Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000) (V)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Directors:

John Little
Bruce Lee

Writers:

Bruce Lee (material)
John Little (writer)

Release Date:

8 October 2001 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Legendary martial artist Bruce Lee is the subject of this thoughtful documentary by Lee aficionado John Little...

Plot Keywords:

Bruce Lee | Martial Arts | Jeet Kune Do | Character Name In Title

Cast

Bruce Lee	...	Himself (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	...	Himself
Peter Archer	...	(archive footage)
Sun-Man Bae
Robert Baker	...	(archive footage) (as Bob Baker)
Pierre Berton	...	Himself (archive footage)
Linda Lee Cadwell	...	Herself
Jackie Chan	...	(archive footage)
Yuan Chieh	...	Himself (archive footage)
James Coburn	...	(archive footage)
James Franciscus	...	Mike Longstreet (archive footage)
James Garner	...	Philip Marlowe (archive footage)
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	...	(archive footage)
Hee-Soo Hwang
Dan Inosanto	...	Himself
Han Jae Ji	...	Himself
Bill Katz
Byung-Joo Kim
Hak-Kyu Kim
Taky Kimura	...	Himself
George Lazenby	...	Fighter (archive footage)
Kang-Kook Lee
Joe Lewis	...	(archive footage)
John Little	...	Himself
Bey Logan	...	(archive footage)
Mako	...	(archive footage)
Angela Mao
Nora Miao	...	(archive footage)
Andre Morgan	...	(archive footage)
Chuck Norris	...	(archive footage)
Carroll O'Connor	...	(archive footage)
Se-kyn Oh
Sung-Woo Park
Tong-Il Park
Peter Mark Richman	...	Duke Paige (archive footage)
John Saxon	...	(archive footage)
Mike Stone	...	(archive footage)
James Tien	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robert Wall	...	(archive footage) (as Bob Wall)
Ing-Sik Whang	...	(archive footage)
Van Williams	...	(archive footage)
Biao Yuen	...	(archive footage)
Ho-You Yun

Also Known As:

A Warrior's Journey (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

100 min | USA:110 min (original premiere)

Country:

USA | UK | Hong Kong

Language:

English | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | UK:15

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: You can see a shadow of Yuan Chieh getting ready to fall.

Movie Connections:

Features "The Pierre Berton Show: (1971-12-09)" (????)

Amazing story of the Legend of Bruce Lee

Man, I was shell shocked. I actually saw this on AMC for the first time and was blown away by the in-depth interviews with Bruce, not to mention his spectacular demonstrations. John Little gets big credit for putting this masterpiece together.

I got so much more information about Bruce from this one. You really get to see him as a person, how his beliefs shaped Jeet Kun Do and how he applied it to life in general. Hearing Bruce speak shows how intelligent and philosophical he was, humble, very down to earth....a very likeable guy. It's such a shame to think what potential he would have had if he hadn't died in 1973. Hearing everyone from Linda to Kareem and others speak about him show what an impact he had on others...and not just kung fu. I had known that he defied tradition by teaching "anyone" kung fu and this shows Bruce was a great man. His belief in the "way" and "no limitation as limitation" is really thought provoking as well.

The creme de la creme was the hidden footage from Game of Death they discovered. Bruce's vision and his philosophy on what the different levels represented just made me respect him moreso. Plus, the outtakes of various fight scenes from his film shows his hard work ethic and determination in getting the scene down pat.

Overall, I've been a big fan of Bruce Lee since I wore Osh Kosh an this made me admire him so much more. To anyone who wants to learn about Bruce, watch this one. To all his fans, I don't need to tell you what a gem "A Warrior's Journey" is.