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U.S. soldier Frank Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly secret and extremely violent martial-arts competition. Sheldon tells everybody that I told him a story of how I fought these events and he thought that would make a great movie and all this kind of stuff. But I'm curious, getting back to what you were saying earlierand what to ultimately led to that story you describedat what point was the producer Mark DiSalle convinced that Jean-Claude would work? "Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur. Jean-Claude, Michel Qissi and we were all predicting how much money the movie was going to make.Blake Harris: That's wonderful.Sheldon Lettich: Yes, but there was still an additional hurdle. I don't know if they ever approached Chuck Norris, but Chuck didn't seem right. And then there was the famous meeting between Jean-Claude and Menahem on La Cienega Boulevard. In fact, Universal had some problems with what we did there because we did not want it to be a revenge movie. He felt bad for him. A lot of it was based on the recollections of my friend Kurt Taylor, who I wrote the script with. But it was interesting because he's fighting Mike Stone and Mike Stone had reportedly 91 wins. Nobody clapped for Sheldon. He was totally against any kind of steroids. They'll cover Frank Dux being a real man, Van Damme's soft baby b. And that's how I ended up co-writing Rambo III with him. Discovered by Player FM and our community copyright is owned by the publisher, not Player FM, and audio is streamed directly from their servers. And I totally separated it. Also, Idris Elba's voice is just something else. Because my idea for Rambo III was: well, there's only one place Rambo could goAfghanistan. And it's interesting because they hide that, you know? We're not friends [anymore] and he does everything in his power to try and paint me as being a nutball or a kook because of it.Blake Harris: That's why I wanted to focus this piece on you, so you can tell the story in your own words.Frank Dux: So now you're starting to hear the real truth of the matter, you know what I mean? No, never. I'll tell you one thing: When I was there, I got a standing ovation. Jean-Claude saw Menahem on the street, did a U-Turn and said, "Hey Menahem, remember me? And he showed up and said, "I see he didn't show up." They didn't have any proper uniforms. So I have all these memories of falling down stairs and crawling on my knees. Bloodsport was produced by Cannon Films and released by Warner Bros. on 26 February 1988. He's in a documentary saying this. So Frank put me on the phone with Jean-Claude and that was the first time I ever spoke to him. Blake Harris: That story in the L.A. Times was pretty brutal. So we pitched him Legionnaire, gave him the treatment and Ed went for it.Blake Harris: You mentioned that Columbia passed on Legionnaire because it didn't "stick with the Van Damme formula." This was significant not only because he wrote the screenplay for Bloodsport, but also because Dux had said some unflattering things about the writer. One of the key sequences in the film finds Task Force X sent to free Rick Flag from an enemy camp. Then we needed someone different to play the Chuck Norris role. I was afraid to taste it, because I'm allergic to shellfish. In fact, Midway Games attempted to license Van Damme's image for the game. And on it, they didn't even spell my name correctly. I don't remember in detail what our first interaction was like, but we just kind of hit it off.Blake Harris: Was it weird for you at all, as a Vietnam veteran, to be working on a book about the war that was written by someone who hadn't been there?Sheldon Lettich: Well, I didn't know that at the time. So those are the three elements. We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Jean-Claude Van Damme." You wanted to help him be successful. And that's what I found out later in life. So you know what that means. The other thing is that Jean-Claude, like I said, he had this uncanny way he looked. These guys, after brutally going at each other, now they were just laughing it off. He was good at stiff karate moves, but that was it. howdidthisgetmade@earwolf.com Episodes The Specialist LIVE! The one thing that we did that made the film work so well is that we would do one "twinning shot" per scene. Jason and Paul chat about the latest Star Trek & Star Wars TV shows, Paul digs into Corrections and Omissions from The Specialist, shares a deleted scene from last week's episode about Steven Seagal's blues music career, and announces next week's movie. And I walked out on the ledge and I was waiting for him because I knew he wasn't going to come alone. Blake Harris: You had mentioned earlier on that Bloodsport sat on the shelf for two yearsFrank Dux: Yeah, for two years it sat on the shelf. But he had a great imagination, he had good ideas and he knew the martial arts world pretty well. But Michael Dudikoff is like 6'2," and the problem was they wanted to film in Asia. I don't think Stallone has ever been given his due by movie critics. You know what I mean? It developed a strong cult following, and has been cited as an influence on the development of mixed martial arts. Bloodsport. She said, "Wait a minute, I'll be right back" and then comes in with the same magazine. Jean-Claude was doing movies for Columbia and they wanted him to bring them some ideas for movies and we brought that idea to them. "Tagline:The True Story of an American Ninja. And he was just a different person. So I wrote the script and gave it to a guy named Jacov Bresler. This is like 1979 and he wanted to put together some kind of theatrical piece about Vietnam veterans. Does that even look the same? And at this point in time I don't think it's going to happen.Blake Harris: Ah, too bad. And he did that to Sheldon several times. It's the amazing tale of Frank Dux, a Caucasian martial artist who fought in (and won) a ruthless secret tournament that's held only once every five years. He said, "To be the best, you've gotta fight the best, kid." Well, about the only thing they showed was a trophy receipt.Blake Harris: Which they claimed was evidence that the trophy you won was "at least partially made in the San Fernando Valley? Both of them wanted to be the cop.Blake Harris: That's so funny (though it makes sense).Sheldon Lettich: It just couldn't be worked out so the project fell by the wayside until they got Stallone and Wesley Snipes to be in it. I kid you not.Blake Harris: So you weren't some kind of jiujutsu prodigy?Frank Dux: Not at all. These targets included the planned mining of a Nicaraguan port and the planned sabotage of certain Nicaraguan installations including power stations and weapons depots, codenamed OPERATION CORDOBA HARBOR. That's water off my back. And then he did a kick that missed his face by like two inches. This is the kind of bond we had. Blake Harris: So we know how Sheldon entered the picture, but how does Jean-Claude Van Damme become involved with Bloodsport?Frank Dux: Oh, Jean-Claude tells this crazy story. Although there is no convenient way to verify each and every detail connected with this story, the editors have verified enough of the basic facts to feel confident in publishing it. It was a horrible film. And if Jean-Claude had found out that I really was theat that time, the real force, if you wouldthat was giving him all these elements, Sheldon's usefulness would have been short-lived. None of it.Blake Harris: InterestingFrank Dux: And Shoto Tanemura, he says he's never heard of a Dukes or a Tanaka? Oh yeah! And then one day I get invited down to the Long Beach Invitationals. The red one, the blue one, the black one. And I was writing for Stallone at the time and I actually asked Jean-Claude for some help with some of the dialogue for a script I was working on.Blake Harris: I imagine that this was during that timeabout two years or sowhen Bloodsport just kind of sat there on the shelves. And I said, "Jean-Claude, that's bullshit. That's how Frank and I met.Blake Harris: Do you remember what your first meeting was like?Sheldon Lettich: We hit it off right away. You see my point? A college football comedy, of all things, that took place at a black college in Texas during the 60s.Blake Harris: I think that also earns "left field" status.Sheldon Lettich: [laughing] Maybe. But I didn't sleep with a reporter beforehand and I certainly didn't break into my instructor's house and steal a sword. He was a little too old at the time. Then we started meeting on a regular basis over at the VA hospital in Westwood. We Hate Movies podcast did Timecop for one of their eps, and likewise, it is one of their best eps. And that relationship led to other things down the road, as you know, but meanwhile my script Firebase was going around. No. It was offered to him and Seagal. And so we had a great time. That's what really happened. And I'd imitate him.Blake Harris: Do you remember how old you were around this time?Frank Dux: I was 11 years old. That's not even my name. In fact we did the casting at my apartment. Live from Largo in L.A. they get into Samuel L. Jackson's infamous death scene, LL Cool J's relationship with his bird, Stellan Skarsgrd's new name, and how Saffron Burrows is the film's true villain. They always gave me one camera to kind of use and shoot it the way I'd like to see shot. So there would be one shot where you would see both brothers in the same shot, kind of talking to one another and then all the other shots were either close-ups or over-the-shoulders done with a double. "We have no recollection of such a tournament," said Kenneth Wilson, a spokesman for the Ministry of Sports in the Bahamas. Jean-Claude is poison!! As a result, he's spent the past 28 years dealing with perpetual allegations of being a fake and a fraud. And he just started laughing and he says, "Frank, you're crazy. But then Menahem decided he didn't want to make the movie.Blake Harris: Why?Sheldon Lettich: In his words, I'm quoting, "Jean-Claude can't even play one character, how do you expect him to play two?" And I just want to end it right now." So I said, "As long as you're going to have martial arts, why not get Frank?" But the fights in the story were all real. He went in and redid it. Well, here's the reality of the situation. We expect embellishment, we condone narrative condensation and we celebrate character-driven points of view. So I just started calling it Bloodsport, and that was useful because this type of fighting, it had a different name depending on where you were. The piece, entitled "Kumite: A Learning Experience," was written by editor John Stewart and begins with the following note: From time to time, Black Belt learns of unusual events or occurrences in the martial arts; events thateither because of their nature or because they occurred in the distant pastcannot be easily verified. What is he, a walking dictionary of a secret society? And I actually helped John do the casting. ).Blake Harris: That's great. Occasionally he'd come by the studio. There were a number of people who really liked it. We pitched it to them and they were kind of interested, but at the end of the day they decided not to do it. On May 1, 1988, just over two months after Bloodsport hit theaters, John Johnson of the L.A. Times published this editorial:NINJA: Hero or Master Fake?Others Kick Holes in Fabled Past of Woodland Hills Martial Arts TeacherAs the title suggests, the piece isn't too kind to Dux. And like I said, guys like Sheldon didn't help, putting a knife in my back.Blake Harris: So what was it like seeing him at the screening?Frank Dux: I was cordial. Hit the Subscribe button to track updates in Player FM, or paste the feed URL into other podcast apps. And I gotta give him credit there. And for three months prior to filming, Jean-Claude would come to my studio after I finished classes, he would show up at like 9 o'clock and I would train him in movie fighting.Blake Harris: How skilled was he? Jean-Claude was a big Stallone fan?Sheldon Lettich: Still is. And I said, "Okay, after dailies, I'll meet you up there." It was also seen by Viacom. I did some research and realized I wanted to do a French Foreign Legion movie. We needed at least $20 million to do this thing right and it looked like it might happen, but it didn't. With Bloodsport and Deadshot picking up each other weapons in battle. Three months later, it formally opened at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles to rave reviews. And we actually got hired by Motown to write this script! And it wasn't even for the right trophy. And was that something that you and Jean-Claude consciously tried to deliver (or to avoid)?Sheldon Lettich: We tried to do something atypical with Lionheart. Are you guys still friendly?Sheldon Lettich: Oh yeah. The 20 episodes of How Did This Get Made listed below offer a taste of the world that the hosts have built. Commander Alexander Martin available for review. Bloodsport is the name of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.All of these versions exist in DC's main shared universe, known as the DC Universe.. Very well known. That kind of caught my fancy. So he pitched me the story for Kickboxer and I said, "Well, if you're looking for a martial arts film, I've got one of my own that I think you might likeBloodsport." I remember us going back to his apartment and the thing was entirely full.Blake Harris: Did Menahem change his tune about Jean-Claude?Sheldon Lettich: Well, yes and no. And the story there, which I've told many times, came from Frank telling me about his exploits. Over the centuries, however, these . In this declaration, Commander Martin attests to the following: Frank Dux: As far as my military service goes, I should also mention that I'm named as a source contributor in the US Navy SEAL SPECWAR manual. Leon hired me to write a script, which Menahem ended up liking. And it may be a typical Hollywood story, but you still never see it coming. This thing, it had legs, and started traveling around the world (London, Australia, etc. Especially when it comes to the military. I blame the success of Jurassic Park for this movie. His contract was not for writing, it was for use of his name and a portion of his "real-life story." Like, for example, about your teacher?Frank Dux: They try to make it sound like I made up my instructor. So when he heard that there was another movie with Van Dammeand this time Van Damme was starring in itSammy was totally enthusiastic. And regardless of what any critics may say or believe, I don't think anyone would argue that you weren't extremely talented. I remember paying for the uniforms. And Leon was going to star in the movie, which we called The White House All Stars with the "White House" being a frat house at this college where all the football players lived. But the truth is, I had already written a script called Enter the Ninja. I told Menahem that the new cut of Bloodsport was great and I thought it was going to do really well. And we ran around like kids, just like kids, and he was showing me this beautiful art deco penthouse apartment in downtown L.A.Blake Harris: That's a great image. We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. ". Though defeated, this wasn't the last the heroes of the DC Universe saw of Bloodsport. I was too close to it. I went into the offices of the L.A. Times with my attorney with the actual fight film footage. A secret martial arts contest? I wrote the script, got paid a small fee and I can't remember how much time passedprobably less than a yearand via another guy named Lou Horwitza financer who, I believe, did gap-financing at the timeLou took it to Cannon. Jean-Claude had a three picture deal with Menahem at Cannon and Leon was very impressed with Jean-Claude; we all thought this was a match made in heaven. This got the people at Cannon re-thinking Bloodsport and they decided to do a test run on the west coast. And I said, "Hey, asshole, I'm right over here." And Menahem was dead set against it.Blake Harris: Why?Sheldon Lettich: [Laughing at the memory] His word for Jean-Claude was "poison." KUMITE! And the one twinning shot would sell it and it worked surprisingly well.Blake Harris: The next movie you worked on with Jean-Claude was his directorial debut, The Quest [1996], but only in the capacity of script polishing. I wasn't there. And we were dogs being pitted against each other. You allow other people just a little glimpse into what that experience was like and to feel it themselves. No Retreat No Surrender movie led to Van Damme getting the lead in Bloodsport (1988). And, at that lunch, Mark agreed and hired me to write the script for Bloodsport.Blake Harris: Frank mentioned he already had a script? And then Hollywood got to him and he started showing signs of manic depression, you know?Blake Harris: In what way?Frank Dux: I'll never forget. Brought his wife with him and we just hit it off, right from the getgo. What made you such an extraordinary fighter?Frank Dux: Well, you know what? And I'll never forgetand I'm terrified of heights, by the way. Blake Harris: The Black Belt article got a lot of attention and certainly must have piqued the interest of some folks in Hollywood. During the tournament, Dux battles an array of international fighters from various schools of martial arts. I'm not gonna stoop to his level. KUMITE! And he said yeah. And it was no-holds-barred, it'd very brutal and bloody, so it was called "Bloodsport." Tiger Tanaka, right? Plus the guy was just an idol of mine. 2. level 1. Well I did, and I landed one right on his nose.Blake Harris: Really?Frank Dux: Yeah, and he was not happy about that. You want to fight, let's fight?" My very first fight in Tijuana, they were fighting six of us, and there were only five us there; we were waiting for another guy. And then he was inspired to write a script. Or, better yet, where does that phrase come from?Frank Dux: Oh, that's easy. It sold well at the box office, grossing $65 million on a budget of $1.5-2.3 million. And we loved each other at that point.Blake Harris: So you guys were really closeFrank Dux: Yeah, this'll show you how close we were and tie back to what I was saying right before. Except the version that Stallone had in mind was for a present day French Foreign Legion movie about two American buddies who enlist. And there'd be a bunch of people there with phones to record it, so we don't want this to happen.Blake Harris: Speaking of that screening, Frank had mentioned that you were crushed. Okay? That editorial attributes statements to me that I never made. Bloodsport wasn't an Oscar-worthy film in any manner (the original cut was deemed unwatchable and a re-edit was completed before release), but Van Damme's stoic charisma and the memorable. Two, actually. Neither of them was about a martial arts tournament, and neither of them was ever produced. And it misrepresents my responses. And then he said, "What the hell are we doing out here?" The character is initially depicted as a vengeful veteran of the Vietnam War, angry at the people of Metropolis for their "senseless . By their own photographer. We gave our enthusiastic thumbs up and the next thing I know they're in pre-production and off to Hong Kong. (w/ Nicole Byer) 4/7/2023 More HDTGM all-star Nicole Byer (Grand Crew, Nailed It!) I said, "Real Kumite fighters, we fight here. It took me years to understand the producer's point, but I do now. And he's in this movie called No Retreat, No Surrender. We even made a movie together, my 16mm short Firefight, which I gave him a major role in. Dux believes this article was part of a smear campaign orchestrated by business competitors. And we ended up settling. Not about Jean-Claude per se, but about releasing Bloodsport in theaters?Sheldon Lettich: Menahem was persuaded by Samuel Hadida, who had released No Retreat, No Surrender in France (where it was called Karate Tiger) and been a fan of Jean-Claude's ever since then. And in that way it works, I can see that.With any film that's based on a true story, there are always questions and curiosities about authenticity. You know, there's a certain romanticism to that. We do it your way. But there was a Writer's Guild arbitration and the Writer's Guild ended up giving him a co-story credit.Blake Harris: Tell me a little bit about Legionnaire. I said, "You're trying to prove to yourself that you could do it. So any time you want to know who an agent is you can just go down there and file a request? Originally he'd planned for it to take place in present day, but I just thought that if you've got all of these fighters coming from all of the world like they did in Bloodsportand basically he was just trying to do a different version of Bloodsportthat it would make things more interesting if, for example, this took place in the 1920s because then it becomes really difficult for all these fighters from different parts of the world to journey to this contest.Blake Harris: So Frank was originally hired to write the script for The Quest?Sheldon Lettich: Frank, and they actually put another writer on with Frank. In the DC Extended Universe, Robert DuBois is played by Idris Elba in the . So you have to get everyone on the same page and agree to make this movie. with Andy Griffith, where Barney Fife was getting picked on and so he goes to learn judo. Plus, two cousins duke it out . And it was just surreal to her. How involved were you with that reshaping?Frank Dux: Every day, when Sheldon was writing the script, I would be in the office with him and Mark DiSalle, the producer. How did that come about?Sheldon Lettich: Well, it's interesting. And I could see he was really contemplating it. Actor & comedian Paul Scheer and film critic Amy Nicholson want your advice as they make the ultimate list of the greatest movies . I actually got to take my mother for the first time to see the film. Roger Moore co-starred along side Van Damme in The Quest (1996) ironically playing a James Bond actor which Frank Dux had said inspired him to learn martial arts in the first place. And Jean-Claude's got a really good sense of how a fight scene should be edited. And that's pretty much what Double Impact isBlake Harris: I read online that you might be writing a sequel to Double Impact? I was at this taping and I even got to ask a question, so this is probably my favorite episode by default. So I ended up writing that script for him. This thingwhatever it was calledit was really cool and it would be a cool way to meet chicks.Blake Harris: And how did you go from passively enjoying these things to actual participating and learning how to fight?Frank Dux: I guess one of the things that helped push me in that direction was that I befriended a kid named Grant who had it far worse than myself. Back when I first started working with Stallone, my agent had told me to bring an idea to pitch him for a script. I thought that was real interesting.Blake Harris: I imagine that at 11 years old that was a pretty inspiring experience.Frank Dux: Yeah and then three years later, I saw him again. Either way, it's fair to say that filmgoers are a pretty forgiving lot. 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