Enter the Dragon (1973)

Regista:

Robert Clouse

Sceneggiatore:

Michael Allin (written by)

Data di uscita:

19 agosto 1973 (USA)

Genere:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Slogan:

The first American produced martial arts spectacular!

Plot:

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

Plot Keywords:

Tattoo | Shaolin Monk | Praying Mantis | Asia | Good Versus Evil

Premi:

1 win

Recensioni degli utenti:

The best martial arts film I have ever seen

Cast

Bruce Lee	...	Lee
John Saxon	...	Roper
Kien Shih	...	Han (as Shih Kien)
Ahna Capri	...	Tania
Angela Mao	...	Su Lin (as Angela Mao Ying)
Jim Kelly	...	Williams
Robert Wall	...	Oharra (as Bob Wall)
Bolo Yeung	...	Bolo (as Yang Sze)
Betty Chung	...	Mei Ling
Geoffrey Weeks	...	Braithwaite
Peter Archer	...	Parsons
Lee Yan Ho	...	Old Man
Marlene Clark	...	Roper's Secretary
Allan Kent	...	Golfer
William Keller	...	Los Angeles Cop #1

Alias:

Long zheng hu dou (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Operation Dragon (Europe: English title)
The Deadly Three (USA) (working title)
Tre dell'operazione drago, I (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated R for martial arts violence and brief nudity.

Durata:

98 min | USA:110 min (25th Anniversary Edition) | USA:99 min (theatrical version)

Nazionalità:

Hong Kong | USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

DTS (re-release) | Dolby Digital (re-release) | Mono (original release) | SDDS (re-release)

Divieti:

Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1973) | UK:18 (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (1999) | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | France:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Japan:R-15 | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | Spain:18 | UK:18 (director's cut) (1998) (uncut) | UK:18 (video rating) (1988) (cut) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Norway:18 (video) (cut) | Norway:(Banned) (1973-2003) (cinema release)

Luoghi delle riprese:

Abderdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, China

Company:

Concord Productions Inc.

Curiosità:

One of only two movies Bruce Lee did in which he speaks with his natural voice in the States. The other is _Marlowe (1967)_ .

Errori:

Revealing mistakes: When Lee is investigating the grounds he has to jump into a tree to avoid being spotted. This jump was obviously filmed in reverse.

Citazioni:

Williams: Ghettoes are the same all over the world. They stink.

Movie Connections:

Citato in Fei Lung gwoh gong (1978)

The best martial arts film I have ever seen

Thirty years later I would like to say that I remember this film as one of the greatest films I have ever seen in my life. I do not know exactly why, but it is, maybe, because the music we listen on it has been always with me in the last 25 years or so. Bruce Lee was an icon, I also remember the Green Hornet TV show, and the extraordinary combination of sound and images in this film allow us to dream about to be a hero or something like that. I have seen the film many times and each one was almost different than the other one, this is one of those films in which you can notice different things every time you see it again, even if you are not an expert in martial arts as if it is the case about me. Thanks Bruce, where ever you are, for your incredible style.