Enter the Clones of BruceExplores a Bizarre Chapter in Cult Film History

soldierly arts superstarBruce Leewas just 32 when he died in 1974 ; he ’d only made a handful of movie , but the loss ofhis towering popularityleft a huge void . Naturally , it did n’t take long for movie studiosto seek and capitalize on that — as a novel documentary , go in the Clones of Bruce , explores .

io9 hasthe exclusive trailerto part today ahead of the doc ’s Tribeca Film Festival entry this weekend .

Here ’s the official synopsis for the motion picture courtesy ofSeverin Films , plus a second about its director :

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“ When Bruce Lee give way in 1974 at the crown of his superstardom , he had complete only four feature films . But within time of day of his funeral , Hong Kong motion-picture show studios start to produce 100 of unauthorised biopics , continuation , prequels , spin - offs , and rip - offs starring a competing series of Lee lookalikes . Over the next X , fueled by both deception and need , ‘ Bruceploitation ’ would become a staple of global cinema . Director David Gregory — who’d previously explored film ’s transgressive edges in his award - win documentaries fall behind Soul : The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley ’s Island of Dr. Moreau and Blood & Flesh : The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson — now examines this unambiguously ‘ LXX phenomenon via consultation with Bruce Li , Bruce Le , Bruce Liang and Dragon Lee ; warlike graphics movie legend that admit Angela Mao , David Chiang , Phillip Ko , Casanova Wong , Yasuaki Kurata , and Sammo Hung ; and the producers , conductor , distributors , and expert — along with copious clips from the cinema themselves — that for the first time expose the account , controversy , and bequest behind one of the most bizarre and successful literary genre in movie history . ”

Enter the clone of Bruce has its domain premiereSaturday , June 10 at the Tribeca Film Festival , where it ’s present as part of Escape From Tribeca , the fest ’s “ Psychotronic Sidebar ” program .

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