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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- 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 - Bruce Lee. (2019). Bruce Lee. [online] Available at: https://www.brucelee.com /Retrieved 2019-04-14.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0072745|Bruce Lee and I}}
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Category:1976 martial arts films
Category:Hong Kong biographical films
Category:Bruceploitation films
Category:Action films based on actual events
Category:Films shot in Hong Kong
Category:Hong Kong action films
Category:1970s Mandarin-language films
Category:Biographical films about actors
Category:1970s Hong Kong films
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