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Traditional Chinese | 李小龍與我 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 李小龙与我 | ||||||||||
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Directed by | Lo Mar | ||||||||||
Written by | Suen A-Foo Shu Lan Evan Yang | ||||||||||
Produced by | Evan Yang Betty Ting Pei | ||||||||||
Starring | Betty Ting Pei Danny Lee | ||||||||||
Cinematography | Chan Ching-kui Ng Faat-sam | ||||||||||
Edited by | Leung Wing-chan | ||||||||||
Music by | Koo Ka-fai | ||||||||||
Distributed by | Intercontinental Video Limited | ||||||||||
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Running time | 102 min. | ||||||||||
Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Language | Mandarin |
Bruce Lee and I (Chinese: 李小龍與我, released in the United States as Bruce Lee: His Last Days, His Last Nights[1]) is a 1976 Hong Kong biographical action film[2] directed by Lo Mar, and starring Betty Ting Pei and Danny Lee. The film was released in Hong Kong on 9 January 1976. The film is based on Bruce Lee's last days leading up to his death in Pei's apartment at Hong Kong on 20 July 1973.[3]
The movie is mainly Betty Ting's story with Bruce Lee based on real life events.[4][5] Opens with Betty and Bruce rolling around in bed around the time he died. Continues with Betty telling her story to a bartender, beginning when she was a loner school girl, she meets Bruce when he saves her from a beating one night and gives her some money. She then attempts to break into show biz and meets Bruce again: from there they become lovers until his death.[6]