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The legend is born
Bruce Lee (李小龍) was born on November 27th, 1940 In Chinatown, San Fransisco. He was born to 2 parents that came from Hong Kong. When he was 3 months old, He, Phoebe, Agnes, Peter and Robert Lee all moved back to Hong Kong. -
Early Acting
Bruce Lee at the age of 3 months appears as a baby in "Golden Gate Girl". He also appeared in around 20 films atarting at the age of 6. He also studied dance and poetry -
Starting in America
Bruce Lee was made fun of for his Chinese backround at school. In 1953, he began to be taught kung fu by Master Yip Man. At the end of the decade he moved to Seattle Washington to live with friends and family. -
School days
Bruce Lee finished high school in Edison, Washington, and subsequently enrolled as a philosophy major at the University of Washington. He began to teach wing chu he learned in Hing Kong to his fellow friends. He met his future wife Linda Emery whom he married in 1964. -
Starting A Family
After Bruce and Linda got married, they moved to California where he opened 2 more schools. he then started and Family begining with Brandon in 1965 and Shanon in 1969. -
Starting Acting
Bruce Lee started his acting carer in the TV series "The Green Hornet". He played as The Green Hornets acrobatic sidekick Kato. The show ran for 26 episodes from 1966-1967. Later in Hong Kong "The Green Horrnet" was unofficialy refered to as "The Kato Show" -
Marlowe
While Bruce Lee's acting carrer Started to take off, some of his students followed his footsteps. In 1969, the film "Marlowe" stared some of his students such as James Garner and James Coburn. Bruce Lee was also a guest star in the film. -
Moving Back
Lee suffered a back injury which he later recovered from. He was going to be a budist monk in a TV series called "Kung Fu". Because of the Asain stereotypes, He was forced to move to Hong Kong in 1971 because of the lack of acting roles for Asains in America. -
Big Boss
Bruce wanted to show Hollywood producers that he was good at acting. When he moved back to Hong Kong he started his first leading role in "The Big Boss" in 1971. The movie was a huge sucess all across Asia and made the man Famous. -
Fists Of Fury
After "The Big Boss" being such a big sucess, he followed up with the movie "Fists Of Fury" in 1972. The movie was another box office hit and broke records which were previously set by "The Big Boss". -
Game Of Death
After his previous movies being a major hit in many places, he began his next movie "Game Of Death". When he started filmed his fight scene with 7'2 Basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar until production stopped. -
Way of the Dragon
Bruce Lee being a huge movie star at the time started his 3rd movie which was produced by his company "Concord Productions Inc.". Lee had full control over the movie with him being the writer, director, star and coreographer for the fight scenes. The film also stared Chuck Norris who Bruce fought at the end and ended up being one of the most historic fight scenes in history. -
Enter The Dragon
Game Of Death stopped filming because Bruce was offered a lead role in the movie "Enter The Dragon". A month into filming a company known as "Starseas Motion Pictures" said Bruce was to star in the movie. Although he was going to sue them for the false advertisment, he didn't to retain his friendship with Unicorn Chan. -
Bruce's Death
Only 6 days before the movie "Enter The Dragon" was to be released, Bruce died. While filming "Enter The Dragon" he was taking a drug called hashish and was rushed to the hospital. He survived and the doctors told him to stop but he ignored them. he was in a friends appartment months later and complained about a headache so he went to lie down. 10 minutes later the friend went to wake him up but he couldn't and he died. -
The Shocking News
Later the next day on the news, Raymond Chow told the world the shocking news about Bruce Lee. They held a mourning for friends and fans and over 25'000 people attended to the event in Hong Kong alone. He was later flown to America for the same event to happen. -
Enter The Dragon Continued
Although Bruce died that didn't stop the finished film from being released. The movie became one of the years most highing grossing film making Bruce a legend. The movie costed $850'000 to make but earned $200 million worldwide. The film boosted the interest in martial arts and inspired the song "Kung Fu Fighting" for the show "Kung Fu" which Bruce was supposed to be in. -
Game Of Death Continued
Although the film was unfinished Bruce still shot over 100 minutes of footage for the movie. They changed up the storyline for the movie and in the end, only 15 minutes of Bruce's 100+ minutes was used. They used look alike stunt doubles Kim Tai Chung, and Yuen Biao for Bruce's parts. The movie was released in 1978 and his outfit in the movie became his signature look.
