Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest 4K UHD and Blu-ray (Arrow)

[Phesstve]

Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest Blu-ray

Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest 4K Blu-ray

Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest 4K Blu-ray (Arrow Video Exclusive cover)




BRUCE LEE AT GOLDEN HARVEST - ARROW EXCLUSIVE - LIMITED EDITION 4K ULTRA HD


BRUCE LEE AT GOLDEN HARVEST LIMITED EDITION 4K


BRUCE LEE AT GOLDEN HARVEST LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY

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 4K/4KUHD/BLU-RAY COLLECTION CONTENTS

- Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Tom Ralston or the 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 quad poster artwork

DISC ONE - THE BIG BOSS (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY):
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the 99-minute 1983 version of The Big Boss, newly restored by Arrow Films from the original negative
Original newly restored lossless Mandarin, English and Cantonese mono audio
- Two English mono options, the standard mix and a Japanese mix with alternate score
- Newly translated English subtitles, plus optional subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing for the English dubs
- Two brand new feature commentaries, one by David Desser and one by Brandon Bentley
- Return to Thailand, a new documentary produced and presented by Matt Routledge exploring the original filming locations
- Newly uncovered deleted and extended scenes, with optional commentary by Bentley
- The Not-Quite-Biggest Boss, a video essay by Bentley investigating the scenes still lost, such as the ‘saw-in-the-head’ scene
- Archive interviews with co-star Lau Wing and stuntman Tung Wai
- Bruce Lee Vs. Peter Thomas, a short video essay about the music for the English version
- Alternate credits sequences
- Trailer gallery, including a 'Before The Big Boss' reel and the trailer for lost sequel The Big Boss Part II
- Image gallery

DISC TWO - THE BIG BOSS: THE MANDARIN CUT (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY):
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of three alternate versions of The Big Boss with lossless mono audio, newly restored by Arrow Films: the 110-min Mandarin Cut, with restored Mandarin mono; the 100-min English Export Cut, featuring a rare alternate English dub track (some scenes in Mandarin); and the 100-min US Theatrical Cut
- Newly restored English subtitles for the Mandarin Cut
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on both English cuts
- Axis of English, a brand new video essay by Will Offutt profiling the English dubbing actors for The Big Boss, Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon
- Unrestored raw scan of the Mandarin Cut (1080p only)

DISC THREE - FIST OF FURY (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY):
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible), newly restored by Arrow Films from the original negative
- Alternate ‘English Export Cut’ viewing option with different opening and closing credits via seamless branching
- Original newly restored Mandarin, English and Cantonese mono audio
- Two English mono options, the standard mix and a Japanese mix with alternate music
- Newly translated English subtitles, plus optional subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on the English dubs
- Two brand new feature commentaries, one by Jonathan Clements and one by Brandon Bentley
- Legend of the Dragon, a newly filmed 80-minute overview of Lee's life and career by film critic and historian Tony Rayns
Visions of Fury, a new featurette on Bruce Lee's collaboration with Golden Harvest and Lo Wei, featuring interviews with co-producer Andre Morgan and martial arts experts Michael Worth, Frank Djeng, John Kreng, Andy Cheng and Bruce Willow
- Archive interviews with co-stars Nora Miao, Riki Hashimoto, Jun Katsumura and Yuen Wah
- Alternate credits sequence
- Trailer gallery, including a Chen Zhen trailer reel
- Image gallery

DISC FOUR - THE WAY OF THE DRAGON (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY):
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentations in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible), newly restored by Arrow Films from original film elements, of the Hong Kong Theatrical Cut and the Japanese Cut via seamless branching
- Original newly restored lossless Mandarin, English and Cantonese mono audio on the Hong Kong Theatrical Cut
- Alternate lossless English mono audio on the Japanese Cut
- Optional newly translated English subtitles
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on both English audio options
- Two brand new feature commentaries, one by Frank Djeng & Michael Worth and one by Brandon Bentley
- The Way of the Camera, a new documentary looking at Lee's filmmaking and fighting method in his directorial debut, featuring interviews with Golden Harvest producer Andre Morgan, martial arts experts Michael Worth, Jon Kreng, Andy Cheng, Frank Djeng, David Yeung, film historian Courtney Joyner and actors Piet (Peter) Schweer, Jon Benn and John Saxon
- Meet the Italian Beauty, a newly filmed interview with star Malisa Longo
- The Scottish Soldier Meets the Dragon, a newly filmed interview with on-set observer John Young
- Newly recorded select scene commentary by ‘thug’ actor Piet Schweer
- Archive interviews with co-stars Jon Benn, Bob Wall and Hwang In-shik and production managers Chaplin Chang and Louis Sit
- Trailer gallery, including a Bruceploitation trailer reel
- Image gallery

DISC FIVE - ENTER THE DRAGON (BLU-RAY):
- 40th Anniversary Special Edition Blu-ray courtesy of Warner Home Video
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the extended 1998 Special Edition of the film
- 5.1 DTS-HD Surround English audio, plus additional audio options in Russian, Castilian, French, German, Italian, Polish and Latin Spanish
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, plus subtitles for other languages
- Feature commentary by writer Michael Allin and producer Paul Heller
- Featurettes: No Way As Way, Wing Chun: The Art that Introduced Kung Fu to Bruce Lee, Return to Han’s Island, Blood and Steel: The Making of ‘Enter the Dragon’, Bruce Lee: In His Own Words, Backyard Workout with Bruce
The Curse of the Dragon documentary
- Interviews with Linda Lee Cadwell
- 1973 archive featurette Hong Kong with ‘Enter the Dragon’
- Theatrical trailers and TV spots

DISC SIX - GAME OF DEATH (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY):
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentations in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible), newly restored by Arrow Films from original film elements, of the international cut and the Japanese cut via seamless branching
- Original newly restored English mono audio on both cuts
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Brand new feature commentary by Brandon Bentley & Mike Leeder
- The Song I’m Singing Tomorrow, a newly filmed interview with star Colleen Camp
- Deleted and extended scenes from the Chinese-language versions of the film, including two alternate endings (contains some standard-definition material)
- Archive interviews with co-stars Dan Inosanto and Bob Wall
- Behind-the-scenes footage as featured in Bruce Lee: The Legend
- Rare pre-production sales featurette from 1976 with new commentary by Michael Worth and producer Andre Morgan
- Fight scene dailies directed by Sammo Hung
- Locations featurette from 2013
- Trailer gallery, including Bruceploitation and 'Robert Clouse at Golden Harvest' trailer reels
- Image gallery

DISC SEVEN - GAME OF DEATH: ALTERNATE VERSIONS (BLU-RAY):
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the Chinese version of the film
- Original lossless Mandarin and Cantonese mono audio
- Newly translated optional English subtitles
- Archive interview with Casanova Wong from 2001 on his relationship with Sammo Hung, and Lee’s influence on him
- Two alternate Cantonese and Mandarin versions of the film in High Definition via seamless branching, with different credits, ending and reinstated Ji Han-jae fight (contains some standard-definition material)
- Archive featurettes on Lee’s life and impact: The Hong Kong Connection, Bruce Lee Remembered, Legacy of the Dragon, Dragon Rising and The Grandmaster & The Dragon, featuring interviews with Hung, Donnie Yen, William Cheung and many others
- Archive interviews with Robert Lee, Phoebe Lee, Pat Johnson, George Lee, Gene LeBell, Van Williams, Joe Torrenueva, Jeff Imada, Linda Palmer, Fred Weintraub, Tom Kuhn, Paul Heller and James Lew

DISC EIGHT - GAME OF DEATH: BONUS DISC (BLU-RAY):
- The Final Game of Death, a brand new three-hour video essay by Arrow Films that incorporates a new 2K restoration of all two hours of Lee’s original dailies from a recently-discovered interpositive
- Game of Death: Revisited, an earlier attempt to reconstruct Lee’s original vision from 2001
- Super 8 footage from 1974 of Dan Inosanto demonstrating the nunchaku
- Brief archival interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar from 1976
- Image gallery

DISC NINE - GAME OF DEATH II (BLU-RAY):
- Brand new 2K restoration of the International Cut of the film titled Game of Death II by Arrow Films from original film elements
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of Game of Death II as well as the Hong Kong Theatrical Cut titled Tower of Death (contains some standard-definition material)
- Original lossless English mono audio on Game of Death II
- Original lossless Cantonese, Mandarin and English mono audio on Tower of Death
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on Game of Death II, and optional newly translated English subtitles on Tower of Death
- Brand new feature commentary by Frank Djeng & Michael Worth, co-producers of Enter the Clones of Bruce
- Archive interview with co-star Roy Horan
- Alternate Korean version with unique footage, presented in High Definition with original lossless mono audio and newly translated English subtitles
- Alternate US video version in High Definition with lossless English mono audio, via seamless branching
- Alternate end credits sequence for Game of Death II
- Trailer gallery
- Image gallery

DISC TEN - DOCUMENTARIES (BLU-RAY):
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of Bruce Lee: The Man & The Legend (1973) and Bruce Lee: The Legend (1984)
- Original lossless Mandarin mono audio for The Man & The Legend, and lossless English mono audio for both films
- Newly translated optional English subtitles for The Man & The Legend, and subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing for both films
- Alternate video version of The Legend, featuring different editing and credits (standard definition only)
- Archive video of a tour of Golden Harvest Studios conducted in the mid-1990s by Russell Cawthorne, writer of Bruce Lee: The Legend
- Alternate animated Hong Kong credits for Enter the Dragon
- Trailers and image gallery for both films

Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest Official Trailer Trailer (4K) !

Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest Official Trailer Trailer (4K) - YouTube

Artwork by Tony Stella !

Post credits to: MifuneFan and hanz0

[Phesstve]

HOLLY COW ! I am freaking out now !

The Two Carts (not "burning") scene in "Big Boss" !

Before the river scene before final fight in "Big Boss" !

Log Fight scene in "Game of Death" !

Screen shot credits: James Flower (on Twitter: @jamesflowerfilm link to his post: https://twitter.com/jamesflowerfilm/...7645408284675?)

[ikhon]

Hope this gets a USA release as well..

[danman227460]

Originally Posted by ikhon

Hope this gets a USA release as well..

Sadly, I don't think that is happening. Criterion probably still own the rights here since they did the BD set not too long ago.

It would be the similar to Police Story where the rights to 1/2 belong to Criterion here but Eureka did the 4Ks overseas.

[backslashio]

Too expensive for me, I'll wait until the poor man's release

Does seem like an otherwise solid release but how much more detail can they pump out compared to previous releases?

[Mr Majestyk]

Why did you kill my teacher on 4k! Yellow box ordered

[captainsolo]

This is stunning. New work, new work on the audio, finding footage, new extras, great packaging and even getting WB to let them use some form of ETD. The only downside is that they had to use the old disc and weren’t given the 2K scan Criterion got. So I’ll have to hang onto the Criterion just for that and otherwise this is the set that these films always should’ve had.

Goodbye screwy color timing!!!

[The Mole]

I can't believe it! The Mandarin cut of THE BIG BOSS? Eureka!

[rapta]

Super complicated specs, but from what I can gather it's the following so far...

Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest (Limited Edition)

The Big Boss + Mandarin Cut + English Export Cut
Fist of Fury + English Export Cut
The Way of the Dragon + Japanese Cut
Enter the Dragon (Warner Bros BD)
Game of Death + Hong Kong Cut
Game of Death II + Hong Kong Cut

Bruce Lee: The Man & The Legend
Bruce Lee: The Legend

Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest 4K (Limited Edition) / Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest 4K (Arrow Exclusive Limited Edition)

The Big Boss (UHD) + Mandarin Cut (UHD) + English Export Cut (BD)
Fist of Fury (UHD) + English Export Cut (BD)
The Way of the Dragon (UHD) + Japanese Cut (BD)
Enter the Dragon (Warner Bros BD)
Game of Death (UHD) + Hong Kong Cut (BD)
Game of Death II (BD) + Hong Kong Cut (BD)

Bruce Lee: The Man & The Legend (BD)
Bruce Lee: The Legend (BD)

So it seems like there are 4-5 actual UHD discs in the 4K UHD releases, with the rest being regular BD? The specs about the different cuts are strangely worded and slightly confusing, but also quite specific in other ways. I suppose we'll get clarification soon?

[grim_tales]

The Mandarin cut of The Big Boss? Amazing
I'll have to get this set!
Wonder how they managed to restore/reconstruct that, I thought it was only shown in a few places in HK (and in the UK) in the 70's
The only downside is not including the theatrical cut of Enter the Dragon, from what I understand there's a normal BD set as well as a 4K set.

[BiggusDickus]

Have loads of versions of the films, but more Brucey? Defo have to order, I certainly won't be missing out on all that heavenly glory ...

[Rayjg]

Saw Criterion's announcement and went Damn. Saw this and went Da-AAAMN.

I wonder if I can finally retire my Fox DVD set and individual Shout Factory Blu-rays?

[Mushi Minion]

How is Arrow UK in regards to shipping internationally? I prefer the site exclusive box, but not at the expense of it being poorly packaged.

[captainsolo]

I just priced it out because I really like the site limited packaging. But to have it shipped here to the US they still charge all the UK taxes and charge for shipping so it works out to about $180 USD and that’s not including any conversion fees your bank or PayPal will charge so add another 10 or so to that.
$200 ish for a single boxset is too much but this looks like it will really do the films justice finally.

[grim_tales]

One of the extras says "Newly uncovered deleted scenes from The Big Boss" - the Mandarin cut looks like it will be included in full for the first time, so what does this mean?
Also the saw-in-the-head scene was actually included in an original print once upon a time (I think so at least).

[Phesstve]

Originally Posted by grim_tales

One of the extras says "Newly uncovered deleted scenes from The Big Boss" - the Mandarin cut looks like it will be included in full for the first time, so what does this mean?
Also the saw-in-the-head scene was actually included in an original print once upon a time (I think so at least).

The "Saw-in-the-Head" scene was not in any version/print of the film according to many Bruce Lee historians and researchers (including George Tan and Toby Russell, whom went to Hong Kong to talk to many who worked with Bruce and even on "Big Boss"). Some has claimed it might only have been in the very first cinema showing in Hong Kong (maybe a pre-premier or only on the premier day), but nobody can really confirm or prove this... I believe it was filmed as you see in most versions Bruce's character stepping on the saw, picking it up and throwing it over head, but it has been said that the impact of the saw did not come out so good on film (it only looks good in still-photographs that was taken during filming and rehearsal)...

[BiggusDickus]

Originally Posted by Phesstve

The "Saw-in-the-Head" scene was not in any version/print of the film according to many Bruce Lee historians and researchers (including George Tan and Toby Russell, whom went to Hong Kong to talk to many who worked with Bruce and even on "Big Boss"). Some has claimed it might only have been in the very first cinema showing in Hong Kong (maybe a pre-premier or only on the premier day), but nobody can really confirm or prove this... I believe it was filmed as you see in most versions Bruce's character stepping on the saw, picking it up and throwing it over head, but it has been said that the impact of the saw did not come out so good on film (it only looks good in still-photographs that was taken during filming and rehearsal)...

Wasn't there some rumour of a Taiwanese gentlemen owning a print with the saw scene? Or is that just an urban myth?

[grim_tales]

On one of the HKL DVDs, I'm sure I remember it said something like "This print (referring to the Mandarin version at least) does still exist and is in the hands of a private collector, unfortunately it is not available for sale or distribution" - so what changed over the years?

[BiggusDickus]

Originally Posted by grim_tales

On one of the HKL DVDs, I'm sure I remember it said something like "This print (referring to the Mandarin version at least) does still exist and is in the hands of a private collector, unfortunately it is not available for sale or distribution" - so what changed over the years?

I just dug out my HKL 2 disc of TBB and on disc 2 in the Dragon Uncovered segment, the bit you quoted is mentioned but seems to apply to the whole of the extra footage in the Mandarin cut - it then mentions the saw scene separately as being cut from the print by the HK censors "never to return".

Even so, trying to think back, i'm sure i've heard ref to the scene as i stated, I'm wondering if it was on the Bey Logan commentary on the first release of The Big Boss DVD on HKL. When the Platinum 2 disc versions of the Bruce films came out, I upgraded and sold off my old versions, it was only afterwards that I discovered the platinum edition not longer had the Logan commentary, so i no longer have access to it to check ...

[Mr Majestyk]

Will these be eventually released individually? With that price now kicking in im having second thoughts