By: xtr365705@xtra.co.nz
5/06/2009
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| This is just so sad; the guy was a legend. My sincere condolences. |
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By: dirtydirtysouthridesagain
5/06/2009
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Yep, KUNG FU
The man WAS a legend for that show alone!!! |
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By: andrew.whiteman@xtra.co.nz
5/06/2009
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Bruce Lee came up with the idea of that programe, and Carradine was a non martial artist at the time he got the role.
Lee was the best.
In 1969, Lee made a brief appearance in his first American film Marlowe where he played a henchman hired to intimidate private detective Philip Marlowe (played by James Garner) by smashing up his office with leaping kicks and flashing punches, only to later accidentally jump off a tall building while trying to kick Marlowe off. In 1971, Lee appeared in four episodes of the television series Longstreet as the martial arts instructor of the title character Mike Longstreet (played by James Franciscus). According to statements made primarily by Linda Lee Caldwell after Bruce's death, Bruce would later pitch a television series of his own tentatively titled The Warrior. According to Caldwell, Lee's concept was retooled and renamed Kung Fu, but Warner Bros. gave Lee no credit.[ Instead the role of the Shaolin monk in the Wild West, known to have been conceived by Bruce, was awarded to then non-martial artist David Carradine because of the studio's fears that a Chinese leading man would not be embraced by the public. Books and documentaries about the show "Kung Fu" dispute Caldwell's version. According to these sources, the show was created by two writers and producers, Ed Spielman and Howard Friedlander, and the reason Lee was not cast was in part because of his ethnicity but more so because he had a thick accent. |
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By: ratgnatbat
5/06/2009
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| A good movie to see is 'Ip Man' as it tells the story of the man who taught Bruce Lee what he knew.Condolences to David Carradines family |
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By: andrew.whiteman@xtra.co.nz
5/06/2009
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| Lee learnt all the chinese traditional fighting styles, then created his own style which was called Jeet Kune Do. |
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By: robpatsy@xtra.co.nz
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| i wonder if he was trying a michael hutchison trick regarding sexual autoeroticism |
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By: jay.player@rocketmail.com
5/06/2009
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| I recon he was murdered by the triads |
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