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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?
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Reader Talkback
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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