When former child actor and Hollywood TV sidekick Bruce Lee returned to his native Hong Kong in 1971 to star in two films for fledgling company Golden Harvest, movie history was made thanks to one of the most iconic partnerships between star and studio that cinema has ever seen. 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.
The first two starring vehicles for Lee, The Big Boss and Fist of Fury (both directed by Lo Wei), smashed all box office records in Hong Kong and made him the most famous face on the continent. Lee asserted his artistic independence by directing, writing and starring in The Way of the Dragon, arguably his most thrilling and personal film. Tragically, on the cusp of achieving the international stardom he had long strived for, Bruce Lee died suddenly in 1973, aged only 32. 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. Today, five decades since his passing, Bruce Lee continues to be the most beloved and influential martial artist in the world.
This definitive collection, featuring fresh and exclusive 4K restorations by Arrow Video from the best available film materials, hours of brand new bonus features and previously unreleased footage - including 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 - is the ultimate tribute to Bruce Lee’s enduring legacy and fruitful collaboration with Golden Harvest.
Limited Ten-Disc Blu-ray Collection Contents:
Brand new 4K restorations of The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, The Way of the Dragon and Game of Death and brand new 2K restoration of Game of Death II
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of The Big Boss, The Big Boss: The Mandarin Cut, Fist of Fury, The Way of the Dragon, Game of Death, Game of Death II, Bruce Lee: The Man & The Legend and Bruce Lee: The Legend
Newly restored original Mandarin, English and Cantonese mono audio
Newly translated optional English subtitles, plus subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on the English dubs
Multiple alternate cuts on most films, including the extended Mandarin Cut on The Big Boss, English export cuts of The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, the Japanese cut of The Way of the Dragon and Hong Kong cuts of Game of Death and Game of Death II (aka Tower of Death)
Brand new feature commentaries by David Desser, Jonathan Clements, Frank Djeng & Michael Worth, Brandon Bentley and Mike Leeder
Return to Thailand, a new documentary by Matt Routledge on the original locations for The Big Boss
Newly uncovered deleted scenes from The Big Boss, plus a video essay by Bentley about scenes still missing such as the 'saw-in-the-head' kill
Legend of the Dragon, a brand new 80-minute overview of Lee's career by film critic and historian Tony Rayns
Two new documentaries on Lee's fighting and working methods, featuring interviews with Golden Harvest producer Andre Morgan, martial arts experts Michael Worth, John Kreng, Andy Cheng, Frank Djeng and David Yeung, film historian Courtney Joyner and others
Brand new interviews with actors Malisa Longo and Colleen Camp, plus hours of archive interviews with Lee's former co-stars, colleagues and friends, including Nora Miao, Dan Inosanto, Bob Wall, Yuen Wah and many others
The Final Game of Death, a brand new feature-length video essay by Arrow Films on Lee's original vision for The Game of Death, featuring a new 2K restoration of the footage directed by Lee in 1972
40th Anniversary Special Edition Blu-ray of Enter the Dragon, with archive extras including The Curse of the Dragon, In His Own Words, Backyard Workout and more
Archive featurettes including The Hong Kong Connection, Bruce Lee Remembered, Legacy of the Dragon, Dragon Rising and The Grandmaster & The Dragon
Comprehensive trailer and image galleries for each film
Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
200-page hardbound book featuring new writing by Walter Chaw, Henry Blyth, Andrew Staton, Dylan Cheung, David West and James Flower
Twenty-four lobby card reproductions
Ten glossy photos of Lee in action
Reversible poster with vintage poster artwork
and much, much more!!!
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I low key hope this looks fugly so I don't feel compelled to buy these films for the fourth time in less than a decade. I still haven't watched the Criterion set!
I low key hope this looks fugly so I don't feel compelled to buy these films for the fourth time in less than a decade. I still haven't watched the Criterion set!
The Criterion set is pretty damn incredible aside from the terrible packaging. I don't think i'd rebuy these movies again but you can bet the packaging and booklet will be a thousand times better than Criterion's cheap digipack.
Sanity check: Are the Shout discs with color correction the only color-corrected discs out there? I've lost track of which ones are fine and which ones have the dreaded Ritrovata piss-yellow coloring scheme.
The Criterion discs also have colour correction, though different to the correction that shout did. I think criterion did The Big Boss better, but shout did Fist of Fury, The Way of the Dragon, and Game of Death better.
I low key hope this looks fugly so I don't feel compelled to buy these films for the fourth time in less than a decade. I still haven't watched the Criterion set!
I've still got the silly French UHD set that I ordered becuz amazon.fr said it had HDR except it doesn't and it's prolly the biggest lemon in my entire UHD collection. Haven't even watched the Criterion set yet!
I low key hope this looks fugly so I don't feel compelled to buy these films for the fourth time in less than a decade. I still haven't watched the Criterion set!
I gave the Criterion set to my father, so I'm definitely in for this one. I hope Enter the Dragon is included.
I gave the Criterion set to my father, so I'm definitely in for this one. I hope Enter the Dragon is included.
Good point. I wonder if WB will let Arrow have it. Wouldn't be the first time they licensed something to Arrow - hello, Cruising - but I think that was done at Mr. Friedkin's insistence.
If Dragon is missing, then at least I have a reason to hold on to the Criterion set if I'm weak and buy the Arrow one. I can totally see WB releasing a UHD next year if they don't license it out, but would it include the theatrical version?
Last edited by dallywhitty; 11-11-2022 at 01:06 PM.
Enter The Dragon is, at least right now, the only title I'm really interested in. I really don't know much about his films let alone have I seen any one of them.
But as was with the Police Story trilogy, which I had never heard of before, I will buy
Enter The Dragon is, at least right now, the only title I'm really interested in. I really don't know much about his films let alone have I seen any one of them.
Game of Death is poop, but the others range from good to great. The Big Boss is still my favourite of the lot.
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