Bruce Lee's creative freedom came with a price: he had to deliver everything himself.
In 1972, Bruce Lee had completed his initial two-picture deal with Raymond Chow's Golden Harvest production company. Fearing that he would join rivals Shaw Brothers under a lucrative new contract that he couldn't match, Chow offered Lee something that Shaw Brothers hadn't; the freedom to write, direct and co-produce his next movies under a new joint production company, Concord Productions. The first movie made under Concord Productions would be The Way of the Dragon, originally titled Enter the Dragon during production.
Direction
Carl Fox unpacks Lee's meticulous control freak perfectionism.
Production
Rome on a shoestring: how Concord Productions actually worked.
Editing
Archival footage cut with surprising narrative urgency.
Director
Carl Fox
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The documentary reveals Lee originally wanted to call it 'Enter the Dragon' — Warner Bros. later paid him to use that title for his Hollywood crossover instead.
Chuck Norris was cast as the villain specifically because Lee saw him defeat Joe Lewis on TV and thought his 'traditional' karate stance would create perfect visual contrast to his own fluid Jeet Kune Do.
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