Guest fightlikeapes Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 A recent email got me investigating some akas. My database has Bruce Lee Super Dragon as a valid aka for Bruce Lee A Dragon Story and Dragon Dies Hard. But the problem is I'm finding it hard to find out exactly what film/films go by the title Bruce Lee Super Dragon -- Super Dragon and Superdragon. Anybody out there who can confirm these titles? Just to realize what I'm going through with this, below is a copy of a file I started just to figure out what's what: http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=8170 Bruce Lee, We Miss You (1977) Other titles :* * * * Qui a tué Bruce Lee ? (French Title) (HK Title) Bruce Lee Superdragon (HK Title) Bruce Li Superdragon (HK Title) Dragon Dies Hard (HK Title) Golden Sun (HK Title) http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=9556&display_set=eng Dragon Dies Hard (1977) Alias: Bruce Lee, We Miss You Alias: Bruce Li, Superdragon Alias: Super Dragon Alias: Golden Sun http://www.kungfucinema.com/articles/20030427_2.html http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0071252/releaseinfo#akas Chin se tai yang (1976) Also Known As (AKA)Bruce Lee - Er bleibt der Größte* * * * West Germany Bruce Lee, Superdragon* * * * USA Bruce Lee, We Miss You* * * * (undefined) Bruce Li, Superdragon* * * * International (English title) Dragon Dies Hard* * * * International (English title) Super Dragon* * * * International (English title) http://www.geocities.com/many_bruces/reviews/wemiss.htm BRUCE LEE, WE MISS YOU Year: 1977 AKA: Golden Sun, Bruce Li Superdragon, Dragon Dies Hard, Bruce Lee Super Dragon, Superdragon http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/bruceleeadragonstory.htm http://www.geocities.com/many_bruces/reviews/adragonstory.htm BRUCE LEE, A DRAGON STORY Year: 1974 http://www.geocities.com/many_bruces/reviews/superdragon.htm SUPER DRAGON Year: 1974 AKA: Bruce Lee - Super Dragon, Superdragon - Bruce Lee Story, Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=9646&display_set=eng Bruce Lee - A Dragon Story (1974) http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=8837 Bruce Lee - A Dragon Story (1974) http://www.rarekungfumovies.com/titles/title1231.html Bruce Lee: Super Dragon ...aka "Dragon Dies Hard" ...aka "Bruce Lee We Miss You" ...aka "Tiger Claw Death Kick" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Super Dragon was the US theatrical release of the film released on DVD by Goodtimes as The Young Bruce Lee AKA Bruce Lee Superstar. I've seen a TV spot to confirm this. I've seen Super Dragon attrbuted to both Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story (released in the States theatrically as Dragon Dies Hard) and Bruce Lee: We Miss You. Confusing, isn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shukocarl Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Is this the film that has Li fight Lung Fei in a quarry setting (near to the end)...Li dressed in yellow tracksuit pants, Lung Fei in KF suit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Wrong way round. Li is in the kung fu suit, Lung Fei in GOD pants. Wei Ping Ao plays Raymond Chow (well, sort of) and there's a scene where Bruce Li battles an old man in spirit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shukocarl Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 ...you could be right...not seen it in ages....what was the deal with the old fella again? Carl:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fightlikeapes Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Super Dragon was the US theatrical release of the film released on DVD by Goodtimes as The Young Bruce Lee AKA Bruce Lee Superstar. I've seen a TV spot to confirm this. is this the TV spot your referring to www.shaolinchamber.com/video_files/TRAILERS/superdragon-trailer.wmv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 That's the one BTW, strange that the poster refers to Wang Yu. What did they do, tack on a clip from another film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fightlikeapes Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Thank you so much killer meteor. I compared the tv spot to my dvd of The Young Bruce Lee and you're dead right. So now I can confirm that Superdragon is a valid aka for The Young Bruce Lee. Now I just need to find actual confirmation that Bruce Lee Super Dragon title appears somewhere related to all of these following films: The Young Bruce Lee Bruce Lee A Dragon Story Bruce Lee We Miss You Now the weird thing is this "Jimmy Wang Yu" appearance. According to The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies, Bruce Lee A Dragon Story contains clips from Wang Yu's King of Boxers. My Good Times dvd of Bruce Lee A Dragon Story doesn't seem to have any Jimmy Wang Yu in it. My Jalisco Films dvd of Bruce Lee We Miss You also contains no Jimmy Wang Yu footage that I can see. But interestingly enough, my The Young Bruce Lee dvd from Good Times also doesn't contain any Jimmy Wang Yu but does contain a scene where Bruce Lee is directing a film and they show footage from what I'm pretty sure is The Korean Connection. So what edition of what film actually contains this Jimmy Wang Yu footage? Also you mentioned in an earlier post that Dragon Dies Hard as an aka for Bruce Lee A Dragon Story. Weird thing is though, the Hong Kong Movie Database lists Dragon Dies Hard as the "main title" for Bruce Lee We Miss You, but lobby cards online clearly show it's from Bruce Lee A Dragon Story. Are both valid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Often, such titles are randomly grafted on to semi or non legit videos or one-off theatrical showings I belive The Young Bruce Lee's proper English title is Bruce Lee: Super Star. You'll note on the Goodtimes transfer - from Ocean Shores - there's a freezeframe with the new title applied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest one armed boxer Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Is the tai seng dvd of legend of bruce lee, the same as bruce lee superstar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fightlikeapes Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Is the tai seng dvd of legend of bruce lee, the same as bruce lee superstar? it's my understanding that the Tai Seng dvd is Bruce Lee Superstar/The Young Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest one armed boxer Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 it's my understanding that the Tai Seng dvd is Bruce Lee Superstar/The Young Bruce Lee Thanks, been after bruce lee superstar a while, i have had more legend of bruce lee (bruce the king of kung fu) dvd`s off ebay, because the description make`s it appear to be bruce lee superstar. So the Tai seng on HKFlix, and went for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fightlikeapes Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 good luck one armed boxer i hope that is the movie you're looking for - would hate to steer you in the wrong direction these bruceploitation akas make me crazy - been looking into the "Bruce Lee Superdragon" problem since 3/26 when you look over the dvd if you could compare it to the the screen caps from the link below & comfirm they're the same movie that would be great www.geocities.com/many_bruces/reviews/youngbl.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest one armed boxer Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 HKflix on shipped it today, it will be over a week before i get it, but i will let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest one armed boxer Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Hi fightlikeapes The tai seng (kung fu theatre) dvd legend of bruce lee, is bruce lee superstar,Chinese Chien Chuan Kung Fu. Same one as the link you put. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fightlikeapes Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 thanks for letting me kmow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ThunderScore Posted March 20, 2010 Member Share Posted March 20, 2010 I figured it'd better to simply reply to this rather than start a new thread. Just been watching LEGEND OF BRUCE LEE (aka BRUCE LEE SUPERDRAGON aka CHINESE CHIEH CHUAN KUNG FU). It seemed different than the Allied Artists VHS I remembered from the 80s, which, after I dug it out, discovered that it's about 13 minutes shorter than the Tai Seng DVD (and Ocean Shores VHS, I'd assume). Even tho it's shorter, there's more footage from other films, including the Wang Yu title, THE SCREAMING TIGER (aka WANG YU, KING OF BOXING) in which (if I'm not mistaken) Wang Yu battles Lung Fei (who plays a different character in the Bruce Li footage!) . IIRC, the Allied Artists VHS is the version that was distributed to U.S. television stations back in the 70s-80s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted March 20, 2010 Member Share Posted March 20, 2010 I figured it'd better to simply reply to this rather than start a new thread. Just been watching LEGEND OF BRUCE LEE (aka BRUCE LEE SUPERDRAGON aka CHINESE CHIEH CHUAN KUNG FU). It seemed different than the Allied Artists VHS I remembered from the 80s, which, after I dug it out, discovered that it's about 13 minutes shorter than the Tai Seng DVD (and Ocean Shores VHS, I'd assume). Even tho it's shorter, there's more footage from other films, including the Wang Yu title, THE SCREAMING TIGER (aka WANG YU, KING OF BOXING) in which (if I'm not mistaken) Wang Yu battles Lung Fei (who plays a different character in the Bruce Li footage!) . IIRC, the Allied Artists VHS is the version that was distributed to U.S. television stations back in the 70s-80s... Ah yes, that clears the Wang Yu thing up. Cheers! My Goodtimes, under the title of YOUNG BRUCE LEE, is an Ocean Shores transfer. The dubbing, seems to be from Europe rather then Hong Kong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ThunderScore Posted March 20, 2010 Member Share Posted March 20, 2010 Ah yes, that clears the Wang Yu thing up. Cheers! My Goodtimes, under the title of YOUNG BRUCE LEE, is an Ocean Shores transfer. The dubbing, seems to be from Europe rather then Hong Kong. Most of the titles that Dick Randall distributed that I've seen were dubbed in Rome - CLONES OF BRUCE LEE, THE NINJA STRIKES BACK, PIECES, FEARLESS HYENA III... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted March 20, 2010 Member Share Posted March 20, 2010 Most of the titles that Dick Randall distributed that I've seen were dubbed in Rome - CLONES OF BRUCE LEE, THE NINJA STRIKES BACK, PIECES, FEARLESS HYENA III... Only exceptions I know of are Challenge Of The Tiger and Bruce The Super Hero - both dubbed in HK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted September 5, 2019 Member Share Posted September 5, 2019 BRUCE LEE A DRAGON STORY now has a decent DVD in Germany under the title DER BRUCE LEE STORY. It has a good anamorphic transfer of the internatonal edit - which, like GOODBYE BRUCE LEE, opens with a pop song, in this case none other than "Kung Fu Fighting", albiet what appears to be a cover - and a hybrid longversion with the extra footage from the 4:3 Ocean Shores transfer. The European produced English dub is there, as is the HK English dub. Interesting that the Germans cut most of Bruce's fight with the black thugs, probably because the choreography is awful and takes forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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