The Game of Death (1972 movie)
The Game of Death (死亡的遊戲) is an incomplete Hong Kong martial arts film, of 40 minutes filmed between August and October 1972. It was directed, written and produced by Bruce Lee and Bruce Lee starred in it too. 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.
| The Game of Death 死亡的遊戲 | |
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| Directed by | Bruce Lee |
| Produced by | Raymond Chow Bruce Lee |
| Written by | Bruce Lee |
| Starring | Bruce Lee (Hai Tien) Gang: James Tien (Tien Da) Chieh Yuan (member fighter) The guardians of the temple: Hwang In-shik (guardian on the first floor) Dan Inosanto (guardian on the third floor) Ji Han-jae (guardian on the fourth floor) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Mantis) Unfilmed cast (guardian on the second floor and others[1]) |
| Cinematography | Tadashi Nishimoto Bruce Lee |
Production company | |
Running time | 40 minutes (incomplete) 18 minutes (Plot + prequel and sequel) |
| Country | Hong Kong (british) |
| Language | Cantonese English |
| Title | Release date | Notes on the original 1972 footage | Running time of the original footage from 1972 | Companies | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Lee, the Man and the Legend | 14 October 1973 | In 1984 the sequel, Bruce Lee, The Legend, was released, shown other exclusive footage from 1972 + fragments of Game of Death (1978 movie) | Trailer (2 minutes) | Concorn Productions Ltd. and Golden Harvest | British Hong Kong |
| Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey | 22 October 2000 | Bruce Lee's editing. Distributed on DVD the October 8, 2001 with the short film The Story[n 1]in the special features. |
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 |
| Game of Death Redux | 19 July 2019 | Alan Canvan's editing. Special features by Game of Death (1978 movie). The trailer of the second version was released in 2022 |
34 minutes and 26 seconds | The Criterion Collection and Niche Pictures | U.S.A. |
| 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 Video | British |
The Game Of Death (1972 Movie) Media
Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, c.1851.
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Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil at age 12, 1858.
- Victor Meirelles - Casamento da Princesa Isabel e Gastão de Orléans.jpg
The wedding of Gaston of Orleans and Dona Isabel of Braganza at the Imperial Chapel
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- Princess Isabel of Brazil takes oath as Regent of the Empire of Brazil.Juramento da Constituição pela Princesa Isabel como Regente do Império do Brasil.
- Isabel e Pedro II 1870.jpg
Princess Isabel with her father Emperor Pedro II, c. 1870
- Missa 17 maio 1888.jpg
Open mass on 17 May 1888 commemorating the abolition of slavery. Isabel and her husband can be seen under a canopy to the left. The monarchy was never so popular, but at the same time never so frail.
- Gaston d’Orléans, comte d’Eu01.jpg
1877 portrait of the Princess Imperial and the Count of Eu with their son Pedro, Prince of Grão-Pará, by Karl Ernst Papf
- Isabel conde dEu Luis Maria Pia filhos.jpg
Isabel and the Count of Eu with their son Prince Luís, his wife and children, 1913
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Tomb of Princess Isabel (far left) in the Imperial Mausoleum, inside the Cathedral of Petrópolis, Brazil
Notes
- ↑ It set in South Korea (더 스토리), is the plot of The Game of Death + prequel and sequel the original 1972 footage. Hand-written by Bruce Lee, the storyline of The Game of Death, is 12 pages in length[2].
Quotations related to The storyline of The Game of Death at Wikiquote
References
- ↑ archive.org, the JKD Brotherhood, Black Belt Magazine and Game Over! (quotations related to Game Over! in the page The Game of Death at Wikiquote) by Joe Kenney (pseudonym) on cityonfire.com (Cityonfire)
- ↑ Little, John. Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (book). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-8092-9722-1
Other websites
Media related to The Game of Death (1972 movie) at Wikimedia Commons- Quotations related to The Game of Death at Wikiquote