| Directed by | Robert Clouse |
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| Produced by | Fred Weintraub Paul Heller Raymond Chow |
| Written by | Michael Allin |
| Starring | Bruce Lee John Saxon Ahna Capri Robert Wall Shih Kien Jim Kelly |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Hubbs |
| Edited by | Yao Chung Chang Kurt Hirschler George Watters |
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| Distributed by | Golden Harvest (Hong Kong) Warner Bros. (International) |
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Running time
| 103 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong United States |
| Language | English Cantonese |
| Budget | $850,000 |
| Box office | US$90 million (worldwide)[1] HK$3,307,520.4 (Hong Kong) US$22 million (USA)[2] |
One of my first historical texts come originally from the Hong Kong cinema, but is considered one of the first martial arts films in the western world. This movie is non-other than Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon". Bruce Lee plays a martial-arts expert determined to help capture the narcotics dealer whose gang was responsible for the death of his sister. Lee enters a kung fu competition in an attempt to fight his way to the dealer's headquarters with the help of some friends.This is an Action, Thriller based movie that was produced by Warner Bros during 1973.
This film links to my main text of John wick and John Wick 2 due to the action set pieces used in the production. This includes martial art style of fighting, stunts art created by actors and actresses and finally some narrative storyline links. John Wick was inspired through these concepts mentioned, this is why i believe that this is the right text to analyse as it reinforces many conventions demanded from Hong Kong cinema even though it was produced in the US.
When compared, Enter the Dragon and John Wick represent different values and ideologies. One of the main ones was the demand for pure alpha masculinity back in the 90's rather than emotional factors in films. The reason for Wick's killing spree was to avenge his loved ones however, Bruce Lee's film genreally focuses on the alpha male figure to see who comes out on top. this could communicate that society was different to now as it endorsed power rather than emotions
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