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Bruce moved to San Francisco, California in 1959, then moved to Seattle, Washington to complete is high school education. He later attended the University of Washington, where he enrolled in the drama, and also studied philosophy. All through this time, Bruce practiced the Wing Chun Kung Fu he had learned in Hong Kong from Yip Man. Through Bruce's innovations, he mixed traditional kung fu, boxing, wrestling, and other fighting forms, to create his style of mixed martial arts, he called, Jeet Kune Do.
While expanding his practice and teaching of martial arts in the 1960's, Bruce never forgot his background in films. This led to several TV roles including, "THE GREEN HORNET" and "BATMAN", in 1966-1977. Bruce was also in "IRONSIDE" in 1967, "BLONDIE" in 1969, and "HERE COME THE BRIDES" in 1969. In 1971 Bruce also starred in some episodes of "LONGSTREET". What was unique about his LONGSTREET role is he starred as himself, and taught his form of martial arts and martial arts philosophy. In 1971 Lee pitched a modern kung fu western show to Warner Brothers, which, of course, he was to star in. Unfortunately, Warner Brothers used the concept of a Shaolin priest wandering the cowboy west and awarded the role to David Carradine. At the time, David Carradine had never had any martial arts training. This let Lee know he was limited in what types of movies or roles he could play in the U.S. TV and movie market. In all fairness to Warner Brothers, Lee's English may have been difficult for some people in the U.S. market to understand.
Bruce's first movie in the U.S. after the 1941 "GOLDEN GATE GIRL" was "MARLOWE", starring James Garner, as a somewhat rough characterized private detective. The movie was fairly mediocre, with Bruce playing a Chinese gang member who used karate and tore up James Garner's office. In one scene James Garner fights Bruce Lee and somehow beats him. This is not a movie Bruce Lee is very well known for.
With Bruce Lee's movie acting career going nowhere in the U.S., Bruce travels to Hong Kong and finds he is well known from the "GREEN HORNET" TV series. In Hong Kong TV series is known as the "KATO SHOW". With his popularity in Hong Kong and Asia, Bruce decides to try his hand in the Asian film industry. In 1971 Bruce Lee stars in "THE BIG BOSS", which is his first Asian Kung Fu/Martial Arts movie. This movie was filmed in Thailand, and became popular in Asia. Frankly, in my opinion this was not a very good movie. The fighting was not that good. The only unique part of the movie I remember was the bad guy throwing a knife at Bruce, which Bruce intercepts with a kick, which strikes the opponent in a killing blow to his body. The movie plot was based on workers in an ice factory being subjugated by the boss, who was also selling drugs. If I had never seen this movie, I would not have missed anything Bruce Lee represents. I'll give it one star for historical purposes. Note: in the U.S. market this film is also known as "FISTS OF FURY"
The real turning point in Bruce Lee's movies was "FIST OF FURY" in 1972. Note: in the U.S. this film was known as "THE CHINESE CONNECTION". This film is an absolute classic. In this film we are seeing more hand to hand fighting and less swords and knives that we saw in "THE BIG BOSS". This movie is definitive of a new class and genre of martial arts films. The storyline of the movie has Bruce Lee as a student of a kung fu school in the early 1900's. This was a period of time where Shanghai, in China, had been subjugated by European powers, and more recently by Japan. The Japanese held the power over the local police and treated Chinese like second class citizens. One day two Japanese came by Bruce Lee's school and left an insulting sign, taunting the Chinese. Bruce Lee incensed at the insult, took the sign back to the Japanese karate school beat everyone up. Things then escalated between the Chinese and Japanese with Bruce Lee essentially beating up all of the Japanese. The final scene has the Japanese and police coming to close the Kung Fu school and arrest Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee resists to the end with a flying kick straight into the guns facing him. There are a number of important points here. You have a country or part of a country which has been subjugated by a foreign power. The locals fight back. It pits the good regular people against the bosses. My school is better than your karate school. The real story line here is that Bruce Lee stood up for something, and stood against bullies. This message resonated with many people in third world countries at the time. This was a fight against oppression. The martial arts in this film were good. The story line made it great. If you are a Bruce Lee fan, this is a must see film.
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