Bruce Lee and I

{{Short description|1976 Hong Kong film by Lo Mar}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Bruce Lee and I

| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes

| t = 李小龍與我

| s = 李小龙与我

| p = Lǐ Xiǎolóng yǔ wǒ

| j = Lei5 Siu2 Lung4 jyu4 ngo5 }}

| director = Lo Mar

| producer = Evan Yang
Betty Ting Pei

| writer = Suen A-Foo
Shu Lan
Evan Yang

| starring = Betty Ting Pei
Danny Lee

| music = Koo Ka-fai

| editing = Leung Wing-chan

| cinematography = Chan Ching-kui
Ng Faat-sam

| distributor = Intercontinental Video Limited

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1976|1|9}}

| runtime = 102 min.

| country = Hong Kong

| language = Mandarin

}}

Bruce Lee and I ({{zh|t=李小龍與我}}, released in the United States as Bruce Lee: His Last Days, His Last Nights{{Cite web|url=https://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/Bruce_Lee:_His_Last_Days|title=Bruce Lee: His Last Days - The Grindhouse Cinema Database|website=www.grindhousedatabase.com|access-date=2019-04-09}}) is a 1976 Hong Kong biographical action film{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/apr/28/featuresreviews.guardianreview10|title=Review: Bruce Lee and Me by Brian Preston, American Shaolin by Matthew Polly|last=Poole|first=Steven|date=2007-04-28|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-04-12|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} directed by Lo Mar, and starring Betty Ting Pei and Danny Lee. The film was released in Hong Kong on 9 January 1976. The film is based on Bruce Lee's last days leading up to his death in Pei's apartment at Hong Kong on 20 July 1973.{{Citation|title=Bruce Lee and I|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069445/|access-date=2019-04-10}}

Plot

The movie is mainly Betty Ting's story with Bruce Lee based on real life events.{{Cite web|url=https://hype.my/2014/23601/the-truth-behind-bruce-lees-death-41-years-later/|title=The Truth Behind Bruce Lee's Death, 41 Years Later|last=Lainey|date=2014-07-30|website=Hype Malaysia|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://movie.douban.com/subject/1304134/|title=李小龙与我 (豆瓣)|website=movie.douban.com|access-date=2019-04-11}} Opens with Betty and Bruce rolling around in bed around the time he died. Continues with Betty telling her story to a bartender, beginning when she was a loner school girl, she meets Bruce when he saves her from a beating one night and gives her some money. She then attempts to break into show biz and meets Bruce again: from there they become lovers until his death.{{Cite web|url=http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=5667&display_set=eng|title=Bruce Lee and I (1976)|website=hkmdb.com|access-date=2019-04-10}}

Cast

  • Betty Ting Pei as herself{{Citation|title=Bruce Lee and I|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069445/|access-date=2019-04-08}}
  • Danny Lee as Bruce Lee
  • Lu Chin-ku as Chao Yueh
  • Unicorn Chan
  • Wong San as Lo Wei
  • Alexander Grand as Rensky
  • Yuen Cheung-yan as Thug attacking Betty in bar
  • Chan Lau as Thug in bar
  • Tino Wong as Thug in bar
  • Chow Yun-kin as Thug in bar
  • Yuen Shun-yee as Stuntman on Movie Set
  • Lee Chiu as Stuntman on Movie Set
  • Yuen Kwai as Thug
  • Chin Yuet-sang as Thug
  • Alan Chui Chung-San as Thug
  • Hsu Hsia as Thug
  • Wong Pau-gei as Thug
  • Ho Pak-kwong as Waiter
  • Nam Seok-hun as Bartender
  • Chan Siu-gai as Extra on movie set
  • Chu Yau-ko as Gambler
  • Fung Ging-man
  • Chin Chun

See also

References

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  1. Celestial Pictures Shaw Brothers Universe. (18 November 2012). Bruce Lee & I 李小龍與我 (1975) **Official Trailer** by Shaw Brothers [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K06ZX5FwyA
  2. Bruce Lee. (2019). Bruce Lee. [online] Available at: https://www.brucelee.com /Retrieved 2019-04-14.