It was about this time Lee caught a lucky break. And both of these characters were played by white actors in multiple films during the '50s and '60s." There were only two types of roles - Fu Manchu, the villain, and Charlie Chan, the model minority. "What Bruce Lee wanted to do was to create a heroic Asian male character," says Matthew Polly, author of the new biography Bruce Lee: A Life. Your purchase helps support NPR programming.
Interviews with Linda Lee Cadwell, Lee’s widow, and many of Lee’s collaborators and admirers, including actors Jon T.Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Bruce Lee Subtitle A Life Author Matthew Polly. Multiple programs and documentaries about Lee’s life and philosophies, including Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973) and Bruce Lee: In His Own Words (1998). Blood and Steel, a 2004 documentary about the making of Enter the Dragon. New interview with author Grady Hendrix about the “Bruceploitation” subgenre that followed Lee’s death, and a selection of Bruceploitation trailers. New program about English-language dubbing, featuring performers Michael Kaye (the English-speaking voice of Lee’s Chen Zhen in Fist of Fury) and Vaughan Savidge. 
New interview with producer Andre Morgan about Golden Harvest, the company behind Hong Kong’s top martial-arts stars, including Lee.New interviews on all five films with Lee biographer Matthew Polly.Game of Death Redux, a new presentation of Lee’s original Game of Death footage, produced by Alan Canvan.
High-definition presentation of the 1981 film Game of Death II. Six audio commentaries: on The Big Boss by Bruce Lee expert Brandon Bentley on The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, The Way of the Dragon, and Game of Death by Hong Kong–film expert Mike Leeder and on the special-edition version of Enter the Dragon by producer Paul Heller. Alternate soundtracks for the films, including original English-dubbed tracks. New 2K digital restoration of the 102-minute “special-edition” version of Enter the Dragon, with alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. New 2K digital restoration of the rarely seen 99-minute 1973 theatrical version of Enter the Dragon, with uncompressed original monaural soundtrack. 4K digital restorations of The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, The Way of the Dragon, and Game of Death, with uncompressed original monaural soundtracks.
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