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Chapter 6 Cultural Icon On his trip to Hong Kong in 1970, the twenty-nine-year-old Bruce met adoring fans everywhere he went. When he walked down the street, people ran up to him to say hello. If he ate dinner in a restaurant, they stared and whispered to their friends. Talk show hosts wanted to interview him. Television variety shows wanted him to give kung fu demonstrations.

1970年，29岁的布鲁斯去香港旅行，所到之处都能见到崇拜他的影迷。 当他走在街上时，人们跑向他打招呼。 如果他在餐馆吃饭，他们会盯着他，和朋友们窃窃私语。 脱口秀主持人想采访他。 电视综艺节目想让他表演功夫。

Bruce was a little surprised by all the attention. At the time, reruns of The Green Hornet were showing on television in Hong Kong. People there didn't call it The Green Hornet, though. Instead, Bruce was so popular that they called it The Kato Show. They were proud of Kato. Finally, an American television show featured a Chinese character in a strong and positive way. Bruce's reception in Hong Kong made him think that maybe China was where his film career could really take off. He thought that if he became a big star in Hong Kong then he could move into films in the United States. Plus, there

布鲁斯对大家的关注有点吃惊。 当时，《青蜂侠》正在香港的电视上重播。 不过那里的人不叫它青蜂侠。 相反，布鲁斯太受欢迎了，他们称之为加藤秀。 他们为加藤感到骄傲。最后，一部美国电视剧以一种强烈而积极的方式塑造了一个中国角色。 布鲁斯的接待使他在香港认为中国是他的电影生涯也许真的可以起飞。 他认为，如果他在香港成为一个大明星，那么他就可以进入美国电影界。 另外,有

were a lot of good things about making movies in Hong Kong. He could have more influence there on how action films were made. He could make movies the way he wanted which meant that he could help change how the Chinese were perceived in America. In 1971, Bruce signed a deal with Raymond Chow to do a series of martial-arts action films for a company called Golden Harvest Productions in Hong Kong. Before Bruce's collaboration with Raymond Chow and Golden Harvest, most Chinese action films were not very good. They used wires to make it look like the actors and martial artists

在香港拍电影有很多好处。 他可以对动作片的制作方式产生更大的影响。 他可以按照自己想要的方式拍电影，这意味着他可以帮助改变中国人在美国的形象。 1971年，布鲁斯与周星驰签订协议，为香港嘉禾制作公司拍摄一系列武打动作片。 在布鲁斯与周星驰和嘉禾合作之前，大多数中国动作片都不是很好。 他们用电线让它看起来像演员和武术家

were flying through the air. Bruce knew that those movie tricks only looked silly. He knew that he was better than other Chinese martial- arts actors. He didn't need any special effects. "Before I made my first Chinese film, Chinese flicks were considered kind of unrealistic," Bruce said. "There was a lot of overacting and a lot of jumping around. All in all, it didn't look real."

我们在空中飞翔。 布鲁斯知道那些电影里的把戏只会看起来很傻。 他知道自己比其他中国武术演员要好。 他不需要任何特效。 “在我拍第一部中国电影之前，中国电影被认为有点不现实，”布鲁斯说。 “有很多过度表演和很多跳跃。 总而言之，它看起来不像真的。”

Bruce's first movie with Golden Harvest was called The Big Boss, released in 1971. (It was titled Fists of Fury when it was later released in the United States.) In The Big Boss, Bruce plays a young man named Cheng. He works in an ice factory with his cousins. Cheng promises his mom he will never fight. But when his cousins are killed, he needs to break that promise and

布鲁斯与嘉禾合作的第一部电影叫《大老板》，于1971年上映。 （后来在美国上映时，它被命名为《精武门》。）在《大老板》中，布鲁斯扮演一个名叫程的年轻人。 他和他的堂兄弟们在一家冰厂工作。 程向妈妈保证他永远不会打架。 但当他的表亲被杀后，他需要打破诺言

fight the criminals who are selling drugs out of the factory. The Big Boss marked the first time Bruce had a starring role in a film. When The Big Boss premiered in Hong Kong, the audience was quiet. Bruce wasn't sure what they thought of it. But after the final scene, when the lights came on in the theater everyone burst into wild applause! They were so quiet during the movie because they were mesmerized. They had never seen anything like it. Before The Big Boss, the movie that made the most money in Asia was The Sound of Music, which was an American musical. The Big Boss broke The Sound of Music's box-office record. But the new record didn't last long. That's because Bruce's second film for Golden Harvest, called Fist of Fury, was released in

打击那些在工厂外贩卖毒品的罪犯。 《大老板》标志着布鲁斯第一次在电影中担任主角。 《大老板》在香港首映时，观众很安静。 布鲁斯不知道他们怎么想。 但在最后一幕结束后，当剧院的灯光亮起时，每个人都爆发出热烈的掌声！看电影时他们很安静，因为他们被迷住了。 他们从未见过这样的场面。 在《大老板》之前，亚洲票房最高的电影是美国音乐剧《音乐之声》。 《大老板》打破了《音乐之声》的票房纪录。 但新纪录并没有持续太久。 这是因为布鲁斯为嘉禾制作的第二部电影《精武门》于2009年上映