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| Directed by | Rob Cohen |
| Produced by | Raffella de Laurentiis |
| Written by | Rob Cohen John Raffo |
| Starring | Jason Scott Lee Lauren Holly Robert Wagner |
| Music by | Randy Edelman |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
| Release date(s) | May 7, 1993 |
| Running time | 120 mins |
| Language | English |
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, released in 1993, is a semi-fictionalized biographical film about Bruce Lee, starring Jason Scott Lee (no relation) as Lee. The movie was directed by Rob Cohen and written by Cohen, Edward Khmara, and John Raffo.
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Plot summary
The film shows Bruce's relationship with his father, his coming to America, his movie career, his relationship with his wife, and various disappointments and happinesses in life, and apparently, his family is shown to be cursed in the film, with a mysterious evil spirit that attacks his son at the end of the film, before Bruce Lee kills it. The movie ends with his wife telling of his death at a very young age, despite being of mysteriously good health.
Main cast
- Jason Scott Lee... Bruce Lee
- Duncan Chow... Bruce Lee (Infant Version)
- Lauren Holly... Linda Lee
- Robert Wagner... Bill Krieger
- Michael Learned... Vivian Emery
- Nancy Kwan... Gussie Yang
- Ed Parker Jr.... Ed Parker
- Kay Tong Lim... Philip Tan
- Ric Young... Bruce's Father
- Luoyong Wang... Yip Man
- Sterling Macer... Jerome Sprout
- Sven-Ole Thorsen... The Demon
- Eric Bruskotter... Joe Henderson
- Aki Aleong... Principal Elder
- Michael Cudlitz... Tad Overton
- Van Williams .... TV director of The Green Hornet
Bruce Lee's family
The role for Bruce Lee was first offered to his real-life son Brandon Lee who declined. Brandon Lee died in a fatal shooting accident while filming for the movie The Crow in March 1993 only a few months before this film's release. The film is dedicated to his memory at the end credits Bruce Lee's daughter Shannon Lee has a cameo appearance as a singer in the party scene, at which Linda tells Bruce she is pregnant for the second time--carrying Shannon.
Production
Both lead actors Jason Scott Lee and Lauren Holly trained in Bruce Lee's Martial Art Jeet Kune Do for months under former Lee student Jerry Poteet. Jason Scott Lee has continued to train in Jeet Kune Do under Poteet since 1993. Poteet also portrays himself in the film. He can be seen in the background of many scenes. The tombstone that Bruce (Jason Scott Lee) is forced to see when confronting his demon towards end of movie is the actual tombstone of Bruce Lee. The picture on it is different from the one that is actually on the real one but the date of birth, date of death and the epitaph are still the same.
Video game
The movie has spawned a lesser-known fighting game of the same name, available on the SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega Game Gear, and Atari Jaguar systems.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack, composed by Randy Edelman, includes the heartwarming and inspirational recurring theme (heard in Premiere of THE BIG BOSS and The Dragon's Heartbeat) that has been widely used in movies, television, and other media.
