| The New York Optimist November 2008 |
It was the first kung fu film to have been made by a major Hollywood studio and was produced in association with
Golden Harvest and Lee's Concord Production Company. The film is largely set in Hong Kong.
Among the stuntmen for the film were members of the Seven Little Fortunes, including Jackie Chan and Sammo
Hung. This was arguably instrumental in Chan and Hung's further association with Golden Harvest studios, which
later launched their careers. The portly Hung is shown fighting Lee in the opening sequence of the movie.
The finished version of the film was significantly different from the original screenplay drafts as Bruce Lee revised
much of the script himself, including having written and directed the film's opening Shaolin Temple fight sequence.
Lee wanted to use the film as a vehicle for expressing what he saw as the beauty of his Chinese culture, rather than
it being just another action movie
Golden Harvest and Lee's Concord Production Company. The film is largely set in Hong Kong.
Among the stuntmen for the film were members of the Seven Little Fortunes, including Jackie Chan and Sammo
Hung. This was arguably instrumental in Chan and Hung's further association with Golden Harvest studios, which
later launched their careers. The portly Hung is shown fighting Lee in the opening sequence of the movie.
The finished version of the film was significantly different from the original screenplay drafts as Bruce Lee revised
much of the script himself, including having written and directed the film's opening Shaolin Temple fight sequence.
Lee wanted to use the film as a vehicle for expressing what he saw as the beauty of his Chinese culture, rather than
it being just another action movie
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