Filmography The Game of Death (1972)
| The Game of Death | |||
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| Chinese | 死亡的遊戲 | ||
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| Directed by | Bruce Lee | ||
| Written by | Bruce Lee | ||
| Produced by | Raymond Chow Bruce Lee | ||
| Starring | Bruce Lee (Hai Tien) James Tien (Gang member fighter)[n 1] Chieh Yuan (Gang member fighter)[n 2] Hwang In-shik (Temple guardian on the first floor) Dan Inosanto (Temple guardian on the third floor) Ji Han-jae (Temple guardian on the fourth floor) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Mantis, temple guardian on the fifth floor) Unfilmed cast (Temple guardian on the second floor and others[1]) | ||
| Cinematography | Tadashi Nishimoto Bruce Lee | ||
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Running time | 40 minutes (incomplete) 18 minutes (Plot + prequel and sequel) | ||
| Country | Hong Kong (british) | ||
| Languages | Cantonese English | ||
The Game of Death (死亡的遊戲) is an incomplete Hong Kong martial arts film, of 40 minutes filmed in 1972, directed, written, produced concorded (☯) by and starring Bruce Lee. In 1978 the Golden Harvest has released Game of Death and other Game of Death movies. The 1978 version uses portions of the original footage married to an entirely new plot. The revised version of the film uses only 11 minutes and 7 seconds of the footage from the original The Game of Death, but after 2000 the original version was distributed in movies and documentaries from various parts of the world.
| Title | Release date | Notes on the original 1972 footage | Running time of the original footage from 1972 | Companies | Country |
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| Bruce Lee, the Man and the Legend | 14 October 1973 | First appearance | Trailer of 2 minutes | Golden Harvest (with Concorn Productions Ltd.) | British Hong Kong |
| Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey | 22 October 2000 | Bruce Lee's editing | 36 minutes and 40 seconds (23 exclusive minutes) | Warner Bros (with JJL Enterprises, LLC) | U.S.A. |
| Bruce Lee in G.O.D 死亡的遊戯 | 25 November 2000 | The longer scenes without Bruce Lee's editing | 39 minutes | ArtPort | Japan |
| The Story | 8 October 2001 | Plot + prequel and sequel of 1972 original footage. Special features by Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey |
Only a few seconds of the Guardians in the middle of the movie and Bruce Lee as Hai Tien in the closing credits | Warner Bros (with JJL Enterprises, LLC) | U.S.A. |
| Game of Death Redux | 19 July 2019 (first version) 2022 (second version) |
Alan Canvan's editing. Special features by Game of Death |
34 minutes and 26 seconds | The Criterion Collection (with Niche Pictures and Orange Sky Golden Harvest) | U.S.A. and China |
| The Final Game of Death | 17 July 2023 | James Flower's editing | Movie of 40 minutes (2 exclusive minutes) and other archive footage and gallery images | Arrow Films (with Orange Sky Golden Harvest) | British |
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Notes
- ↑ James Tien in The Game of Death[1]
- ↑ Chieh Yuan in The Game of Death[1]
- ↑ Quotes: Game Over! and Game of Death from Cityonfire [2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 archive.org, the JKD Brotherhood and Black Belt Magazine
- ↑ cityonfire.com, JJ Bona
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-8092-9722-1
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