It was probably early in 1976 or late in ’75 when John Drew Barrymore dropped a script by my house, The Silent Flute, A Martial Arts Fantasy, telling me to read it over the weekend and get it right back to him, so he could sneak it back into James Coburn’s library without him finding out that he’d sneaked it out. “And,” he said, “You can’t tell anyone you’ve seen it.” I didn’t understand the need for secrecy, but John Drew is a strange and secretive person. I read it, and immediately decided this movie absolutely had to be made. It could be the essential martial arts movie, and a living legacy for Bruce Lee. Read the rest of this entry »