Director's Cut: Enter the Dragon Special Edition [DVD]

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Director: Robert Clouse Starring: Bruce Lee, John Saxon -- Contents (From the "CD Journal" database)

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This is a director's cut with previously unreleased footage. It also includes approximately one hour of bonus footage. Bruce Lee's rage explodes on a fortress island rife with drugs and intrigue!

A martial arts tournament is held on a small island in Hong Kong every three years. The island is ruled by Han, a former Shaolin monk who controls a drug-trafficking organization. Meanwhile, young Lee, continuing his training at Shaolin, ventures alone to the evil fortress island to avenge his sister, who was killed by Han's subordinates, and to uncover the inner workings of the drug trade. Bruce Lee's masterpiece, a kung fu film co-produced by the United States and Hong Kong, took the world by storm. This special edition, commemorating the 25th anniversary of Lee's death and the film's production, adds approximately three minutes of previously unreleased footage to the main story. In addition to special footage commemorating the late Bruce Lee, the film also includes approximately an hour of bonus features, including several theatrical trailers.

Bonus Features (approx. 46 minutes): 1. Introduction by Linda Lee Cadwell (approx. 2 minutes), 2. Documentary (approx. 19 minutes). This film won the "Best Documentary" award at the Toronto International Short Film Festival. It includes never-before-seen rare home movie footage and original interviews. 3. Original 1973 behind-the-scenes footage (approx. 8 minutes), 4. Interview with Linda (approx. 15 minutes), 5. Training Scene (approx. 2 minutes), 6. Four original theatrical trailers, 7. Seven original TV commercials.

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"Dragon" put Bruce Lee's name on the world stage, marking the first collaboration between Asia and Hollywood, and a masterpiece in the history of action movies. A tournament of martial arts masters is held on a fortress island off the coast of Hong Kong. At the request of the British government, a young Chinese man named Lee participates in the tournament as a secret agent. He uncovers evidence of drug trafficking on the island and goes toe-to-toe with the tournament's organizer, Han. For Bruce Lee, whose lifelong goal was to popularize Chinese films around the world and to star in a Hollywood film, this film truly fulfilled his dream, but he died suddenly shortly after its completion. Sadly, it became his last work. This film contains the complete version of the film, with rare, previously unreleased scenes said to have been directed by Bruce himself. (Yamauchi Takuya)