This movie is awesome, remember the newspaper showtimes around age 4, couldn’t go because I had a cavity-just watched it again with my own sons on VHS 4 & 6 last month-explaining who Bruce Lee is and was, was a day & a night of mirth followed w/Enter the Dragon former rental 🐉💜
"Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" was released on this day in 1993. Entertainingly lionized biopic (based on biographies by Linda Lee Caldwell and Robert Clouse) from writer/director Rob Cohen, and screenwriters John Raffo and Edward Khmara.
Highlights: Tremendous performances by Jason Scott Lee and Lauren Holly; outstanding fight choreography by John Cheung; emotional and powerful Randy Edelman score.
"Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" was a success, grossing nearly 5 times its production budget at the global box office. (The film was rightfully dedicated to Brandon Lee, who died just seven weeks before it was released.)
While the film often plays out more like a standard Bruce Lee movie than a traditional biopic, "Dragon" is romantic, exciting, and anchored by two incredible performances.
The extraordinary Randy Edelman score is truly a knockout, with the "Bruce and Linda" cue being an emotional powerhouse. Among my ten favorite scores of all time.