There are a variety of releases that are actually the same movie. Mine is Bruce Lee True Story. It is also known as The Man The Myth (or some variation on that), and possibly as Behind Bruce Lee though I couldn't find any actual product listings under that one.

 

There are two DVD's under something similar to “Bruce Lee: The Man The Myth,” a Digital Gold and a Silver Series. I found a 2 pack with “Fist of Fear” but details are so scarce I'm going to ignore it from here on out. Mine is “Bruce Lee: True Story” which also comes in the “Bruce Lee Legacy” box set.

Bruce Lee: True Story is a single-disc DVD from Videoasia.

 

Video:

1.33: This isn't pretty with thin colors, a sometimes blurry image, and plenty of trash in the picture.

 

Audio:

1.0 mono: It sounds like it's playing through an old boom box with worn out speakers and with a good bit of white noise in the background.

 

Packaging:

The case is standard plastic.

If you get it as part of the box set you'll also get a paper-thin cardboard box.

 

The interface is simplistic and features a too-loud music loop.

 

The run time is 92 minutes no matter what the spec listing says it is.

 

Extras:

-Joe Lewis Interview: I will start with the best rather than save it for last. It is an interview with Joe Lewis, a champion fighter who studied under Bruce. He talks about the development of Jeet Kune Do and his own training. He then gives a fantastic demonstration of some of Bruce’s techniques. I guess this would be boring to some people (I would probably doze off if this were a feature about football techniques), but if you have any interest in Martial Arts studies I bet you will find this extremely interesting.

 

-Jeet Kune Do Demonstration: There is another demonstration as well. This one is a guy that has learned Jeet Kune Do techniques but did not actually study under Bruce. His moves are great although he does not give how-to details like Joe Lewis does. I’ve seen this same feature on other Videoasia releases, by the way.

 

-Action Sequence: The movie itself features a special chapter selection that plays only the main action sequences. The action is not really impressive enough to warrant this kind of feature, but maybe some people will find it fun.

 

-Commentaries: There are two movie commentaries literally phoned in. They include people who worked on Death by Misadventure and other Bruce Lee documentary projects as well as people that knew Bruce.

-The audio levels in the first one are so bad sometimes it can be completely unintelligible at times. However, it covers some interesting ground such as researching Dragon, appeasing people with the portrayal of Bruce in documentary projects, some differences between the movie Bruce and the real man, Bruce as a teacher, and even some flaws in his fighting system.

-The other commentary cannot be selected from the menu link (at least on my copy). I had to use the audio track selection on my DVD player. It talks about the history of the man that came to be called Bruce Li (pronounced “lie” not “lee”), inaccuracies in the movie, and other such things. It also is poor quality, but at least it is understandable. It's also quite interesting to hear some the actual facts as opposed to what we see on screen.

 

-Bruce Li Interview: An interview with the man the movie calls Bruce Li looks at his training, how he broke into movies, and his take on Lee including why he does not like being called “Bruce Li.” Movie clips illustrate his comments.

 

-Bruceploitation Movies: A short feature takes a look at Bruce exploitation movies and the inaccuracies in them.

 

-Ng See Yueng Interview: Ng See Yueng talks about his start in movies, the movie industry in China, and most interestingly Jackie Chan and Drunken Master.

 

-Trailers: To wrap things up are a few trailers.