Moderator Karlos Posted March 1, 2010 Moderator Share Posted March 1, 2010 Hi all Anyone have this, or know where it can be found? Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sifu iron perm Posted March 1, 2010 Member Share Posted March 1, 2010 Mr Han has it locked up in his Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Karlos Posted March 1, 2010 Author Moderator Share Posted March 1, 2010 I wouldn't put it past him!! I've just spotted a copy on eBay but it's a little pricey. What I forgot to ask before was, if there's more than one draft out there, as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member wigsplitta Posted March 1, 2010 Member Share Posted March 1, 2010 There's another one here: http://www.totalmartialartssupplies.com/enter-the-dragon-script.html Pretty much the same price, although the postage should be cheaper than the ebay one! $50 postage for a script to the UK? That's a little on the excessive side. (unless it's the thickness of 4 x telephone directories!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Karlos Posted March 1, 2010 Author Moderator Share Posted March 1, 2010 Thanks for the info, WigSplitta!! Yeah, that's a little on the steep side - I guess they're just thinking, hey, Bruce Lee fans will pay anything!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dionbrother Posted March 2, 2010 Member Share Posted March 2, 2010 I've read it. Lee had most of Roper's dialogue with Han, and Han was a hell of a lot more formidable in the script. In fact, he was more like Yuen Hwa's character in EASTERN CONDORS. There was also some more obvious racism on the writer's part, but a little less James Bond ripoff material. There, I saved you some money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sifu iron perm Posted March 2, 2010 Member Share Posted March 2, 2010 I've read it. Lee had most of Roper's dialogue with Han, and Han was a hell of a lot more formidable in the script. In fact, he was more like Yuen Hwa's character in EASTERN CONDORS. There was also some more obvious racism on the writer's part, but a little less James Bond ripoff material. There, I saved you some money. Could you elaborate on the racism bits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dionbrother Posted March 4, 2010 Member Share Posted March 4, 2010 There was a white slavery sequence involving prostitutes that was unnecessary. It was never filmed. I couldn't spell it out in detail because I read it ten years ago. But it was like something out of an Ilsa movie and Allin wrote in some blatant race-baiting. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Karlos Posted March 4, 2010 Author Moderator Share Posted March 4, 2010 That certainly backs up the story about Allin renaming the Braithwaite character as he wanted to give Bruce a name he'd have trouble with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted March 5, 2010 Member Share Posted March 5, 2010 That certainly backs up the story about Allin renaming the Braithwaite character as he wanted to give Bruce a name he'd have trouble with. It also backs up the story of actor Rockne Tarkington walking away from the project at the 11th hour, thus leaving them to scramble and find Jim Kelly as his replacement. Tarkington was like, "This is some racist-bulls#$*!, Mr. Weintraub!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Karlos Posted March 5, 2010 Author Moderator Share Posted March 5, 2010 It also backs up the story of actor Rockne Tarkington walking away from the project at the 11th hour, thus leaving them to scramble and find Jim Kelly as his replacement. Tarkington was like, "This is some racist-bulls#$*!, Mr. Weintraub!" Whoa! Really? Wow, did not know that! Thanks for the info, Dragon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jesse Smooth Posted March 6, 2010 Member Share Posted March 6, 2010 Tarkington would later on become Black Samson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted March 6, 2010 Member Share Posted March 6, 2010 Tarkington would later on become Black Samson! o5a6igG29yk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sifu iron perm Posted March 6, 2010 Member Share Posted March 6, 2010 Allin also scripted black samson, or was it Truck Turner? Im eager to get the ETD script!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted March 6, 2010 Administrator Share Posted March 6, 2010 It also backs up the story of actor Rockne Tarkington walking away from the project at the 11th hour, thus leaving them to scramble and find Jim Kelly as his replacement. Tarkington was like, "This is some racist-bulls#$*!, Mr. Weintraub!" Wow, what a different film this would have been with Trkington instead of Kelly! I just watched Tarkington in BLACK SAMSON and he has a great presence on film, looks cool, and is a good actor. But based soley on the action scenes he did in BS, he was game, and went for it full force, but it didn't appear that he had any notable martial arts skills. Of course, as I said, this observation is based solely on one performance, but I doubt he could have played the fight scenes as well as Kelly. I know Ive seen RT in other stuff, but it was long ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sifu iron perm Posted March 6, 2010 Member Share Posted March 6, 2010 I've always heard that Ron Van Cleef was suppoedly to have played the Williams role, for unfortunate circumstances he injured his leg and had to withdraw from production ..is this bull? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted March 6, 2010 Member Share Posted March 6, 2010 I've always heard that Ron Van Cleef was suppoedly to have played the Williams role, for unfortunate circumstances he injured his leg and had to withdraw from production ..is this bull? I've never heard that:angel:, however, he did have a relationship with Bruce going back to the 60's, so it's possible he was considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dionbrother Posted March 7, 2010 Member Share Posted March 7, 2010 I'd always heard it was William Smith and Rockne Tarkington that were lined up to play Roper and Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Karlos Posted March 7, 2010 Author Moderator Share Posted March 7, 2010 I'd always heard it was William Smith and Rockne Tarkington that were lined up to play Roper and Williams. Really? The great William Smith? Wow, that would've been something to see! Shame Tarkington ended up in crap like DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted March 7, 2010 Administrator Share Posted March 7, 2010 William Smith played the main villain in BLACK SAMSON. That guy was really ripped! I always thought he was great in the Clint Eastwood movie EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE. He would have made a much less dapper, but way more menacing Roper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member gorhama Posted March 7, 2010 Member Share Posted March 7, 2010 William Smith played the main villain in BLACK SAMSON. That guy was really ripped! I always thought he was great in the Clint Eastwood movie EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE. He would have made a much less dapper, but way more menacing Roper. Wow Roper would have actually been bad ass then!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sifu iron perm Posted March 7, 2010 Member Share Posted March 7, 2010 Its funny yet strange that Roper (saxon) faced two deadly figures with sharp objects for hands!! mr han and freddy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jesse Smooth Posted March 7, 2010 Member Share Posted March 7, 2010 William Smith played the main villain in BLACK SAMSON. That guy was really ripped! I always thought he was great in the Clint Eastwood movie EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE. He would have made a much less dapper, but way more menacing Roper. I agree with you on Smith as Roper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dionbrother Posted March 7, 2010 Member Share Posted March 7, 2010 Smith was in ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN, the sequel to EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE. He was also in good with WB, starring in their B pictures as heroes and villains, and almost played Kwai Chang Caine in KUNG FU, going so far as to shoot a test reel with director Jerry London! He worked with Clouse on DARKER THAN AMBER, a movie with an amazing brawl that was the reason Bruce approved of Clouse directing ENTER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Karlos Posted March 9, 2010 Author Moderator Share Posted March 9, 2010 Finally saw the late, great Isaac Hayes' film, TRUCK TURNER last night. Had no idea this was written by Michael Allin and produced by Heller & Weintraub - in other words, the guys behind ENTER THE DRAGON! Really enjoyed this, a fun film with an excellent performance from none other than Nichelle "Uhura" Nichols as a truly frightening pimp! Wish she'd had the chance to bring some of that flavor to her Star Trek role. "Lt. Uhura, open all hailing frequencies." "Fuck you, cracker!" Yeah, that's a show I'd watch every week!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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