Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits (1971-1978)

[whiteberry]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

About "Enter the Dragon", a 4K transfer/restoration exists:

https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2...ter-the-dragon

This page also confirms it:

Asian American Icons (Asians in Hollywood): Spotlight on Bruce Lee
POSTPONED!

James Bridges Theater at UCLA

Short panel and Q&A Session to follow after the screening.

IN PERSON:Phil Yu of Angry Asian Man, filmmaker Bao Nguyen of BE WATER (new documentary about Bruce Lee)

All panelists are subject to change based on availability.

ENTER THE DRAGON (1973) - 4K RESTORATION!

DIR: Robert Clouse. SCR: Michael Allin. CAST: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly.

Considered one of the most popular martial arts films of all time, this US/HK co-production fully captured Lee’s immense screen presence, sinewy athleticism, and bona fides while elevating him into international stardom. As part of our 50th celebration, we unveil a special program on Bruce Lee and invite his friends and the community out for a night of reminiscing and reverie.

DCP, color, in English and Cantonese with English s/t, 102 min.

https://www.evensi.us/image-movers-e...-235/377340112

I wonder why Criterion isn't using it?

[yoloswegmaster420]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

This page also confirms it:


I wonder why Criterion isn't using it?

It could have been scanned in 4K but restored in 2K. Sometimes theaters will pit the wrong specs for films (e.g. Come and See).

[danman227460]

Some people speculate Warner is holding onto it for their own release.

Get a license agreement from Criterion and money from the 4K release later on.

Originally Posted by whiteberry

This page also confirms it:


I wonder why Criterion isn't using it?

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by navydavey

Damn, please say Criterion have the UK rights too?

I would say impossible, but then we did get The Last Temptation of Christ issued from Mediumrare in November 2015 and Criterion in April 2019. Bruce Lee: The Master Collection was November 2016 so there’s always the possibility it will expire, depending upon the length of the licensing period.

[travisbickle]

Glad I never pulled the trigger on the Shout Blus.

[latehong]

Game of Death Redux, a new presentation of Lee’s original Game of Death footage, produced by Alan Canvan

more info:

youtu.be/3Bwv1ZJneP0

On the eve of the 46th anniversary of Bruce Lee's passing, Alan Canvan will premiere a new edit of Lee's Game of Death (Running Time 39:05), a posthumously released unfinished film. Visualized by Canvan, the new cut reframes Lee's famous project by combining John Barry's riveting film score with Lee's extended raw footage to reveal the hidden symbolism and themes within the narrative of Game of Death. The result is a powerful and resonant story that explores classical mythology and Jungian psychology, honoring the artistry of both Bruce Lee and John Barry. After the screening, Canvan will be joined by author Matthew Polly (Bruce Lee: A Life) for a discussion on Game of Death, followed by Q&A with the audience.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

I say that most of these people knew Bruce Lee:

Also, you can't be serious about Criterion not blowing the Shout and Mediumrare versions out of the water.

Many of Shout’s new extras are only around 30 minutes for each film (sure there’s more on the bonus DVD) so definitely room for improvement. But the Hong Kong Legends extras are lengthy as usual so yeah it may be difficult to top the ones on the Mediumrare.

It doesn’t look like many of the Enter the Dragon extras are held over so reason enough to hold onto the WB release.

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by latehong

more info:

youtu.be/3Bwv1ZJneP0

Two questions:

1- Is this proper 2K transfer?
2- Does it feature the footage depicted on the documentary "A Warrior's Journey"?

[IdeaOfEvil]

Am I missing where anyone has said if the English dubs for the non-EtD movies are going to be included or not?

[CreasyBear]

Does Criterion charge credits cards at checkout or when the order ships? Couldn't find anything on their site.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

I would say impossible, but then we did get The Last Temptation of Christ issued from Mediumrare in November 2015 and Criterion in April 2019. Bruce Lee: The Master Collection was November 2016 so there’s always the possibility it will expire, depending upon the length of the licensing period.

Faith (Remastered 2006) - YouTube

[ShellBeacher]

Originally Posted by danman227460

Some people speculate Warner is holding onto it for their own release.

Get a license agreement from Criterion and money from the 4K release later on.

Yep. Interesting that it's done already. As I said earlier here, my bet is that Warners is holding onto it to release on 4K disc for the 50th Anniversary (2023).

...Of course it could be 8K by that time!

...And of course three years in self-isolation time for us will feel like six years!

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by CreasyBear

Does Criterion charge credits cards at checkout or when the order ships? Couldn't find anything on their site.

When it ships

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by IdeaOfEvil

Am I missing where anyone has said if the English dubs for the non-EtD movies are going to be included or not?

From the list of special features:

Alternate audio soundtracks for the films, including original English-dubbed tracks and a 5.1 surround soundtrack for the special-edition version of Enter the Dragon

[ShellBeacher]

Originally Posted by latehong

more info:

youtu.be/3Bwv1ZJneP0

There's an earlier release of this footage (same running time, around 40 mins) from around fifteen years ago that Japan restored, it appeared on a UK/R2 DVD release for GoD. I have a copy buried somewhere, I'll try to dig it up, but it's been talked about on the web (I was living over there at the time, and picked up the Lee films, all re-issued). It was indeed a great joy simply to see this released at the time.

Re: Enter the Dragon extras: If you read Criterion's wording closely, it's clear that there will be more than what's listed right now, my bet is they include most of what was on the previous Warners discs.

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by Killer Meteor

It is on the Japanese print Shout included as an extra so they could use that.

I hope they have access to better Mandarin mono tracks for Fist and Way - the ones on the various Fortune Star releases are very muffled. The English track for GOD was the same, as supplied by Fortune Star, but fortunatly Shout was able to use track from the old 1999 Fox DVD as an alternative.

Well, thanks to you I just remembered that the Shout Selects BD had the JP cut in HD and the alt mono from the 1999 Fox DVD. Granted compression wasn't very good add the fact that cut was transferred from a 35mm print, and it would need some cleanup work and such to match the 4k master.

I grabbed up the 4 Shout Selects Bruce Lees before they went OOP two years ago, in prediction that we may not get newer editions loaded to the max AND had the Ritrovata piss corrected ever again, depending how strict Fortune Star were. FS are known for being strict with any visual alterations or color corrections on their 4k restorations, but are more lenient with their 2k transfers for some reason (probably stipulations imposed by Ritrovata, which explains why most restorations with work done by them look how they are).

There was a rumor when Shout announced their BL selects, their 10 year licence (signed in 2007 or 2008) with Fortune Star was about to expire and Shout were planning to renew so they could put them out. When Shout did their color correction on the Bruce Lees, Fortune Star didn't allow visual alterations on any of their 4k transfers and used it as a reason not to renew their licence with Shout, which explains why all their FS titles went OOP.

Looks like Criterion negotiated and/or FS's policies are changing and they'll be using the same color corrected masters. Naturally, Criterion probably won't be using the stacked coolio extras and all those alt openings from the Shout! BL releases, and I don't expect them to also include the Hong Kong version of GOD cut that was on the Selects BD, since it appears to have been reconstructed by them for that release using materials Fortune Star had for that version. I'd hold on to those too and the Warner BDs for Enter as the later issue and the 2013 remastered BD omits a A Warriors Journey due Warner's rights expiring for that doc.

Back to the selects, when I was gathering up the BL Selects Blus from Amazon in my cart I also saw an Amazon Warehouse listing for the HK Kam and Ronson Blu of Enter the Dragon real cheap, so I got that in the order then too. The HK Blu of Enter is, aside the GH logo and Cantonese opening credits plus some extra shots here and there, basically the same cut as the longer US SE version. No Cantonese and Mandarian mono, but instead shittily mixed 7.1 tracks where the Cantonese dub (not original language obviously, but stems to GH's 1974 version) is very muffled and the Mandarin and Thai mixes have modern clear dialog and SFX but super muffled music.

[dwk]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

It could have been scanned in 4K but restored in 2K. Sometimes theaters will pit the wrong specs for films (e.g. Come and See).

Yeah, it happens. Soavi's Stagefright's DCP kept getting listed as 4K, but it is really the same master as BU's Blu-ray.

[SuperFlyHighGuy]

Originally Posted by travisbickle

Glad I never pulled the trigger on the Shout Blus.

Hmm I bought them but they weren't super pricey at least. Now to figure out whether to sell them for the CC set or wait for reviews...

[starman15317]

Definitely picking this up!

[IdeaOfEvil]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

From the list of special features:

That makes it sound like only EtD is getting a dub... right?