning to posthumous footage of Lee—shot between Way and Enter—in the film’s climactic fight scenes (including one against his real-life student, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,) in ascending levels of a pagoda, wearing his now-iconic yellow-and-black track suit. surround soundtrack in DTS-HD Master Audio while Game of Death also offers an alternative English dub featuring Bruce Lee’s actual screams), the other films offer English, Mandarin, and Cantonese tracks, either in PCM or Dolby Digital mono. The four Hong Kong films all come with audio commentaries recorded by Asian film expert Mike Leeder, who offers backstories around the productions, covers where Lee was at during that particular point in his career, while also offering his own personal stories and analytical analysis. While Enter the Dragon and Game of Death only offerEnglish audio in lossless PCM mono (the Special Edition offers an alternate 5.

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. In the early 1970s, a kung-fu dynamo named Bruce Lee side-kicked his way onto the screen and straight into pop-culture immortality. It does feature the 30-minute making-of Blood and Steel that was initially produced for Warner’s 2-disc special edition DVD in 2004.

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It’s an impressive edit, expertly dubbing in dialogue and making excellent use of John Barry’s score. But what’s most impressive about it is that it does feel like, at the very least, a complete section of a film. Internal List of Criterion Titles List of Licensors Calendar Blu-ray and DVD Region Map External Fan Sites The Criterion Cast Criterion Contraption Specialty Labels The Criterion Collection Arrow (UK) Arrow (US) Indicator Masters of Cinema British Film Institute (BFI) Second Run Anti-Worlds Shout Factory!

Today, five decades since his passing, Bruce Lee continues to be the most beloved and influential martial artist in the world. This collection brings together the five films that define the Lee legend: furiously exciting fist-fliers propelled by his innovative choreography, unique martial-arts philosophy, and whirlwind fighting style.

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The Limited Edition UHD/Blu-ray Collection includes brand new 4K restorations of The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, The Way of the Dragon and Game of Death and a brand new 2K restoration of Game of Death II. The last two dual-layer discs in the set are then devoted to the supplements with disc six containing Game of Death II and the 1973 documentary about Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend. New interviews on all five films with Lee biographer Matthew Polly Audio commentary on The Big Boss by Bruce Lee expert Brandon Bentley Audio commentary on The Big Boss by Hong Kong–film expert Mike Leeder Alternate Opening Credits for The Big Boss Alternate Ending for The Big Boss Extended Scenes for The Big Boss Bruce Lee: The Early Years: Archival interview with stuntman Gene LeBell Bruce Lee vs.The added footage seems to only consist of an added temple sequence at the beginning and then a quick moment that references said scene during the final showdown. This set also includes the Special Edition version of Enter the Dragon, and Game of Death II, each of which appear over the last two supplement discs.