Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Page #4

an-and what? "loosely and" what?

- loosely and easily!

- "easily." okay.

do not tighten up

or clench your fists...

until the moment

of impact.

- aah! aah.

- okay, come on. come on.

all punches should end

with a snap several inches...

- behind the target.

- okay.

morning, ladies!

- congratulations, mr. lee.

- thank you.

hey, kiddo.

he's too young

to shave.

they aren't shaving mirrors.

they're called pat kwa.

pat kwa?

they're like gargoyles

on churches.

you put them around

to ward off evil spirits.

- I wanna call him brandon.

- brandon.

that's good.

do you wanna hold him?

- oh, look at daddy.

- hey, big guy.

come on up here. shh!

- he's so tiny.

- hi, baby.

- don't be afraid.

- he's so tiny.

you're beautiful.

- bruce? bruce,

come here! It came!

- yeah?

look! It's here,

it's here, it's here!

- oh.

- open it! open it up quick!

whoa!

It's your book!

It's your book.

look at that.

okay, hold on.

I'll get it.

- hi.

- hi.

- may I come in?

- why?

- I like your hair.

- come on, mom, I don't

wanna chitchat with you.

- what are you doing here?

- I came to see you and--

did you come

to see me...

or did you come to see

the yellow baby?

- I think maybe I made a mistake.

- brandon, it's grandma!

grandma's come to see you!

come on in, grandma!

there's someone

you ought to meet.

come on.

how are you feeling,

mr. lee?

- oh, like half-man, half-car.

- glad to hear it.

linda, your mom's got great legs.

great legs!

he looks--

well, he-- he looks

like both of you.

may l?

oh, come on,

sweetheart.

there you go.

hello. yes.

you're such

a handsome fella.

he's gorgeous.

he's so sweet.

oh, yes, you are.

you did good,

sweetheart.

you sure did good.

gosh, yes.

look at you!

brandon, you're a strong one.

only you could do this.

the art of jeet kune do

is simply to simplify.

It favors formlessness so that

it can assume all forms.

kung fu, karate,

tae kwan do.

all the classical styles

are attempts...

to arrest

the flux of conflict.

but in actual combat, the opponent

doesn't wait for formalities.

he's not a robot, but a human

being, fluid and alive.

for instance--

for instance!

like a sculptor who doesn't

keep adding clay to a statue...

but strips away the inessentials

until the truth is revealed.

I have developed a way of fighting

with no fixed positions...

with no set movements.

the fancy mess

of martial arts...

solidifies

what was once fluid.

It is nothing but blind devotion

to the systematic uselessness...

of routines

that lead nowhere.

calm down!

calm down! calm down!

- tell him to prove it!

- yeah!

tell him

to prove it!

mr. lee is not here

for competition.

prove it! prove it!

- prove it! prove it!

- all right, calm down, calm down!

- keep it quiet! mr. lee--

- prove it! prove it!

- prove it! prove it!

- okay!

okay, I'll prove it.

I'll need someone

to prove it on.

I'll beat any man

in this room in 60 seconds!

what?

I'll fight him!

I beat him before!

I beat him again!

what are you, crazy?

the doctor said no more fighting.

they told me l'd

never walk again, too.

when will you be happy?

when they're right?

bruce, I'm begging you.

If you love me--

- this isn't about you and me.

- fine!

but I'm not going through this again,

do you understand me?

you get hurt,

you're on your own.

don't go

too far, hon!

lt'll be over

in sixty seconds.

this is

a challenge match...

to prove mr. lee's theories

on jeet kune do.

sixty seconds.

bow to the judges.

bow to each other.

begin!

jesus christ!

bruce lee! bruce lee!

bruce lee! bruce lee!

bruce lee! bruce lee!

bruce lee! bruce lee!

bruce lee! bruce lee!

bruce lee! bruce lee!

- yeah!

- hey, mr. lee!

bill krieger's the name. you looked

pretty great out there today.

no, he didn't. he was too slow.

he took too long.

you looked pretty fast to me.

you think you can do some of

that stuff in front of a camera?

- I'm a tv producer and--

- right, and I'm marvin gaye.

I'm casting my new series.

It's called the green hornet...

and I think

we could use you.

so, d'you hear I bought

a house on the beach?

right in malibu.

I'm tellin' ya...

I got 120 yards of sand

as my front yard.

th-that's too tight. I can

sell the stunt. you don't have

to cut off the circulation.

cal, run him

through the scene.

as soon as you get your cue light,

you come through that door.

then you work your way

down this catwalk here.

be real careful as

you negotiate this corner.

I want you to get down these steps

as fast as you can.

not too fast.

I don't want you to tumble. I don't

want to lose you on the first show.

when you get

to this landing...

do you think you could take

these five steps all at once?

- I'll try.

- atta boy.

first positions, everybody!

hey, can you tell

it's me?

I just talked to the network.

they love the dailies. they love 'em.

- don't they always?

- yeah. listen, there's, uh--

- there's one small problem.

- lemme call you back.

- yeah, what is it?

- uh, it's this guy lee.

you know, he's

awfully... oriental.

- he's supposed to be oriental.

- yeah.

- he's playing an oriental.

- I know, I know. what?

- kato is oriental.

- I know, I know.

uh, can you just make sure

he keeps the mask on?

roll sound!

roll camera!

and mark it!

- action!

- all right, green hornet...

where's

the secret formula?

- where it belongs.

- okay, have it your way.

kato!

good work, kato!

good work, kato!

ow! ow!

hey, hey, hey, hey!

- good work, kato.

- thanks, boss.

huh? ah, cut, cut, cut!

that's a print.

thought that'd be

a little more exciting.

If he came from hong kong,

he'd end up in san francisco.

- I don't wanna do the urban thing.

- we helped with the railroads.

- how about the wild west?

- okay, great. the wild west.

- okay.

- chinese immigrant wanders the land.

- he's a good guy, a hero.

- of course, he's a hero.

he's the star of the show.

he wanders the land

solving problems.

- every week he solves a problem.

- with no gun. just his hands.

that's good.

that's great. no gun.

- he's looking for something.

- his father. he lost his father

who came ahead of him.

no, no, not the father. the father

thing has been done to death.

- he's searching for his brother.

- good.

- searching for his brother.

- he never finds him.

- not until the fifth year.

- he wanders the land,

searching for his brother...

- solving problems with no gun.

- and he has something

no one else has ever seen.

- kung fu! starring bruce lee.

- kung fu! uh-huh.

he remembers what he was taught

in the old country by his teacher...

and teaches people

his culture.

after he's kicked the sh*t

out of everybody. fantastic!

- we've got action, culture!

It's a western!

- but it's an eastern.

It's an eastern.

right. It's an eastern.

they're gonna love it.

this thing's gonna run forever!

- kung fu!

- kung fu!

easy, easy.

wow.

- you steal steve mcqueen's car?

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