I once had a conversation with an ex air hostess who actually seen Bruce when he was filming in Italy at the time but didn't know who he was till after his death. I was so jealous lol
@@StripeyR I have an interesting similar story.. I was told by a school friend about his parents living in HK near Bettys apartment !! they would see him visiting and refer to him as the bit on the side ... they had no idea who he was until after he died and it was big news , the lads father was sationed in hk with the army ..
There was one big thing that i noticed with this movie , is when they released as Return of The Dragon in the United States , there was these at list 3 scenes left out that was in The Way Of The Dragon release , the 2 scenes at the restaurants where he eats the soup and at the end when they were supposed to meet the Boss , and the one scene where He goes back to that woman's apartment where she comes out topless .
@@mormovies Yea maybe so , but they may have felt that it was not needed and maybe also to shorten movie time length , now true fans will want to see every minute , were as a regular movie goer some of the scenes removed not an Issue , as long as most of the action scenes are left in .
@@kidhickey1659 I think it would have caused serious issues with U.S. theater projectionists trying to focus a long blurry sequence. Otherwise, they wouldn't have tampered with it.
here's one for you. In the final cemetery scene, Chin Ti's character (Ah Gung) is only seen from behind in the wide shots (the close up shot of him waving was a pick-up filmed in HK). The person on standing in for him on location was Chaplin Chang.
Nice work Stripey. I've been a huge Bruce Lee fan since forever. 🙂. The scene where Chuck Norris(Colt) arrived in an airplane, was actually Chuck Norris arriving in Rome. They just shot that part and added it to the movie.
Block's book image of "The Legend Of Bruce Lee" had an interesting paragraph. For the mechanics of the nunchaku, he interviewed the biggest martial arts teacher of my home town, Joe Artesi. IIRC, there was a comparison to the physics of the weapon and the human body.
Bruce Lee also did a joke of himself in the film where he got a lookalike to wear shades and long sleeved brown patterned shirt in the restaurant scenes.
Another fab video,I also sat at that bench near the fountains after over a hour wait as there were 2 young people laying there .. lol the girlfriend was very patient with me and in the end I’ve got to sit there. I was a happy man.😂 look forward to the next one take care 👍🏻
It's said Chuck Norris & Bob Wall were teacher & student & knew each other well. When Chuck said Bob's his student, he didn't acknowledge the character. Rather Norris addressed his friend.
I didn't realize Linda sold the company to Raymond Chow and he in turn sold it all, huh. Another great video Stripey, thanks for these. Strange that Longo's marriage was hard for you confirm, I wonder if that means anything. It is a different time so it may be hard to track records.
Great video Stripey. Always great to see what others notice in these films. The one thing i always think about when seeing videos on WOTD, was how completely butchered it was here in the UK for so long...
Excellent trivia Stripey! Some of these are new to me: Jim James and Chuck’s folded belt! Very interesting indeed! To be honest the girls had to go through the screen tests as it’s a standard procedure but the role was guaranteed to Nora Miao. Your channel is getting better and better at the point that I can see it going mainstream. Great stuff as usual brother! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thank you Hector, that's really kind of you to say 🙏 Like I mention in the video, Bruce aficionados will know a lot of these things, but I like to share some common info with new people getting into Bruce Lee. Thanks again brother 👍
I wonder whether he was supposed to have been called Fred, but that Chuck simply made a mistake and called him by his real name instead of his character’s name.
Hi Stripey love the channel 😊👍 ,don’t know if you’ve mentioned it before but I never understood why Bruce allowed make up to comb his hair when fighting ,he wanted to create a sense of realism,but in way of the dragon and fist of fury he would have a explosive fight scene then you would look and his hair was combed 🤷♂️ love Bruce been a fan for 50+ years
Nice work again Stripey 😊... I'm afraid Raymond not being able to aquire most of Bruce's shares in concord while he was alive but buys the lot in death can't paint him in a good light. Still say he had a part to play in Bruce's passing. As his gain was immense.
Never thought of the thumbs down scene, but yeah it's pretty obvious, lol. Also nice of you to include some extra information at the end of the casting people and the extra who played the doctor, had no clue. Great job as always Stripey.
Great video Stripey. The scene with Jim James makes me laugh every time. Who’s walking in to a restaurant when you’ve just seen a boat load of guys carried out 😂 Must really love Chinese food 😋
Hey stripey hope you are well pal, I'm no expert on bruce lee, but i have researched quite alot of material on the legend, Bruce's baby way of the dragon aka Return of the Dragon over seas America, is without a doubt a great martial arts movie, with humour and action, nora miao said that, in way of the dragon that's the way bruce was in real life, which makes the movie, that much better, like i previously said, i didn't see the way of the dragon till the early 90s, when my best friend gave me the movie uncut, with The Big Boss, Fist of fury, and enter the dragon, and man when I seen him using double nunchucku omg i couldn't stop rewinding it 😂🤷♂️unfortunately the big boss has no saw to the head, even from the Lebanon it wasn't in the movie, but fist of fury was uncut in its full glory and the way of the dragon, also enter the dragon, i already had Enter the dragon rare uncut version big book like case uncut which my father got, sure if my memory serves me, they used to show enter the dragon on tv in the 80s uncut, no abbot scene, or the extra scene in the mirror room, which i never liked, i grew up with the theatrical cut, which i now have in glorious 4k Ultra HD ultimate edition, they also gave the 40th anniversary blu Ray HD enter the dragon, which i missed out on, it crazy to imagine, the way of the dragon, is the only Chinese movie made in Italy, and since then no other martial arts movie has been been made in the spectacular colosseum, another great video stripey, on till next time, you keep well my friend, support always from Ireland ✌️🇮🇪✌️🐉🙏🐲#1940to1973 #BRUCELEE #FOREVERYOUNG #JEETKUNEDO #THELITTLEDRAGON #THEWAYOFTHEDRAGON #RETURNOFTHEDRAGON #MENGLONGGUO #THEFIERCEDRAGONCROSSESTHERIVER #WORKIGTITLEENTERTHEDRAGON #RELEASEDATE30THDECEMBER1972
Hi stripey. No need to apologize . I am married for 39 years. I understand. . Again I learn so much from your video. Great job 👍 keep it up! Here in the New York City , I saw it as return of the dragon. Enjoy your day my friend.
Great video. Been to Bruce’s grave several times & had the honor of meeting Shannon his daughter. Way of The Dragon is one of my absolute favorite movies to this day. Love at the fun facts in your videos.
Great video as always Stripey and great photos of you in Rome, you lucky thing you! I could be wrong but I thought the bank manager was part of the production team, there is a photo of Bruce sat on his shoulders in Italy 😊. I knew about Concord Productions, some things I didn't notice in the film regards continuity, the black belt I didn't notice or Colt standing in the open, but I guess I was too wrapped up in anticipation of the fight scenes 😊. I certainly didn't know about the lady being married to the bank manager though. I've watched all of Bruce's films so many times and there's still things to see and learn about them😊 Thank you again and have a great weekend 😊✌️
Thank you. I loved Rome, and one day i'd love to go back. My holy grail is Seattle to visit the grave of Bruce and Brandon & of course Hong Kong. I'm glad you got something from the video, I know you seen Bruce's films countless times, so for me that's just great. Cheers again & have a great weekend yourself 👍
I can't remember where I heard this, but when Chuck went to HK to film the rest of Twotd he bought Bob Wall with him without notifying Bruce. Bruce still managed find a role & include Bob in the film.
Thank you for sharing your details regarding Bruce Lee. I was very young when Bruce Lee's movies came to New Zealand 🇳🇿, Myself, Cousins and friends were instant massive fans of Bruce Lee, oddly enough after watching Big Boss for the first time, we instantly were all "Black Belts" 😅😂
Very good video Stripey I have always noticed When Bruce is about to take on the bearded thug for the first time Nora Miao does a giggle always brings a smile on my face…very glad Bruce picked her for the role
Great job again Stripey. Bruce also did the drum beats sound too. So if anyone who wants to know about the real Bruce Lee, the Way of the Dragon is a gold mine. Also, Bruce might be the first to write and direct a film in HK, taking from his experience in Hollywood and making a standard for the HK film industry.
gotta love that Concord moon logo ! wasnt it cool on the final game of death edit by arrow . the writing could bee 'Jeet Kune Lee' and 'abolish wing chun' ?
I love the Concord intro, & yes I was chuffed when Arrow used it fo the Final GOD (it added a little more Bruce in my humble opinion) That could be "Abolish Wing Chun" mate. Cheers Steve 👍
Hi Stripey. The " grafitti" on the set walls. I've noticed many times and one looks like Bruce's handwriting and says " Jeet kune do lives" or something like that. The one in your still shot looks like " abolish.. " but cant be sure. Ricardo Billi was the location manager for the rome scenes. Malisa Longo's nude scene is actually shot inside Bruce's hotel room at the Flora hotel in Rome. The managementgave me the room number once and I lost it.
Great video as usual. I have an issue of Eastern Heroes that talks about the writing on the walls. But they just speculate as the images aren't clear enough. Bruce had written Linda's name on one wall though. Another, they think is maybe Bob Wall leaving an inscription.
Stripey, as usual great vlog packed with great info! Now, here in the U.S. it was known that the reason for the title "Return of the Dragon" had more to do with the appearance of Bruce once again on the big screen in a motion picture shortly after his passing, hence the word "Return" being put in and also the tag line during the commercials here "boy can we use him now", however I am also sure that it was also done in order to capitalize on ETD which in actuality didn't need to be done since by that time off the strength of FOF (aka) "Chinese Connection" Bruce was already a pretty big thing here since we all knew him from the "Green Hornet". Love the videos and I love the inserts, would love it as my t.v. screen saver!!! Stay well Stripey and keep 'em coming 😃🙏
One fact that I picked up when I was a kid was when Bruce is fighting the japanese Karate fighter, as the fighter is struggling to stand back up, Bruce waves his finger telling him to not get up. Later on when he is fighting Colt, Colt mocks him by doing the same gesture. I always thought that this meant Colt was secretly watching Tang fighting, studying his moves.
Looking forward to the "Ten Things" series and was blown away with the trivias and infos. Please keep 'em coming! However, I think that Betty"s presence were more personal and not for vying the Miss Chen's role. Her pictures with The Dragon were mostly during the shoot for the climactic fight with Chuck Norris and I presumed the lovely Nora Miao was already cast.
@@StripeyR Thank You for responding-really appreciate your taking the time.With the gazillion times I've watched the film-2 things always puzzled me. What was the reason for the "Uncle" to send a letter asking for Tang Lung's return to HK? And after saying goodbye in the cemetery, Tang choosed to walk in the sunset in the end credits-was he walking all the way back to the Airport?...I know it's symbolic and all, in reference to the movie title, but wasn't he a "fish out of water" in Rome?... I just realised the ironic premonition of the cemetery scenes from "Fist..." to "ETD"... Thanks for the indulgences!-subscriber from Manila, Philippines.
Nice one, Stripey! Even more annoying/confusing, in the US they retitled The Big Boss as Fists of Fury (plural). But Big Boss was also known as The Chinese Connection in the US as well!
Anders Nelsson made a brief appearance in Jackie Chan’s _Miracles_ (1989). He grew a moustache and beard to better disguise the scar he picked up from that nunchaku incident.
@StripeyRambles it's been a while buddy, hope you're well. I caught the last part of it but will re watch it over the Easter weekend while at work, as it will be a chilled one. This life in 10 pictures, is it a NEW thing they've started? Also at the end of it they said next week is Robin Williams, that will be a tough one to watch! Loved him, he was one of my favourite comedic actors, another gone too soon! 😢 I found the Robin Williams one, I'll be giving that a wtach soon for sure.
Hi Stripey great vid again. Betty Ting Pei was not on the set of Way for a possible role. Filming had already begun and she was just visiting. Steve Kerridge mentions the auditions on the Kung Fu Genius podcast which im sure you've seen. His WOTD book will be good, the info he gets is probably the best out there. Any chance you could do a video about the various Nunchaku Bruce used in the movies?
Cheers, Pal. I heard Betty was a could have been (I must of misunderstood that) Steve Kerridge is a very reliable source, and I too can't wait for his WOTD book to get released. I watch all the KFG Bruce Lee videos (Alex is great) I've added the Nunchaku idea to my list of topics to cover, mate 👍
@StripeyR awesome! Yeah the KFG podcast is great he has some good Bruce knowledge and I love it when he goes into HK Wing Chun history. Keep your videos coming I always look forward to these
Actually it was 80% filmed in Hong Kong. In Rome just airport scene, sexy scene, Bruce and Nora hangin' around and Bruce looking for Chuck at Colosseum (a stealed scene, no official permission to film in Colosseum, Riccardo Billi paid a bribe to guardians). All the fights with henchmen and all restaurant scenes and final battle with Bob, Sik and Norris, everything was made in Hong Kong. Malisa Longo she's actually a friend of mine and still gorgeous.Nice video. Ciao
Thanks, Pal, So it was Riccardo who got them into the Colosseum...Interesting. Bob Wall has claimed it was him 🤦♂ I knew most of The Way of the Dragon was filmed in Hong Kong. Thanks for the comment, my friend 👍
@@StripeyR Great Going Stripey! Yeah, Riccardo got them into Colosseum and into Villa D'Este in Tivoli (you know, the fountains scene). The scene made in the streets and Piazza Navona were stolen without permissions. Malisa (Riccardo's wife) told me that Bruce asked 120 millions of lira (more or less 60.000 US dollars, back then) to Riccardo in order to coproduce his next movie (Game of Death), but Riccardo refused because Bruce was unknown outside Orient.Ciao.
Great video as usual Stripey! Forever I've tried to learn about Bruce Lee's battle cries on 35mm North American prints of Return Of The Dragon. It's different than Way Of The Dragon which is clearly Bruce. Return Of The Dragon is either someone doing his best imitation or a different version done by Bruce? I believe early VHS and DVD versions of Return are this way. It was not until I got the Hong Kong Legends version of Way Of The Dragon that I knew about this. Would love to get to the bottom of it before I die. :)
As iam aware he recorded 2 different battle cries for way of the dragon 1 for the mandarin/Cantonese dub and 1 for the English dub I don't know why probably because he had more control of this movie. He only did 1 each for fist of fury and enter the dragon. In the big boss he didn't record any because whilst in post production he was in the states filming further episodes of longstreet. His battle cries are later heard in the 1982/83 Cantonese release which were taken from fist of fury way of the dragon and enter the dragon. Hope this helps pal 👍
You forgot to add that Joe Lewis was originally cast as Colt until both Lee and Lewis had a falling out. That is when Lee called Norris which would open doors for Norris as a star of his own right.
@@StripeyR I doubt that Joe Lewis was the original cast, as Bruce and Joe had a major fallout (see Wrath of the Dragon) before Bruce returned to Hong Kong to make his movies.
Wicked video Stripey interesting note about the invisible fist it was directed by Ng See Yuen who gave us snake in the Eagles shadow and the man the myth among many other classics 🐲👍
Cheers bud. Kung Fu The Invisible Fist is on CZcams, mate (I've not seen the whole movie yet) but your 100% correct, it was directed Ng See Yuen, who also done Game of Death II 👍
The English dub for Return of the Dragon ,the black thug who orders Chinese Spareribs was dubbed in with a Jive Streetwise Ghetto Hoodlum Accent. But in the Way of the Dragon original audio has the black thug speak with a British accent.
At around the 10 minute mark of Way of the Dragon, when Bruce and Nora were making their way out of the airport, there is a girl sitting down at the waiting area wearing a pink jacket. It looks as though she is picking her nose. She pulls out her finger, looks at it, takes out the gum that she is chewing, and maybe eats the booger (can't really see because someone walked right in front of her in that exact moment).
Great video as always stripey . 10/10 The only one I didn't know , was that the way of the dragon could have been called enter the dragon, that's a real surprise for me.
Hey stripey I was hoping it would pop up here but I was just wondering if you know why that cat pops up in the great fight between Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris
Hey bud. I'm not 100% but I think the cat is symbolic of Bruce, when the cat stretches it's back, so does Bruce, & when the cat is playing with the pebble, I think that represents Tang (Bruce) playing with Colt (Chuck). That's how I always see it. 👍
Yet another cool and interesting video mate I knew a few of these the rest were cool to hear stripey.your vids are always enjoyable keep them coming.all the best Pete
@@StripeyR The 1993 20th Anniversary HK VHS box set released by Australia's village roadshow had the uncut and untitled Way of the Dragon, and had end titles.
@@StripeyR Bruce Lee loved big breasted women especially statues and paintings of nude women which were a showpiece at his abode in Hong Kong, i have no objections to his good tastes in women haha.
Any info on the chalk mark graffiti during the colosseum fight scene. I wrote a whole article about it for Eastern Heroes magazine, but there still doesn't seem to be any further info.
If I ever get the power of Time Travel I wanna Meet Bruce lee and won't let him go to Betty ting pei apartment and save Brandon too from getting shot too
I once had a conversation with an ex air hostess who actually seen Bruce when he was filming in Italy at the time but didn't know who he was till after his death. I was so jealous lol
That's really cool 👍
@@StripeyR I have an interesting similar story.. I was told by a school friend about his parents living in HK near Bettys apartment !! they would see him visiting and refer to him as the bit on the side ... they had no idea who he was until after he died and it was big news , the lads father was sationed in hk with the army ..
Impressive
Everyone’s these days has a story that someone they knew, knew Bruce Lee 🤣 doubt it very much.
There was one big thing that i noticed with this movie , is when they released as Return of The Dragon in the United States , there was these at list 3 scenes left out that was in The Way Of The Dragon release , the 2 scenes at the restaurants where he eats the soup and at the end when they were supposed to meet the Boss , and the one scene where He goes back to that woman's apartment where she comes out topless .
I always assumed the U.S. distributor deleted these inconsequential scenes because they shot out of focus!
@@mormovies Yea maybe so , but they may have felt that it was not needed and maybe also to shorten movie time length , now true fans will want to see every minute , were as a regular movie goer some of the scenes removed not an Issue , as long as most of the action scenes are left in .
@@kidhickey1659 I think it would have caused serious issues with U.S. theater projectionists trying to focus a long blurry sequence. Otherwise, they wouldn't have tampered with it.
here's one for you. In the final cemetery scene, Chin Ti's character (Ah Gung) is only seen from behind in the wide shots (the close up shot of him waving was a pick-up filmed in HK). The person on standing in for him on location was Chaplin Chang.
I'm really enjoying these "10 Things about..." videos. But then I pretty much enjoy all your videos.
Thank you bud, i appreciate it 👍
No need to apologise Stripey! Your content is always gold!
Cheers Bud 👍
bottom of the note reads "Tang Lung must leave Rome before midnight!!"
Thanks pal 👍
@@StripeyR You're welcome. 100% Bruce's caligraphy on that note.
Nice work Stripey. I've been a huge Bruce Lee fan since forever. 🙂.
The scene where Chuck Norris(Colt) arrived in an airplane, was actually Chuck Norris arriving in Rome. They just shot that part and added it to the movie.
Cheers Bud. Yes I heard Bob Wall talk about the plane arrival scene with Chuck. Cool bit of trivia. 👍
I never noticed Bruces handwriting on the note before but now that you mention it , its SO OBVIOUS ! Cheers Stripey
Same here, mate 👍
Block's book image of "The Legend Of Bruce Lee" had an interesting paragraph. For the mechanics of the nunchaku, he interviewed the biggest martial arts teacher of my home town, Joe Artesi. IIRC, there was a comparison to the physics of the weapon and the human body.
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The letter in Way of the Dragon reads, “To whom it may concern. Bullets are faster than anything. Tang Long must leave Rome before midnight “.
Bruce Lee also did a joke of himself in the film where he got a lookalike to wear shades and long sleeved brown patterned shirt in the restaurant scenes.
Factful information !!! Very interesting, thanks for sharing..
Wow! Thanks, this makes me want to watch the film now!
Excellent video Stripey! A few of the trivia I knew, but much more I didn't know. Thanks Stripey, cheers !🍻
Thanks pal 👍
You're amazing I really love this and learning new interesting stuff about Bruce Lee
Thank you. I'm glad you got something from this video. Cheers 👍
Another fab video,I also sat at that bench near the fountains after over a hour wait as there were 2 young people laying there .. lol the girlfriend was very patient with me and in the end I’ve got to sit there. I was a happy man.😂 look forward to the next one take care 👍🏻
It's said Chuck Norris & Bob Wall were teacher & student & knew each other well. When Chuck said Bob's his student, he didn't acknowledge the character. Rather Norris addressed his friend.
I didn't realize Linda sold the company to Raymond Chow and he in turn sold it all, huh.
Another great video Stripey, thanks for these. Strange that Longo's marriage was hard for you confirm, I wonder if that means anything. It is a different time so it may be hard to track records.
Your information is absolutely fantastic stripey
Thank you 👍
This was his widows favorite movie of Bruce's.
Great video Stripey. Always great to see what others notice in these films. The one thing i always think about when seeing videos on WOTD, was how completely butchered it was here in the UK for so long...
Cheers bud. I was going to mention this, but I covered the Way of the Dragon & the Censors quite extensively in a previous video. 👍
@@StripeyR great video as well stripey brilliant 👏
Excellent trivia Stripey! Some of these are new to me: Jim James and Chuck’s folded belt! Very interesting indeed! To be honest the girls had to go through the screen tests as it’s a standard procedure but the role was guaranteed to Nora Miao. Your channel is getting better and better at the point that I can see it going mainstream. Great stuff as usual brother! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thank you Hector, that's really kind of you to say 🙏
Like I mention in the video, Bruce aficionados will know a lot of these things, but I like to share some common info with new people getting into Bruce Lee.
Thanks again brother 👍
Awesome factoids again, Stripey. Bob Wall aka Fred! Lol I never noticed that in the credits..
Cheers Pal. That one made me chuckle too 👍
I wonder whether he was supposed to have been called Fred, but that Chuck simply made a mistake and called him by his real name instead of his character’s name.
Huge Bruce Lee fan here. Love your channel! I wrote my university dissertation on Bruce Lee :) still learning things from your content. thanks!
That's awesome, mate, cheers 👍
Hi Stripey love the channel 😊👍 ,don’t know if you’ve mentioned it before but I never understood why Bruce allowed make up to comb his hair when fighting ,he wanted to create a sense of realism,but in way of the dragon and fist of fury he would have a explosive fight scene then you would look and his hair was combed 🤷♂️ love Bruce been a fan for 50+ years
Nice work again Stripey 😊...
I'm afraid Raymond not being able to aquire most of Bruce's shares in concord while he was alive but buys the lot in death can't paint him in a good light.
Still say he had a part to play in Bruce's passing. As his gain was immense.
Cheers bud. There are quite a few people think Raymond Chow, had his hand in Bruce's demise (I'm not too sure tho) 👍
Never thought of the thumbs down scene, but yeah it's pretty obvious, lol. Also nice of you to include some extra information at the end of the casting people and the extra who played the doctor, had no clue. Great job as always Stripey.
Thank you, mate. I'm glad you enjoyed the ten things + 👍
More golden nuggets of delight Stripey! Thanks for this, be well my friend!
Thank you bud 👍
Great video Stripey. The scene with Jim James makes me laugh every time. Who’s walking in to a restaurant when you’ve just seen a boat load of guys carried out 😂 Must really love Chinese food 😋
Cheers bud. I'd not thought of that before (made me chuckle) 👍
Brilliant stripey and I never knew the things you mentioned so excellent 👏 keep up the good work
I'm glad you enjoyed it, mate. Thanks 👍
Hey stripey hope you are well pal, I'm no expert on bruce lee, but i have researched quite alot of material on the legend, Bruce's baby way of the dragon aka Return of the Dragon over seas America, is without a doubt a great martial arts movie, with humour and action, nora miao said that, in way of the dragon that's the way bruce was in real life, which makes the movie, that much better, like i previously said, i didn't see the way of the dragon till the early 90s, when my best friend gave me the movie uncut, with The Big Boss, Fist of fury, and enter the dragon, and man when I seen him using double nunchucku omg i couldn't stop rewinding it 😂🤷♂️unfortunately the big boss has no saw to the head, even from the Lebanon it wasn't in the movie, but fist of fury was uncut in its full glory and the way of the dragon, also enter the dragon, i already had Enter the dragon rare uncut version big book like case uncut which my father got, sure if my memory serves me, they used to show enter the dragon on tv in the 80s uncut, no abbot scene, or the extra scene in the mirror room, which i never liked, i grew up with the theatrical cut, which i now have in glorious 4k Ultra HD ultimate edition, they also gave the 40th anniversary blu Ray HD enter the dragon, which i missed out on, it crazy to imagine, the way of the dragon, is the only Chinese movie made in Italy, and since then no other martial arts movie has been been made in the spectacular colosseum, another great video stripey, on till next time, you keep well my friend, support always from Ireland ✌️🇮🇪✌️🐉🙏🐲#1940to1973 #BRUCELEE #FOREVERYOUNG #JEETKUNEDO #THELITTLEDRAGON #THEWAYOFTHEDRAGON #RETURNOFTHEDRAGON #MENGLONGGUO #THEFIERCEDRAGONCROSSESTHERIVER #WORKIGTITLEENTERTHEDRAGON #RELEASEDATE30THDECEMBER1972
Hi stripey. No need to apologize . I am married for 39 years. I understand. . Again I learn so much from your video. Great job 👍 keep it up! Here in the New York City , I saw it as return of the dragon. Enjoy your day my friend.
Cheers, mate. Sometimes these things have to be done (married life)
I'm glad you enjoyed the content.
Have a great weekend pal 👍
Good stuff as usual stripey
Great video. Been to Bruce’s grave several times & had the honor of meeting Shannon his daughter. Way of The Dragon is one of my absolute favorite movies to this day. Love at the fun facts in your videos.
Thanks Stripey another great video
Cheers bud 👍
Great video as always Stripey and great photos of you in Rome, you lucky thing you!
I could be wrong but I thought the bank manager was part of the production team, there is a photo of Bruce sat on his shoulders in Italy 😊.
I knew about Concord Productions, some things I didn't notice in the film regards continuity, the black belt I didn't notice or Colt standing in the open, but I guess I was too wrapped up in anticipation of the fight scenes 😊.
I certainly didn't know about the lady being married to the bank manager though.
I've watched all of Bruce's films so many times and there's still things to see and learn about them😊
Thank you again and have a great weekend 😊✌️
Thank you.
I loved Rome, and one day i'd love to go back. My holy grail is Seattle to visit the grave of Bruce and Brandon & of course Hong Kong.
I'm glad you got something from the video, I know you seen Bruce's films countless times, so for me that's just great.
Cheers again & have a great weekend yourself 👍
@@StripeyR Thank you Stripey.
Seattle is on my bucket list, I hope you get there 😊✌️
Stripey great video keep up the great work pal love your pics in Italy I want to go to seattle to visit hes grave one day hopefully soon
Take care pal
Thanks, mate. Going to Seattle to pay my respects to Bruce & Brandon is my Holy Grail too. 👍
I can't remember where I heard this, but when Chuck went to HK to film the rest of Twotd he bought Bob Wall with him without notifying Bruce. Bruce still managed find a role & include Bob in the film.
I heard Bruce said "What did you bring him for?" 👍
@@StripeyR 😂i can believe that!
Thank you for sharing your details regarding Bruce Lee. I was very young when Bruce Lee's movies came to New Zealand 🇳🇿, Myself, Cousins and friends were instant massive fans of Bruce Lee, oddly enough after watching Big Boss for the first time, we instantly were all "Black Belts" 😅😂
Thank for watching, Pal.
I think Bruce had that effect on many of us 😆Whhhaaatttaaa😅👍
Hello Stripey
One more reason for being sad Bruce did only 5 movies : no more trivia videos.
Thanks again and take care !
Cheers bud 👍
Very good video Stripey
I have always noticed When Bruce is about to take on the bearded thug for the first time Nora Miao does a giggle always brings a smile on my face…very glad Bruce picked her for the role
Thank you. bud.
I always notice Nora smile at the same bit too 👍
Really enjoyed this episode
Thank you, mate 👍
Great Work 👍🏾
@shaqulclayton6668 Thank you 👍
Great job again Stripey. Bruce also did the drum beats sound too. So if anyone who wants to know about the real Bruce Lee, the Way of the Dragon is a gold mine. Also, Bruce might be the first to write and direct a film in HK, taking from his experience in Hollywood and making a standard for the HK film industry.
Cheers bud. Yes, I did hear Bruce played percussion on some of the music. 👍
gotta love that Concord moon logo ! wasnt it cool on the final game of death edit by arrow .
the writing could bee 'Jeet Kune Lee' and 'abolish wing chun' ?
I love the Concord intro, & yes I was chuffed when Arrow used it fo the Final GOD (it added a little more Bruce in my humble opinion)
That could be "Abolish Wing Chun" mate.
Cheers Steve 👍
Hi Stripey. The " grafitti" on the set walls. I've noticed many times and one looks like Bruce's handwriting and says " Jeet kune do lives" or something like that. The one in your still shot looks like " abolish.. " but cant be sure. Ricardo Billi was the location manager for the rome scenes. Malisa Longo's nude scene is actually shot inside Bruce's hotel room at the Flora hotel in Rome. The managementgave me the room number once and I lost it.
Have to say ...got me with some of them!! Great video! just goes to show you.. never to late for a new bit of Bruce info! Respect..Shane.
Awesome, mate. I'm glad you got something from watching.
Cheers Pal 👍
The red Mercedes at the end with John Benn (Boss) in it, was owned by Bruce. He told John he could drive in it, but had to be carefull with the car.
I did know this bit of trivia, I've listened to Jon Ben talk about it 👍
actually, although not active, Concord Productions Ltd wasn't dissolved until 2001.
Love the content stripey keep bringing the knowledge
Thank you, mate. Will do 👍
Great video as usual. I have an issue of Eastern Heroes that talks about the writing on the walls. But they just speculate as the images aren't clear enough. Bruce had written Linda's name on one wall though. Another, they think is maybe Bob Wall leaving an inscription.
Great show lets have more of the same. Well done
Thank you. I'm working on them, mate 👍
Irene Ryderwas sadly the victim of a brutal acid attack, sickening.
love your shirt, mate
Thanks, pal 👍
Stripey, as usual great vlog packed with great info! Now, here in the U.S. it was known that the reason for the title "Return of the Dragon" had more to do with the appearance of Bruce once again on the big screen in a motion picture shortly after his passing, hence the word "Return" being put in and also the tag line during the commercials here "boy can we use him now", however I am also sure that it was also done in order to capitalize on ETD which in actuality didn't need to be done since by that time off the strength of FOF (aka) "Chinese Connection" Bruce was already a pretty big thing here since we all knew him from the "Green Hornet". Love the videos and I love the inserts, would love it as my t.v. screen saver!!! Stay well Stripey and keep 'em coming 😃🙏
One fact that I picked up when I was a kid was when Bruce is fighting the japanese Karate fighter, as the fighter is struggling to stand back up, Bruce waves his finger telling him to not get up. Later on when he is fighting Colt, Colt mocks him by doing the same gesture. I always thought that this meant Colt was secretly watching Tang fighting, studying his moves.
Looking forward to the "Ten Things" series and was blown away with the trivias and infos.
Please keep 'em coming!
However, I think that Betty"s presence were more personal and not for vying the Miss Chen's role.
Her pictures with The Dragon were mostly during the shoot for the climactic fight with Chuck Norris and I presumed the lovely Nora Miao was already cast.
Thank you. you're probably correct on Betty, It's just something that I heard. 👍
@@StripeyR Thank You for responding-really appreciate your taking the time.With the gazillion times I've watched the film-2 things always puzzled me.
What was the reason for the "Uncle" to send a letter asking for Tang Lung's return to HK?
And after saying goodbye in the cemetery, Tang choosed to walk in the sunset in the end credits-was he walking all the way back to the Airport?...I know it's symbolic and all, in reference to the movie title, but wasn't he a "fish out of water" in Rome?...
I just realised the ironic premonition of the cemetery scenes from "Fist..." to "ETD"...
Thanks for the indulgences!-subscriber from Manila, Philippines.
Nice one, Stripey! Even more annoying/confusing, in the US they retitled The Big Boss as Fists of Fury (plural). But Big Boss was also known as The Chinese Connection in the US as well!
Anders Nelsson made a brief appearance in Jackie Chan’s _Miracles_ (1989). He grew a moustache and beard to better disguise the scar he picked up from that nunchaku incident.
@StripeyRambles it's been a while buddy, hope you're well. I caught the last part of it but will re watch it over the Easter weekend while at work, as it will be a chilled one. This life in 10 pictures, is it a NEW thing they've started? Also at the end of it they said next week is Robin Williams, that will be a tough one to watch! Loved him, he was one of my favourite comedic actors, another gone too soon! 😢
I found the Robin Williams one, I'll be giving that a wtach soon for sure.
Thank you Stripey.
Thanks for watching 👍
Top ramble stripes as always I hope you're doing well. Class bud 👏
Cheers Pal. I'm doing well thank you 👍
Hi Stripey great vid again. Betty Ting Pei was not on the set of Way for a possible role. Filming had already begun and she was just visiting.
Steve Kerridge mentions the auditions on the Kung Fu Genius podcast which im sure you've seen.
His WOTD book will be good, the info he gets is probably the best out there.
Any chance you could do a video about the various Nunchaku Bruce used in the movies?
Cheers, Pal.
I heard Betty was a could have been (I must of misunderstood that)
Steve Kerridge is a very reliable source, and I too can't wait for his WOTD book to get released.
I watch all the KFG Bruce Lee videos (Alex is great)
I've added the Nunchaku idea to my list of topics to cover, mate 👍
@StripeyR awesome!
Yeah the KFG podcast is great he has some good Bruce knowledge and I love it when he goes into HK Wing Chun history.
Keep your videos coming I always look forward to these
Thanks Mr. Stripey!
Actually it was 80% filmed in Hong Kong. In Rome just airport scene, sexy scene, Bruce and Nora hangin' around and Bruce looking for Chuck at Colosseum (a stealed scene, no official permission to film in Colosseum, Riccardo Billi paid a bribe to guardians). All the fights with henchmen and all restaurant scenes and final battle with Bob, Sik and Norris, everything was made in Hong Kong. Malisa Longo she's actually a friend of mine and still gorgeous.Nice video. Ciao
Malisa Longo was actually in a brand-new interview that features on Arrow Video’s _Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest_ box-set, which came out last July.
@@Texy88 thanx Texy, I was the first to interview her in 2007 for my documentary czcams.com/video/uIyXG0leAfs/video.htmlsi=nffUEWwRpp3KZTxK
Thanks, Pal, So it was Riccardo who got them into the Colosseum...Interesting. Bob Wall has claimed it was him 🤦♂
I knew most of The Way of the Dragon was filmed in Hong Kong.
Thanks for the comment, my friend 👍
@@StripeyR Great Going Stripey! Yeah, Riccardo got them into Colosseum and into Villa D'Este in Tivoli (you know, the fountains scene). The scene made in the streets and Piazza Navona were stolen without permissions. Malisa (Riccardo's wife) told me that Bruce asked 120 millions of lira (more or less 60.000 US dollars, back then) to Riccardo in order to coproduce his next movie (Game of Death), but Riccardo refused because Bruce was unknown outside Orient.Ciao.
Great video as usual Stripey! Forever I've tried to learn about Bruce Lee's battle cries on 35mm North American prints of Return Of The Dragon. It's different than Way Of The Dragon which is clearly Bruce. Return Of The Dragon is either someone doing his best imitation or a different version done by Bruce? I believe early VHS and DVD versions of Return are this way. It was not until I got the Hong Kong Legends version of Way Of The Dragon that I knew about this. Would love to get to the bottom of it before I die. :)
Thank you.
I thought all of the Bruce Lee films used Bruce's battle cries (Game of Death excluded). I will have a look into this Pal 👍
As iam aware he recorded 2 different battle cries for way of the dragon 1 for the mandarin/Cantonese dub and 1 for the English dub I don't know why probably because he had more control of this movie. He only did 1 each for fist of fury and enter the dragon. In the big boss he didn't record any because whilst in post production he was in the states filming further episodes of longstreet. His battle cries are later heard in the 1982/83 Cantonese release which were taken from fist of fury way of the dragon and enter the dragon. Hope this helps pal 👍
You forgot to add that Joe Lewis was originally cast as Colt until both Lee and Lewis had a falling out. That is when Lee called Norris which would open doors for Norris as a star of his own right.
I have heard this, mate. There's probably loads I could have mentioned, I could easliy do a pt2 👍
@@StripeyR I doubt that Joe Lewis was the original cast, as Bruce and Joe had a major fallout (see Wrath of the Dragon) before Bruce returned to Hong Kong to make his movies.
@@patzer18 I read Wrath of the Dragon. Joe accused Bruce of hitting on his Mrs, and went to confront him & Bruce sent Joe packing 👍
The hand combination he did to Norris is the same one he used on Baker in Chinese connection.
I've never noticed that 👍
Wicked video Stripey interesting note about the invisible fist it was directed by Ng See Yuen who gave us snake in the Eagles shadow and the man the myth among many other classics 🐲👍
Cheers bud.
Kung Fu The Invisible Fist is on CZcams, mate (I've not seen the whole movie yet) but your 100% correct, it was directed Ng See Yuen, who also done Game of Death II 👍
Brilliant
You’ve got to do a Game of Death one
Thanks Pal.
I've got Big Boss to do next, then leaving Game of Death 1978 til last (THAT ONE SHOULD BE FUN) 👍
Those lats... with a strong breeze he'd fly away
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The English dub for Return of the Dragon ,the black thug who orders Chinese Spareribs was dubbed in with a Jive Streetwise Ghetto Hoodlum Accent. But in the Way of the Dragon original audio has the black thug speak with a British accent.
Bruce also dubs him in one of the versions 👍
@@StripeyR Hmm... I'll have to see that version.
Another brilliant post Stripey.
Thanks bud 👍
At around the 10 minute mark of Way of the Dragon, when Bruce and Nora were making their way out of the airport, there is a girl sitting down at the waiting area wearing a pink jacket. It looks as though she is picking her nose. She pulls out her finger, looks at it, takes out the gum that she is chewing, and maybe eats the booger (can't really see because someone walked right in front of her in that exact moment).
Great video as always stripey . 10/10
The only one I didn't know , was that the way of the dragon could have been called enter the dragon, that's a real surprise for me.
Thanks, mate. I only recently learned that one, too. Cheers 👍
Another Great Video From Stripey 👌
Thanks bud 👍
Hey stripey I was hoping it would pop up here but I was just wondering if you know why that cat pops up in the great fight between Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris
Hey bud. I'm not 100% but I think the cat is symbolic of Bruce, when the cat stretches it's back, so does Bruce, & when the cat is playing with the pebble, I think that represents Tang (Bruce) playing with Colt (Chuck). That's how I always see it. 👍
Yet another cool and interesting video mate I knew a few of these the rest were cool to hear stripey.your vids are always enjoyable keep them coming.all the best Pete
Thanks Pal, I really appreciate it (especially coming from a huge Bruce fan as yourself) 👍
The 2nd word on the wall reads " Weiqun" or " Wuiqun" which is a Chinese name. Trying to decipher the ALBO scribble but it could be another name.
good
Thank you sir can you confirm that Andre E Morgan had a cameo appearance as customer in the restaurant scene?
In the 1983 VHS release of the butchered version there is a spelling error in the opening title.
I didn't know this. 👍
@@StripeyR The 1993 20th Anniversary HK VHS box set released by Australia's village roadshow had the uncut and untitled Way of the Dragon, and had end titles.
"ALBolm Nujerym"
Good luck guys lol
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I know it as Return of the Dragon
Amazing facts as always Stripey 👏
Thank you 👍
your recent thumbnails look amazing
Thanks 👍
Yeah, man. Bruce is a Beautiful Man, Handsome Man. No Hom. These images and photos immortalize him. ❤❤❤
Some cool facts again. I didn't know about the original title as Enter The Dragon. Shame about the continuity errors.
Cheers bud. The Enter the Dragon title is fairly new knowledge to me too 👍
Thats was a great insight thank you kindly ✔️🇮🇪
Thank you 👍
I knew about Unicorn Chan name was misspelled and Bob Wall's Character's name was Bob, but in the credit's it was Fred. Was an oversite.
Bruce Lee also met Italian porn director at Roma airport about a future project together during Lee's arrival to make Way of the Dragon.
I wonder if it was Tinto Brass, who made Salon Kitty & Caligula 👍
@@StripeyR Good question..
@@StripeyR Bruce Lee loved big breasted women especially statues and paintings of nude women which were a showpiece at his abode in Hong Kong, i have no objections to his good tastes in women haha.
Little thing to add this was Bruce's Directors debut....also his story and by Linda's account this was how Bruce was in real life. Humour unall.
Another great video. Thanks!
Thank you, mate 👍
Any info on the chalk mark graffiti during the colosseum fight scene. I wrote a whole article about it for Eastern Heroes magazine, but there still doesn't seem to be any further info.
I wonder why Bruce would have thought Alex Ben block would have known chuck Norris ?
No idea mate 🤷♂️
Great video stripey .
Thank you 👍
If I ever get the power of Time Travel I wanna Meet Bruce lee and won't let him go to Betty ting pei apartment and save Brandon too from getting shot too
Oi Stripes, you going to the John Lydon talking tour in May?
I've just checked & he's near me at the end of May. £91 for a meet and greet ticket (I just might have too) Cheers for the reminder 👍
@@StripeyR Defo. I'm hopefully taking my battered Public Image limited 1st edition vinyl to get signed 🤞🤞🤞❤
Awesome.....Real cool!
Thanks 👍
Joe Lewis was going to play colt first choice by Bruce Lee, but Down the role
I have heard that. I've also heard Bruce considered two big Asian fighters (like Bolo).
Cheers bud 👍
@StripeyR no problem mate love Bruce lee keep up the gud work Amandeep 👍
Not sure Bruce would have offered Joe the role after the bust up they had. I think the KFG said Chan Sing was Bruce’s first choice for the role.