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008			180413s2018 nyu b 001 0beng
020			_a9781501187629 (hardback)
020			_a1501187627 (hardback)
020			_a9781501187636 (paperback)
020			_a1501187635 (paperback)
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050	1	4	_aB PN 2287 _bL477P 2018
082	0	0	_a791.4302/8092
100	1		_aPolly, Matthew, _d1971-
245	1	0	_aBruce Lee : _ba life / _cMatthew Polly.
250			_aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _c2018.
300			_ax, 640 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), genealogical table ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPrologue : tale of two funerals Act I. Little dragon. Sick man of Asia ; Boomtown ; ip man ; Banished Act II. Gold mountain. Native son ; Husky ; Sunny side of the bay ; Face-off in Oakland ; Hollywood calling ; Citizen Kato ; Jeet Kune Do ; Sifu to the stars ; Bit player ; The silent flute ; The way of longstreet Act III. The returned. The last mogul ; The big boss ; Fist of fury ; Concord ; Spaghetti eastern ; Fame and its discontents ; Blood & steel ; Knockin' on heaven's door ; The last day of Bruce Lee ; The inquest Epilogue : the legend
520			_a"The most authoritative biography--featuring dozens of rarely seen photographs--of film legend Bruce Lee, who made martial arts a global phenomenon, bridged the divide between Eastern and Western cultures, and smashed long-held stereotypes of Asians and Asian-Americans. Forty-five years after Bruce Lee's sudden death at age thirty-two, journalist and bestselling author Matthew Polly has written the definitive account of Lee's life. It's also one of the only accounts; incredibly, there has never been an authoritative biography of Lee. Following a decade of research that included conducting more than one hundred interviews with Lee's family, friends, business associates, and even the actress in whose bed Lee died, Polly has constructed a complex, humane portrait of the icon. Polly explores Lee's early years as a child star in Hong Kong cinema; his actor father's struggles with opium addiction and how that turned Bruce into a troublemaking teenager who was kicked out of high school and eventually sent to America to shape up; his beginnings as a martial arts teacher, eventually becoming personal instructor to movie stars like James Coburn and Steve McQueen; his struggles as an Asian-American actor in Hollywood and frustration seeing role after role he auditioned for go to a white actors in eye makeup; his eventual triumph as a leading man; his challenges juggling a sky-rocketing career with his duties as a father and husband; and his shocking end that to this day is still shrouded in mystery. Polly breaks down the myths surrounding Bruce Lee and argues that, contrary to popular belief, he was an ambitious actor who was obsessed with the martial arts--not a kung-fu guru who just so happened to make a couple of movies. This is an honest, revealing look at an impressive yet imperfect man whose personal story was even more entertaining and inspiring than any fictional role he played onscreen"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	4	_aLee, Bruce, _d1940-1973
650		0	_aActors _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aMartial artists _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		4	_aActores _zEstados Unidos _vBiografías _92262
650		4	_aArtistas marciales _zEstados Unidos _vBiografías _919965
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