Tuesday, September 13, 2011

The Game of Death (1972)


Hai Tien (Bruce Lee) must battle several martial arts masters to reach the top of a Pagoda where something important is being kept.

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Bruce Lee died before this film was complete. It was finished using doubles. A hilarious film called Finishing the Game was made about the fictional search for an actor to double Bruce. But honestly there is nobody on earth who could possibly substitute for Bruce Lee. The man was a machine and capable of things no mere mortal could ever even think of attempting. Thankfully Warner Brothers saw fit to take all of the original Bruce footage, and assemble it as Bruce intended for inclusion on the Enter the Dragon DVD. I highly recommend you do the footwork necessary to see these scenes - they're worth it.

And before you ask: Yes, this is where Tarantino got the idea of having Uma wear a yellow track suit in Kill Bill Vol. 1.

1 comment:

  1. great film and it has one more version called bruce lee in g.o.d whice have same enter the dragon dvd footage but with diffrent sound effects and remix john barry score you can watch it on youtube

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