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JIM 'DRAGON' KELLY in Austin for a double feature of ENTER THE DRAGON & BLACK BELT JONES!









Hey folks, Harry here... To me, the only way that KILL BILL could be cooler than it apparently already is, is if JIM KELLY were in it. Jim Kelly is... for any lover of American Seventies Martial Arts and Blaxploitation filmmaking... He's the mutherfucking BOMB of cool.









"BULLSHIT, MR HAN-MAN!"

Once upon a time, there was no greater film geek cult film than ENTER THE DRAGON. There is something magical about ENTER THE DRAGON, something that you can never really touch. I'm not sure if it's the Lalo Schifrin score... The widescreen asskicking cinematography... Bruce Lee's astonishing fight with the guards... OR - Just how fucking cool JIM KELLY is. Jim, for me, has always been the cherry on top of the cinematic sundae that is ENTER THE DRAGON...









"MAAAN, YOU COME RIGHT OUT OF A COMIC BOOK!"

True, true, actually I come right out of a comic book shop, the one my Dad owned in the 70's. Beginning at the age of 3 I sold stills of JIM KELLY at conventions, right alongside Bruce Lee, Kirk, Spock, LOGAN, HAL, The Demon from CURSE OF THE DEMON, and on and on and on. I collected Martial Arts movie posters and 16mm trailers - which I still own today. You watch Jim Kelly kick the shit out of bad guys in film with his distinctive howl as his fist meets their tonsils and I dare ya not to go... "COOOOOOL".









"I'LL BE TOO BUSY LOOKING GOOD!"

Jim Kelly is a figure of legend, alongside John Saxon and Bruce Lee - he figured prominently into one of the coolest flat out amazing films of all time. His chiseled features and just utter badassness just leap from the screen, and the idea that he'll be there... at the Alamo Drafthouse Lakecreek along with ENTER THE DRAGON is unreal! You see... for almost 20 years Jim Kelly disappeared... Many assumed he was off having adventures... whupping the ass of bad guys everywhere... Kicking "The Man's Ass" wherever it was showing up to keep the righteous down. JIM KELLY... He's gonna be here in Austin this Sunday and I'm just jazzed as can be!









"BATMAN, MUTHERFUCKA!"

Now, I don't want to seem like the only worthwhile film he did was ENTER THE DRAGON.... God no. I've got videos in my collection of BLACK SAMURAI, BLACK BELT JONES, THREE THE HARD WAY, GOLDEN NEEDLES and TAKE A HARD RIDE! And I enjoy them all.









This Sunday... JIM KELLY - Black Belt Jones himself hits Austin and only a fool won't be there... You a fool?

CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR TICKETS FOR JIM KELLY - ENTER THE DRAGON and/or BLACK BELT JONES, with Jim Kelly being there in person to kick your ass!!!

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Shit mane, I ain't no fool!
by kingGirlfriend
Sep 25th, 2003
05:06:50 PM
I'm gonna make you sweat one way... and then the other.
by FNORDknt
Sep 25th, 2003
05:14:45 PM
Dude, Jim Kelly was so like a comic book character, ironically
by Terry_1978
Sep 25th, 2003
05:14:53 PM
SO what has he been doing for 20 years?
by Jon E Cin
Sep 25th, 2003
05:27:09 PM
I was hoping that Jim Kelly and Ron Van Clief would have a duel
by Declan_Swartz
Sep 25th, 2003
05:31:43 PM
No Fred WIlliamson
by TomVee
Sep 25th, 2003
05:35:50 PM
When it comes, I won't even notice...
by Psychonaut
Sep 25th, 2003
06:07:08 PM
THREE THE HARD WAY
by HarryKnuckles2
Sep 25th, 2003
06:25:09 PM
"Ghettos are the same all over the world..."
by JustinSane
Sep 25th, 2003
06:59:35 PM
This jig's not goin' to Texas.....
by Manaqua
Sep 25th, 2003
07:31:49 PM
Didn't Jim Kelly become a tennis pro?
by Shanghai Nicky
Sep 25th, 2003
08:12:18 PM
Harry, you KNOW you'd better...
by Otter
Sep 25th, 2003
08:16:14 PM
you lose Austin
by bigtotoro
Sep 25th, 2003
08:19:29 PM
HARRY YOU TEASE !!!!
by jackburtonlives
Sep 25th, 2003
08:33:59 PM
I always thought it was "Bullshit, Mr HAND-Man." Isn't that why
by Alcamaeon
Sep 25th, 2003
09:03:18 PM
new matrix: revolutions final theatrical trailer up!!!
by microwavable?
Sep 25th, 2003
09:16:25 PM
Too bad Warner Bros are being bitches about releasing a 30th Ann
by StoneMonkey
Sep 25th, 2003
09:34:21 PM
Jim Kelly Sucks
by Dmann
Sep 25th, 2003
10:19:56 PM
'Bullshit Mr. Han-man!'
by 60091
Sep 25th, 2003
10:33:41 PM
Damnit, another reason why I wish lived in Texas...
by wash
Sep 25th, 2003
11:07:20 PM
Jim Kelly is the MAN
by Darth Thoth
Sep 25th, 2003
11:34:54 PM
you know...
by SimpsonsQuoteMan
Sep 26th, 2003
12:17:43 AM
Take a Hard Ride, enter the dragon, good pics, cool memories, bu
by watashiwadare
Sep 26th, 2003
12:39:36 AM
A HUMAN FLY!!!!!!
by BranMakMorn
Sep 26th, 2003
12:41:20 AM
The Baddest MoFo on the planet
by BlackBeltJones
Sep 26th, 2003
01:17:41 AM
Jim Kelly hits houston on saturday!
by jeffallee
Sep 26th, 2003
01:28:01 AM
Saw him in UNDERCOVER BROTHER.
by Cash Bailey
Sep 26th, 2003
02:25:01 AM
In Italy Black Belt Jones was known as Johnny Svelto
by MonkeyKungFu
Sep 26th, 2003
10:26:00 AM
Man, you come right out of a comic book
by antnee21
Sep 26th, 2003
10:31:13 AM
Kelly is SO cool
by HailDaHypnoToad
Sep 26th, 2003
11:41:00 AM
Kelly is SO cool
by HailDaHypnoToad
Sep 26th, 2003
11:41:26 AM
The cool thing about Jim Kelly...
by Joey Stylez
Sep 26th, 2003
01:09:09 PM
Fuck!! I wish I lived in Austin
by Lost Skeleton
Sep 26th, 2003
04:51:41 PM
Jim Kelly and Demond "Lamont" Wilson should do a buddy cop movie
by NicholasWolfwood
Sep 27th, 2003
03:49:01 AM
I'd better go before Aunt Jimyma freaks out
by Rant_Man
Sep 27th, 2003
07:25:01 AM
Hey everybody! Let's go to McDonalds! (in unison) "YEAH!"
by Rant_Man
Sep 27th, 2003
07:26:57 AM
It was broad maaaan!
by Whats_A_Bogart?
Sep 27th, 2003
09:07:36 PM
Jim "da man" Kelly
by chefman
Sep 28th, 2003
07:07:34 PM

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