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Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story 430279

Two decades after his mysterious and physical perfection, Lee starred as Kato in the TVseries The
death at the age of 32, Bruce Lee's created a revolutionary new Green Hornet' and helped to develop
extraordinary life is captured in approach to ancient fighting forms the 'Kung Fu' series, but lost the
Dragon (now showing atthe MGM). and triumphed over the fate that lead role to the distinctly non-Asian
Relentless in his pursuit of mental pursued him from birth to become actor David Carradine. (joldwyn4,
a legend intheworids of both motion
Big screen epic pictures and self-defence.
Born in San Fransisco in the
Two showings only hour and year of the Dragon and Ip,
Ben Hurcomestothe MGM Classic raised in Hong Kong, Lee returned
Film Club on Tuesday 2 November. to America when he was 18 after
Starring Chariton Heston, Jack involvements in fights and gang
Hawkins and Steven Boyd, the film activities. He set outto simplify and CINEMAS
isoverthree hours long not including modernize the art of Kung Fu by
the intermission. So there will only inventing a method called 'Jeet
be two showings at 1 .3Opm and Kune Do' - or 'ways of interpreting
7pm. fist!' Actors James Coburn and SATURDAY
Tickets are £1.50 for seniors and Steve McQueen, and basketball
normal prices for everybody else. player Kareem Abdul Jabbar MORNING
Catch this rare chance to see this numbered among his pupils. Jason Scott Lee MOVIES
1959 epic on the big screen. They The charismatic young fighter plays Bruce Lee in Dragon
don't make them like they used to. proved a dynamic actor as well. He FOR KIDS
Nevertheless, Lee broke Holly-
wood's colour barrier against Asian
actors and inspired a generation of I
DEACONS action heroes through his fims. 6 November
Jason Scott Lee ('Last of the
Mohicans') - no relation to Bruce
Lee - plays his childhood idol while 3 Ninja Kids (PG)
Established 1848 Lauren Holly (Sky TV's 'Picket
L Fences') portrays Lee's strong
independent wife Linda whose
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Just look into our 13 November
biography was heavily drawn from
for the movie.
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Michael Learned ('The Waltons'),
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1. Robert Wagner ('Heart to Heart'), (Cartoon U)
celebrated Hong Kong material artist
John Cheung and Thai Kickboxing
champion Ong Soo Han. Van 20 November
'?I! Williams, who stared with Lee in Tom & Gerry
'The Green Hornet' and Shannon
Lee, Bruce and Linda's 24 year-old The Movie (U)
daughter, make cameo appear-
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ances in the film.
) Chess Sets fr om £15 4 The real star of the film of course r
is Lee, who is recreated through
scene-stealing movie clips like the 27 November
DEACONS are different! famous ice house fightfrom 'Fists of Mr Nanny (U)
Fury' and the classic hall of mirrors
climax from 'Enter the Dragon'.
460 This latter film premiered three
6.0 weeks after Lee's death in 1973 of I
Deacon & Son Ltd swelling of the brain, although Lee Saturdays lOam
'(Est. 1848)__ insisted throughout his life that he Tickets £1.70
was haunted by demons. Lee's son
15 Wood Street, Old Town must have been haunted by the MGM
Swindon. Tel: 522072 same ones as he was accidently Shaw Ridge
killed afew months ago when agun West Swindon
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