9 The Legend Grows

Chapter 8 The Legend Grows The line in front of the Chinese Theater in Hollywood went around the corner. It was seven-thirty in the evening, and Enter the Dragon was scheduled to start in half an hour. But the line wasn't for that show. It was for the ten o'clock show! The 8:00 p.m. screening already was sold out, and people were waiting in line two-and-a-half hours early for the next one. Enter the Dragon was billed as the "first American-produced martial-arts spectacular!" It

好莱坞中国剧院门口的队伍一直排到拐角处。 现在是晚上七点半，《龙争虎斗》计划半小时后开始。 但这句台词不是为那个节目准备的。 这是为了10点钟的节目！晚上8点。 电影票已经售罄，人们提前两个半小时排队等候下一场。 《龙争虎斗》被称为“第一部美国制作的武术巨作！”它

opened in Hollywood on August 24, 1973, just five weeks after Bruce died. Not all the critics loved it, but the public sure did. It seemed like everyone wanted to see it. A movie that cost less than one million dollars to make went on to take in more than 200 million dollars—making it one of the greatest financial blockbusters of all time. In Enter the Dragon, Bruce plays a Shaolin

1973年8月24日在好莱坞上映，就在布鲁斯去世五周后。 并非所有的评论家都喜欢它，但公众肯定喜欢。 好像每个人都想看。 一部制作成本不到100万美元的电影却获得了超过2亿美元的票房收入，使其成为有史以来最伟大的票房大片之一。 在《龙争虎斗》中，布鲁斯扮演一个少林

monk named Lee, who is invited to compete in a martial arts tournament held on the remote island of the mysterious and evil Han. Han is a disgraced former Shaolin student who is now running an empire of crime. He is well protected by the martial-arts talent he has recruited over the years during his tournaments, and his left hand is an iron weapon. But he is no match for Lee, who eventually frees the prisoners on the island and, in one of the movie's most famous scenes, kills Han with one of his own swords in a room of mirrored walls.

一个叫李的和尚，他被邀请参加在神秘而邪恶的汉的偏远岛屿上举行的武术锦标赛。 韩是一个声名狼藉的少林学生，现在经营着一个犯罪帝国。 多年来，他在比赛中招募了武术人才，他的左手是一把铁武器，得到了很好的保护。 但他不是李安的对手，李安最终释放了岛上的囚犯，在电影中最著名的一幕之一是，他在一个镜子墙的房间里用自己的剑杀死了韩。

Bruce had become an action-movie legend by the time Enter the Dragon was in theaters. But that doesn't explain why, four decades after his death, he is more popular than ever. There are dozens of websites devoted to him, and Bruce Lee conventions have been held around the world. He is so popular that in 2012, the San Francisco Giants baseball team held a Bruce Lee Tribute Night. After all, the city was Lee's birthplace. Linda Lee threw out the first pitch, and Shannon Lee sang the national anthem.

当《龙争虎斗》上映时，布鲁斯已经成为动作片的传奇人物。 但这并不能解释为什么在他去世四十年后，他比以往任何时候都更受欢迎。 有几十个网站专门介绍他，李小龙大会在世界各地举行。 他非常受欢迎，2012年，旧金山巨人棒球队举办了李小龙致敬之夜。 毕竟，这座城市是李光耀的出生地。 琳达·李投出了第一球，李香凝唱了国歌。

Bruce made a lasting impact on the martial arts by bringing kung fu to Westerners and by developing jeet kune do. His reach still extends to popular culture. In action films, many martial- arts stars have tried to follow in Bruce's footsteps. In comic books, characters practice jeet kune do. In video games, several characters are patterned after Bruce. In the rapidly growing sport of mixed martial arts (MMA), Bruce's influence is so strong that some people call him the "Father of MMA." That includes Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)

布鲁斯将功夫带给西方人，并发展了截拳道，对武术产生了持久的影响。 他的影响力仍然延伸到流行文化。 在动作片中，许多武打明星都试图追随布鲁斯的脚步。 在漫画书中，人物练习截拳道。 在电子游戏中，有几个角色是以布鲁斯为原型的。 在迅速发展的综合格斗运动（MMA）中，布鲁斯的影响力如此之大，以至于有人称他为“综合格斗之父”。 其中包括终极格斗冠军赛（UFC）