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UNDISPUTABLY THE GREATEST MODERN EXPONENT OF THE DEADLY CHINESE MARTIAL ART “KUNG FU,” BRUCE LEE WAS THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN PUNCH. A NEW KIND OF SCREEN IDOL WITH MILLIONS OF FANS THE WORLD OVER.
TO CHINESE EVERYWHERE LEE WAS A MESSIAH; AN ORIENTAL MUHAMMED ALI, RESTORING NATIONAL PRIDE IN A SHATTERED HERITAGE. BUT TO HIS NUMEROUS ENEMIES AND RIVALS, BRUCE LEE WAS AN ARROGANT PUNK, CONSUMED BY A COLOSSAL EGO AND AN OVERWHELMING AMBITION TO SUCCEED.
HAD HE LIVED HE WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE BECOME THE HIGHEST PAID ACTOR IN WORLD CINEMATIC HISTORY. “TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,” HE ONCE SAID, “I COULD BEAT ANYONE IN THE WORLD.“
IN LIFE, LEE WAS AN INSPIRATION TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG DISCIPLES. IN DEATH, A CELLULOID ENIGMA.
BRUCE LEE: THE LIFE OF AN ICON IS AN ABRIDGED VERSION OF KING OF KUNG FU BY KUNG-FU MONTHLY EDITORS FELIX DENNIS AND DON ATYEO, WITH ADDITIONAL WRITING AND EDITING BY KUNG-FU MONTHLY ARCHIVE SERIES AUTHOR CARL FOX. A SMALL PART OF THE ABRIDGED TEXT (1940-1959) WAS USED AS THE NARRATION TO THE SLIDESHOW SCREENED AT RISE OF THE DRAGON 2025.
THIS IS THE STORY OF A MAN WHO TRULY BECAME A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME.
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