February 23

Enter The Dragon, 1973

Welcome back to another installment of Kung Fu February on Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! This week Dion Baia and J. Blake are going back to the well, covering one of the original ‘tournament‘ films with a motion picture that not only, arguably, introduced the West–and the mainstream in general–to this style of movie, but also became a pillar for an entire genre. The boys are covering a classic and the legend who brought us this film, Bruce Lee and his masterpiece, Enter the Dragon, from 1973.

Enter The Dragon

Blake and Dion also have a real treat in-store for this week, because joining them to discuss all things martial arts is their long-time friend and film school colleague, actor and podcaster, Michael C. Maronna!

So come listen to the trio discuss and analyze all things Bruce Lee and Enter The Dragon, as they explore the incredible journey that martial arts cinema’s greatest legend took to get himself and this movie to the screen–and the lasting legacy it had on the world, that Lee never lived to see. It’s all going down on this all new and exciting, hilarious and action-packed Kung Fu February edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers!

Extras!

Check out Michael C. Maronna‘s podcast, The Adventures of Danny and Mike !

Here’s Jackie Chan’s very famous Bruce Lee story, involving bowling!

Have a look at these rare bloopers and outtakes for Enter The Dragon !

Take a look at the 40th anniversary for Enter The Dragon, with Shannon Lee, Bob Wall, John Saxon, Fred Weintraub, Paul Heller, Gil Hubbs, and Lalo Schifrin.

And as mentioned in the cast, check out the YouTube channel AikidoFlow, and their great little videos, like here and here.

 

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February 9

Drunken Master II, aka The Legend of the Drunken Master,1994

Welcome back to another exciting installment of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! With February upon us, J. Blake and Dion Baia decided to begin a new tradition- something they epically titled: Kung Fu February ! And to kick of this new series, the boys have picked a legendary and classic film, one with the amazing Jackie Chan playing the historical/semi-mythical character Wong Fei-Hong, in Drunken Master II aka The Legend of the Drunken Master, from 1994.

Drunken Master 2

The boys explore the vast martial arts genre and their mutual love for the great Jackie Chan, and the journey this amazing actor went through to become an international star, and what it took to get this film, Drunken Master II to become a reality and released not only in Asia, but globally. It’s all going down this week on an all new and action-packed edition of Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers!

Extras!

Check out the original ending for Drunken Master 2, deemed too distasteful by American censors (and they were probably right).

Have a look at this behind-the-scenes, making-of Drunken Master 2 !

Take a look at Jackie Chan discussing Drunken Master 2.

Here’s a comparison of the Cantonese Audio to the English Audio versions, to spot some of the differences in translation.

Watch Jackie Chan teach Conan O’Brien a stunt.

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