The Legend of Bruce Lee
| The Legend of Bruce Lee 李小龍傳奇 |
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| Genre | Biographic Martial arts |
| Written by | Qian Linsen Zhang Jianguang |
| Directed by | Lee Moon-ki |
| Starring |
Danny Chan Michelle Lang Ted E. Duran Hazen MacIntyre Wang Luoyong Natalia Dzyublo |
| Opening theme | Bruce Lee's Battle Call (吶喊) performed by Emma Re |
| Ending theme | Fist (拳頭) performed by Li Shu and Jin Long |
| Composer(s) | Wang Bing |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Shannon Lee |
| Producer(s) | Yu Shengli |
| Location(s) |
Hong Kong Foshan San Francisco Oakland Seattle Los Angeles Thailand Rome |
| Editor(s) | Zhang Yifan |
| Camera setup | 16:9 |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
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| Original network | CCTV-1 |
| Original release | 12 October 2008 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 李小龍傳奇 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 李小龙传奇 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | lǐ xiǎo lóng chuán qí |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | lei5 siu2 lung4 zyun6 kei4 |
The Legend of Bruce Lee is a 2008 Chinese biographical martial arts television series based on the life story of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee. The 50-episode series was produced and broadcast by CCTV and began airing on October 12, 2008. It stars Hong Kong actor Danny Chan as Bruce Lee and American actress Michelle Lang as Lee's wife, Linda Lee Cadwell. The production period spanned nine months, with filming taking place in China, Hong Kong, Macau, the United States, Italy, and Thailand, and with a budget of 50 million yuan (US$7.3 million).
Lee's daughter, Shannon Lee, is credited as executive producer of the series. Other martial artists such as Mark Dacascos, Ray Park, Gary Daniels, Ernest Miller, and Michael Jai White are also featured in the series, playing the roles of martial artists prominent throughout Bruce Lee's life and career.
The Legend of Bruce Lee has seen increasing viewership since its debut in 2008. The first 14 episodes broke China's former record held by Chuang Guan Dong. According to the CSM survey held on 26 October 2008, the first 30 episodes of the series received viewership ratings above 10.35%. The finale episode attained a viewership rating of 14.87%, breaking CCTV's all-time high record set in 2003.
Bruce Lee (Li Xiao Long) is a high school student in a school with mostly British students, with the Chinese students like him belonging in the minority. Bruce notices to his dismay that there was a subtle discrimination against his race in the school, which urges him to excel in order to prove that Chinese people are also competent and talented. Along with his childhood friend Qin Xiao Man, Bruce participates in a cha-cha competition and wins, much to the annoyance of his British schoolmate Blair Lewis. This competition, in addition to Blair's evident dislike of the Chinese, creates tension between the two, leading into a number of physical fights. Their bitter rivalry worsened when Bruce joined the school boxing team, whose ace boxer was Blair. The two participate in the school boxing competition, and Blair loses to Bruce. Blair then realizes that unlike him, Bruce had a good chance of winning the boxing championship. He decides to help Bruce by teaching him about the three-time champion David Koffer. This marks the end of the enmity between the two, and the start of a friendship that they maintain for many years after.
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