Game of Death - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Game of Death or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Game of Death

[veronica]

Steve McQueen, James Coburn, and Muhammad Ali refused roles in the film because they felt it exploited Bruce Lee's death, and because of the low pay Golden Harvest was offering.

[bryan]

Chuck Norris was considered for the role of Steiner, but turned it down.

[kyle]

Bruce Lee had filmed over 30 minutes of fight scenes for this film when work was suspended to allow Lee to work on Enter the Dragon (1973). However, Lee died before he could return. Six years later, director Robert Clouse fleshed out a feature around the original footage with a new cast, including two stand-ins for Lee, who faces are hidden by dark sunglasses and shadows. Close-ups and stills of Lee's face, including a cardboard cut-out, were also used.

[manuel]

Robert Wall had also been slated to appear in the early 1970s version, as intended by Bruce Lee.

[kenneth]

This film was the final role for actor Gig Young.

[tom]

Hapkido Master Han Jae Ji, who plays the second guardian Bruce Lee battles in the Pagoda/Restaraunt, gets no screen credit in the 1978 version of the film.

[riley]

In the film Game Of Death, Bruce Lee's character is shot with a prop gun by Stick the Assassin (Mel Novak) during a take. Tragically, this scene would prove to be a premonition of the death of Lee's son, Brandon Lee, who was killed on the set of The Crow, when a prop pistol accidentally shot him in the abdomen two decades later.

[brent]

George Lazenby was originally meant to be in this film and was due to meet Bruce Lee on July 20 1973, the day Lee died. For other reasons, Lazenby was not involved in the final project as directed by Robert Clouse.

[albert]

Italian censorship visa # 72254 delivered on 9 August 1978.

[ruby]

The Chinese version of the film features an extra fight scene: Billy Lo vs. a Korean challenger played by Casanova Wong. The fight was later inserted into Game of Death II (1980). It's considered the best "non Bruce Lee" fight scene in the whole film.

[bernard]

The funeral scene includes footage of Bruce Lee's real-life funeral.

[kylie]

In this movie, Bruce Lee's character is shot with a prop gun by stick (Mel Novak) that was secretly made to fire a real bullet and kill him. Lee's son, Brandon Lee, was killed on the set of The Crow (1994), when a prop pistol accidentally shot him in the abdomen.

[terry]

In Bruce Lee's original story plot, he was to play a world-renowned martial artist named Hai Tien. Tien was to be approached by the Korean underworld and told about a mysterious treasure at the top of a pagoda. Tien would want nothing to do with it, but would co-operate after his sister and younger brother are kidnapped. Although the name Hai Tien came up at least once in the archive footage, his name was changed to Billy Lo.