Member AlbertV Posted February 26, 2008 Member Share Posted February 26, 2008 I bought the DVD of a compilation called Bruce Lee and Kung Fu Mania for only $1.00. I love it. Here's a breakdown: It starts with the making of Enter the Dragon, then a brief look at the career of Bruce Lee, from his work as a child actor in Hong Kong to his reign as the martial arts legend of Hong Kong films, with some trailers and TV spots for The Green Hornet. They showed the factory fight from The Big Boss, the fight between Lee and Robert Baker and Riki Hashimoto from Fist of Fury, the U.S. trailer for Way of the Dragon, where they called it Return of the Dragon, then they ETD and then they mention his untimely death. The rest is a compilation of classic theatrical trailers of various kung fu movies in the 70's. Here's the list of trailers (Once I get the original names for some of these films, I will add them). Note these were the trailers seen in the American theaters back in the day: 1. Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave - Bruce K.L. Lea (aka Jun Chong) 2. Duel of the Iron Fist (The Duel) - David Chiang, Ti Lung 3. The Black Dragon (Tough Guy) - Ron Van Clief, Jason Pai Piao 4. Shadow of the Dragon - Charles Heung 5. Kung Fu Master Bruce Lee Style - Chen Sing and Chang Lik 6. Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth (Bruce Lee: True Story) - Bruce Li 7. Deep Thrust (Lady Whirlwind) - Angela Mao 8. The Stranger and the Gunfighter - Lo Lieh, Lee Van Cleef 9. Triple Irons (New One Armed Swordsman) - David Chiang, Ku Feng 10. Lightning Swords of Death - Tomisaburo Wakayama 11. Chinatown Kid - Alexander Fu Sheng, Sun Chien 12. Five Deadly Venoms - Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng 13. The Deadly Angels - Dana, Evelyn Kraft 14. Spearman (Flag of Iron) - Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng 15. The Four Assassins (Marco Polo) - Alexander Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan-Chun 16. Ten Tigers of Kwangtung - Ti Lung, Philip Kwok 17. The Three Avengers (The Lama Avenger) - Bruce Li, Chin Yuet-Sang 18. 5 Masters of Death (5 Shaolin Masters) - David Chiang, Ti Lung 19. The Tattoo Connection - Jim Kelly, Chen Sing 20. The Ninja Warlord - Chen Sing, Yasuaki Kurata 21. The Savage Five - Chen Kuan-Tai 22. Executioners of Death (Executioners from Shaolin) - Chen Kuan-Tai, Lo Lieh 23. The Kid with the Golden Arm - Lo Meng, Sun Chien 24. Kung Fu Conspiracy (The Big Risk) - Chang Lik 25. Street Gangs of Hong Kong (The Delinquent) - Wang Chung 26. Slaughter in San Francisco - Chuck Norris, Wang Tao 27. The Tattooed Dragon - Jimmy Wang Yu 28. When Tae Kwon Do Strikes - Jhoon Rhee, Angela Mao 29. Killer from Shantung (Boxer from Shantung) - Chen Kuan-Tai 30. Shaolin Challenges Ninja (Heroes of the East) - Gordon Liu, Yasuaki Kurata 31. The Flying Guillotine - Chen Kuan-Tai 32. Challenge of the Masters - Gordon Liu, Chen Kuan-Tai 33. The Four Invincibles - Ku Feng, Hon Kwok-Choi 34. Bruce Lee: His Last Days (Bruce Lee & I) - Danny Lee, Betty Ting Pei Anyone who loves the classic kung fu movies and want to see some classic trailers of the good ol' days may want to get this and for $1.00 (got it at a local Dollar Tree store), it is worth the buck!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Righteous Master Posted February 26, 2008 Member Share Posted February 26, 2008 Wow, 1 buck? That is a great deal! I would like to check out the making of Enter the Dragon and the movie trailers. BTW, how many minutes is the making of ETD? I will have to look for this title for the above I mentioned. How is the overall video quality and sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted February 26, 2008 Author Member Share Posted February 26, 2008 Well, sadly it is transferred from the original Goodtimes Video. Goodtimes DVD released it, so they transferred it from their own video. They also have the rights I believe to some of the old kung fu films from Best Film and Video because I also bought Bruce the Superhero for only $1.00. I figured for only a buck, with all the trailers, I definitely got my money's worth. The making of Enter the Dragon lasts about 10 minutes. The ETD behind the scenes on the Enter the Dragon anniversary video/DVD is much better quality wise. The overall video is 82 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lightning hopkins Posted February 27, 2008 Member Share Posted February 27, 2008 I came across a used copy of this at a similar price and picked it up on a whim. The trailers alone make for some great entertainment, and give a nice glimpse into the grindhouse days of old. In some strange way the bad video transfer even adds to the ambience and completes the grindhouse feel -- watching the trailers in all their scratched and battered glory feels like catching the coming attractions at any 70's 42nd Street theater just before the kung fu double feature starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member venoms5 Posted February 27, 2008 Member Share Posted February 27, 2008 Used to have the Goodtimes VHS of this years back. Saw the DVD in a multipack along with some Bruce Lee films before they came out on DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted August 31, 2008 Member Share Posted August 31, 2008 This is definetly worth the $1.00. I've had this VHS for years and when it came out on DVD I picked it up again. Like lightning hopkins said, it has a real grindhouse feel to it. The Trailers are very entertaning and they even show the Shaw trailers in a back to back manner.Great for reviewing old films you may have forgotten about. The old early 70's American film, The Hand of Death has trailers in a similar manner. Check it out, there are even trailers there for films like Shanghai Killers, Dragons Never Die, The Karate Killer and Shanghai Lil and the Sun Luck Kid 50 trailers in all! The Video is out by Something Weird Video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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