In this martial arts parodycomedy, johnny yune stars as a cook who is continuously mistaken for kungfu master bruce lee and inadvertently gets. Dvd and bluray release date, trailer and movie stats. Get an adfree experience with special benefits, and directly support reddit. A goofy korean finds his life hopelessly complicated with people continually confusing him with bruce lee. A goofy korean finds his life hopelessly complicated. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Yune is also credited with helping to write the screenplay and i can believe that, since a lot of his dialogue sounds like it was made up on the spot. This zany comedy features the celebrated korean comic johnny yune they still call me bruce as a bumbling bruce lee lookalike who secretly dreams of emulating the kung fu king. Great action, dull mystery, and a big departure from bong joonhos cult hit. While working as a cook for the cosa nostra, an asian immigrant who everyone calls bruce because of his resemblance to bruce lee, is duped into making deliveries of. The film shows bruce interacting with a variety of american stereotypes, and then figuring out how his bosses are using him. Bruce unknowingly works for a gangster making cocaine dropoffs. A korean man comes to america to thank the american gi who saved his life, but instead winds up.
Gigs dates and times can change at anytime so always email me for confirmation. Yune plays an immigrant who everyone refers to as bruce, because he reminds everyone of bruce lee. Its a curiously innocuous film on one level this cutrate comedy is miserably bad, with terrible. They call me bruce is a slapstickheavy kung fu film spoof. This amiable kungfumob comedy runs out of fizz well before the end but succeeded in begetting a no 2, they still call me bruce. The plot is simple, some of the fighting is good, but you watch the film waiting for the next funny line or event that yune aka bruce finds himself in. The song was originally recorded in 1978, earlier in springfields career. A 25th anniversary dvd edition of they call me bruce was released on june 30th, 2009 by liberation entertainment. They call me bruce 1982, directed by elliott hong film. The song appeared on his 1984 album, beautiful feelings, reaching no. Before jackie chan we had bruce lee and during the big bruce lee push in the mid 1970s we got a look a.
Watch they call me bruce 1982 full movie online free on mydownloadtube, download 720p,1080p, bluray hd quality free. Financial analysis of they call me bruce 1982 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Watch they call me bruce 1982 online watch they call. The film is a high quality transfer from a newly discovered 35mm print, which the studio calls pristine, and also restored the scenes which were cut from the original dvd release. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free.
With johnny yune, margaux hemingway, raf mauro, pam huntington. Thats pretty much the level of humor in they call me bruce 1982, a sorta parody of 70s martial arts movies, with koreanamerican nightclub comedian johnny yune the unwitting bagman for broadly stereotyped mafioso. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Bruce is a song by australian musician rick springfield. He is a dead ringer for the martial artist bruce lee, so everyone always calls him bruce. English web an hour ago arabic not rated one year ago arabic not rated one year ago avenue 5 2020 space captain ryan clark of the avenue 5 tries to get along with others in the space tourism industry. April 29th, 2003 pg 1 hr 30 min follow the movie on facebook. They call me bruce is a 1982 american comedy action film directed by elliott hong, written by david b.
Yune plays an immigrant who everyone refers to as bruce, because he reminds everyone of bruce lee bruce. The 1982 comedy movie featuring johnny yune and pam huntington at the award winning 80s movies rewind. At its best, it borrows successfully from the wonderfully inane parody vibes of zucker and abrahams airplane, naked gun, and top secret. Commander usa they still call me bruce 1987 youtube. This unique sydney based performer has been captivating audiences with his one man show for many years now. They call me bruce does have a few funny action scenes, a very few, but most of the time its humor depends on puns and other weak witticisms from johnny yune, who plays its hero. Nov 10, 2010 for the most part this movie is very funny, and i liked yune, but the story is very familiar and predictable. Some dates havent been filled as yet so keep checking for update. Staring tony brande, martin azarow, raf mauro and ric mancini. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of they call me bruce with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at.
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