#Robert Clouse

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Deadly Eyes | 1982

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Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly & John Saxon on the set of Enter the Dragon (1973)

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Gymkata (1985) // Dir. Robert Clouse

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ENTER THE DRAGON

USA/Hong Kong

1973

Directed by Robert Clouse

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China O'Brien 1&2 (Robert Clouse, 1990) | Cover for the UHD & Blu-ray releases by Eureka Entertainment | Cover by Gokaiju

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Enter the Dragon will be released on 4K Ultra HD (with Digital) on August 8 via Warner Bros. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the 1973 effort is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential martial arts films of all time.

Bruce Lee stars in his final completed film before his death with John Saxon, Ahna Capri, Bob Wall, Shih Kien, and Jim Kelly. Robert Clouse directs from a script by Michael Allin (Flash Gordon).

Enter the Dragon has been restored in 4K with HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio track. Both the theatrical and special edition versions are included. Read on for extras.

Special features:

Theatrical cut (99 minutes)

Special edition cut (102 minutes)

Audio commentary by writer Michael Allin and producer Paul Heller

Introduction by Bruce Lee’s widow, Linda Lee Cadwell

A Shaolin martial artist travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a fighting tournament.

Pre-order Enter the Dragon.

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Black Belt Jones (1974)

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bruce lee in enter the dragon (1973)

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Movie Review | Master Ninja (Clouse, 1984)

Imagine going to see Revenge of the Ninja or something like that in theatres, coming home and getting all excited to see more ninja action on TV, and tuning into this only to see 100-year-old Lee Van Cleef getting stunt doubled literally anytime he has to do anything physically strenuous, and getting barely any Sho Kosugi to boot? Yeah, not hard to see why this got canceled. 

As you can guess, this is super low energy and lame, and it doesn’t help that Van Cleef’s co-star Timothy Van Patten is whiny and off putting. I remember him being engaging in Class of 1984, but that charisma is absent here. Van Cleef still has that glint in his eye, but he’s also never looked more frail, which makes it all the funnier whenever it cuts to Sho Kosugi as his stunt double during the action scenes. I’ll say that the handful of minutes of ninja action, which usually come at the end of the episodes, are well done. So if you were around when this originally aired, you could probably tune in for the last ten minutes of the episode and skip the rest. 

This is supposed to combine the first two episodes. Tubi for some reason doesn’t have the first episode, but I found that on YouTube and checked out the second on Tubi. I will likely not explore further. 

The first episode has a telling moment where Kosugi, also playing one of the villains, disguises himself as an old white guy, which will give a lot to grapple with for those interested in unpacking the series’ racial dynamics. It also has Demi Moore as a guest star. The second episode features Soon-Teck Oh and Brian Tochi as guest stars, although sadly they are not allowed much depth. There is however a scene where Shanna Reed dances under duress, which is likely the non-action highlight of the episode. It also ends with wheelchair-bound Lori Lethin learning how to walk again, so race is not the only area where the series espouses questionable attitudes. 

So this is horrible and rightfully forgotten, but I’ll throw in that Van Cleef plays a white guy, in case you were worried about some horrifying yellowface acting.

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The Pack Robert Clouse USA, 1977 ★★★ It's amazing how -- when it comes to "killer animals movies from the 70s" -- I saw the ants movie, the frogs movie, the spiders movie, the one with the rabbits, all of them! but somehow I missed the dogs movie.

Anyway, this is a solid one. You can't help but root for the dogs, of course, but it works.

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On January 25, 1974, Enter the Dragon debuted in West Germany.

Here's some new Bruce Lee art!

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See You Next Wednesday!

DARKER THAN AMBER (1970, Robert Clouse)

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Jim Kelly, Enter the Dragon (1973)

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Haha got 'em!

Enter the Dragon (1973) dir. Robert Clouse

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Bottleneck Gallery will release Metropolis by J.S. Rossbach and Enter the Dragon by Matt Needle today, April 13, at 12pm EST.

Metropolis is a hand-numbered edition of 100 24x36 giclee prints for $60. Enter the Dragon is a hand-numbered edition of 100 24x36 screen prints for $50.