Game of Death

Game of Death (死亡遊戲) was the film Bruce Lee had planned to be the demonstration piece of his martial art Jeet Kune Do. 54 minutes of footage was shot before his death, some of which was later lost and has not yet been recovered. The remaining footage has been released with Bruce Lee's original English dubbing as part of the documentary entitled Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey. Most of the footage which was shot is from what was to be the centre piece of the film.

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Bruce Lee - Jeet Kune Do

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After the death of Bruce Lee, Enter The Dragon director Robert Clouse was enlisted to direct additional scenes featuring a stand-in which, when pieced together with the original footage as well as other footage from earlier in Bruce Lee's career, would form a new film (also entitled Game of Death) which was released in 1978, five years after his death, by Columbia Pictures.

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Enter The Dragon - Robert Clouse - Columbia Pictures

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Bruce Lee fans generally disown the 1978 version as cashing in on Bruce Lee's image.

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The film is avalible on DVD from 20th Century Fox, and the documentary Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey is avalible from Warner Home Entertainment, on its own and on the second disc of the 2004 Special Edition of Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon.

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DVD - 20th Century Fox - Warner Home Entertainment - 2004 - Enter the Dragon

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