Bruce Lee Statue in Bosnia.

[arnisador]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050912/ennew_afp/afplifestylebosniafilm_050912133847

SARAJEVO (AFP) - The martial arts legend Bruce Lee is to be honoured with a statue in the southern Bosnian city of Mostar, as a symbolic protest against ethnic division, local authorities said.

 

[Flatlander]

Actually, it's old news, Arnisador. I posted this last year, but, you'll note the link to the article has expired.

http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17147

Apparently, statue erection is a slow process, if it took 2 years just to get approval from the local gov't to put it up!!

 

[arnisador]

Ah, I saw it on the main page of Yahoo! and didn't realize it was such a long project!

 

[arnisador]

Another Bruce Lee statue story, this time from Hong Kong:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050917/ap_en_mo/people_lee_2

 

[arnisador]

More on the Hong Kong event:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2005-10-25-lee-festival_x.htm

 

[Solidman82]

With these statues popping up all over the place, pretty soon we're going to have the God Wong fei Hung carving out two tablets with the 10 Gung-Fu Commandments on it.

 

[arnisador]

LOL! Well, certainly he's a trustworthy source.

 

[arnisador]

In the news again today:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051126/wl_nm/bosnia_brucelee_dc

Bosnian town erects world's first Bruce Lee statue

The life-size 1.68 meter (5ft 7in) bronze statue is situated in Mostar's central park, close to the former front line of Bosnia's 1992-95 civil war. A decade after the conflict, Mostar's Muslim and Croat inhabitants remain deeply split.

 

[arnisador]

Family To Tell Bruce Lee's 'True Story' In Book, Movie

Bruce Lee's family plans to produce a film on the late martial arts star, the first such movie it has supervised, the Chinese company making the movie said Sunday.


The film, which will be made by the Lee family and the Beijing Jian Yongjia film company, will be based on an upcoming biography of the late actor by Lee's brother, Lee Chun-fai, Beijing Jian Yongjia said in a statement.


"As the members of the Lee family enter old age, to let people know the true story about Bruce Lee, Lee Chun-fai assumed responsibility and carefully organized materials kept by the family, writing the biography 'Bruce Lee,' a real and little-known true story," it said.


The book will debut Nov. 25, Bruce Lee's birthday, and Beijing Jian Yongjia will produce a series of films, TV shows and documentaries based on it, including a movie titled "Bruce Lee," it said.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Family To Tell Bruce Lee's 'True Story' In Book, Movie

1001 ways to make money off of Bruce.

 

[arnisador]

Bruce Lee tribute by an artist who paints with the side of his hand:
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=376187&cache=1

Silly video, nice result.