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"Bruce’s tracksuit is orange-yellow in this movie because Clouse darkened the film print, thus resulting in a change in its color from bright yellow to orange. Clouse darkened the film because in his version of Game of Death, Bruce fights Kareem at night, whereas in Bruce’s version of the movie, the pagoda battle is during the day."
"In 1972, Bruce Lee began working on his second directorial project, Game of Death. The Plot involved Lee playing the role of Hai Tien, a retired martial arts champion who is confronted by a Korean crime syndicate that Kidnaps his sister and younger brother and force him to partecipate in a raid on a five-story pagoda located in South Korea."
"Hai Tien: Do you speak any Enlgish?"
"Just an all-around good, old-school kung fu flick, Tower of Death carries on the Game of Death concept by having Kim Tai-chung infiltrate an underground tower, each level housing a different guardian. Fast-paced action and quality direction and choreography make this one of the best Bruceploitation flicks of all."
"I'm in the midst of preparing my next movie, Enter the Dragon a coproduction between Concord and Warner Bros., plus another Concord production, The Game of Death, which is only halfway done."
"Dan Inosanto — (3rd Floor Guardian)"
"Upon arriving at the compound the team must first fight their way through 10 guards all black belts in Karate. After dispatching the Karate men, the team heads for the pagoda. On man, the locksmith, opens the door to the temple. The martial artists enter the pagoda to do battle while the locksmith stands watch below. It was within the pagoda that the epic battles in The Game of Death were to take place as each floor of the pagoda was to be guarded by a skilled martial arts stylist. On the first floor, one of the team would be killed. The second floor, The Floor of the Praying Mantis would see what was now the quartet lose another member of the team. Fortunately, the battle on the third floor of the pagoda and on the remaining floors as well, Bruce Lee captured on film."
"Complete scenes were filmed for the final three floors of the pagoda: the Hall of the tiger, featuring Dan Inosanto as the Escrima master; the Hall of the Dragon, featuring Ji Han-jae as the Hapkido expert; and the Hall of the Unknown - the final level, featuring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the practitioner of an unorthodox and formiess style of combat."
"You are my brother! I will let you do this first deed of merit. You go ahead. Wish you success"
"I am currently working on a script for my next film . I have not really decided the title yet, but what I want to show is the need to adapt one - self to changing circumstances . The inhability to adapt brings destruction . I already have the first scene in my mind . As the film opens , the audience sees a wide expanse of snow . Then the camera closes a group of trees while the sound of a strong wind fill the screen . There is a huge tree in the center of the screen and that's all covered with thick snow . Suddenly you hear a loud pop and a huge branch of the tree falls to the ground . you can not give in to the force of snow so it breaks . Then the camera moves to a willow tree that bends with the wind . Why adapts to the environment , the willow survives."
"Chieh Yuan — (In The Story the character was Sung-woo Park)"
"Ji Han-jae — (4rd Floor Guardian)"
"The hero of this movie The Game of Death learns everything in martial arts he also invented his own style he has purpose to the 5 level pagoda there is a martial arts master at each level 5 level older the goal of the hero is to reach the highest level and the martial arts of Chester at each level is higher than the other a life-death gate at each level and finally he beats the martial art master at the highest level and reaches the boundary of being invincible where the gods the pakoda it's the best martial art master such as karate, Taekwondo, praying mantis, HapKido wing turn and many others"
"Bruce Lee — Hai Tien (In The Story the character was also Hak-kyu Kim)"
"James Tien — Tien Da (In The Story the character was Byung-joo Kim)"
"Little had Bruce’s dialog notes for Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey [...] however Little [...] didn’t have dialog notes for one of Bruce’s lines, Little chose to leave the audio portion silent, with a “dialog missing” legend appearing on-screen [...] Bruce seems to say is, “Do you understand? This sword becomes a whip,” [...] Little used Jabbar and Ji Han Jae to dub their own voices [...] Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey features the dialog Bruce actually wrote for the movie [...] both English and Cantonese."
"Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — Mantis (5rd Floor Guardian)"
"While we may never know how The Game of Death would have turned out had Bruce Lee lived we do know, with unimpeachable certainty, the vision Lee had for the film during the time that he was filming its finale. According to his 12-page storyline the film would begin on an airplane that hade departed from Hong Kong. The character that Bruce Lee was to play in the film was named Hai Tien a retired, undefeated martial arts champion. Accompanying him on the flight would be his sister and young brother. The family are preparing to take a tour of Southheast Asia. When en route an annoucement is made that there will be a one-hour stopover in Korea. The plane then touches down and taxis into the gate at South Korea's Kimpo Airport."
"Hai Tien (Hak-Kyu Kim): I want you to remember me"
"[Lee had chosen his real-life senior-most student, Taky Kimura to play the guardian of the second floor. According to Kimura, Lee wanted him to utilize praying mantis gung fu as well as some elements of wing chun, both arts that emphasize infighting use of hands predominately, with kicks limited to below the waist] I think It was in October of '71-'72, in that era. He called me and said he wanted me to be in that movie. I said, Look, Bruce, I've got two left front feet. You know it and I know it. There's probably 1,000 people in Hong Kong that can do It better. Just let me sit here and enjoy the fruits of your success. You know me, I don't need to be in that. He said, No, I want you in it. I'm the technical director and the co-producer. Don't worry about it. So, I reluctantly, for fear that he'd kick my butt if I said no, at that point, I said okay. He'd already sent me an airline ticket. And really, I think at this point in his life. I think he had transcended the gimmicks that are usually in these movies. And I think that he had gotten to that plateau where you could just simply do the simple, you know, normal things and yet create that excitement within that simplicity."
"For other uses, see The Game of Death (disambiguation)"
"His big advantage is that he gives no thought to life or death. And with no distracting thoughts, he is therefore free to concentrate on fighting against the attack from outside. [from dialogue cantonese (螳螂嘅最高優點,就係佢能將生死置諸度外,心無一念,全心全意去對付外來嘅侵犯。) with the English subtitles]"
"For quotes at the storyline of The Game of Death, and prequel and sequel of 1972 original footage, see also the Bruce Lee's script notes on The Story (2001 short film)"
"Do you understand? This sword becomes a whip!"
"Look at him. Give him the fatigue bombing! [from dialogue cantonese (睇佢個樣,實行疲勞轟炸!) with the English subtitles]"
"With his great size, he is going to find it difficult to keep getting up each time I knock him down. [from dialogue cantonese (呢個巨人越係身形高大,當我每次打中佢,跌低時,佢龐大嘅身體就越捱唔起。) with the English subtitles]"
"I'm so tired. No, no! Hai Tien, he must be much more tired than you. Calm down your soul. [from dialogue cantonese (我已經好攰喇。唔係,唔係!海天,佢比你更攰,定吓神。) with the English subtitles]"
"Ji Han-jae (4rd Floor Guardian): As you gentlemen know, red means danger; therefore, I advise to you people not to step into this warning arena. If you want to go on living, stop here. Go back downstairs. Life is precious."
"Dominic West – Lord Richard Croft"
"You messed with the wrong family."
"All myths are foundations of reality."
"He had a knack for the unexpected."
"I thought I saw dad again. I think I’m going mad."
"It will be an adventure."
"Alicia Vikander – Lara Croft"
"Walton Goggins – Mathias Vogel"
"Jaime Winstone – Pamela"
"Hannah John-Kamen – Sophie"
"Derek Jacobi – Mr. Yaffe"
"Nick Frost – Max"
"Antonio Aakeel – Nitin Ahuja"
"Kristin Scott Thomas – Ana Miller"
"Daniel Wu – Lu Ren"
"Duncan Airlie James – Terry"
"This was my life's work, Max. You know, they said it was impossible, but we pulled it off. And it worked perfectly, without failing, day after day, year after year, so what do people do with it? Turn it into a gun."
"We built a system of satellites to stop natural disasters and someone is using it to create them."
"Yeah, I think we’ve established that. This is not a Chromebook; you don't just hit the power button. You need the kill codes, and the only one who has them is the President."
"Think of it like I'm taking a vacation."
"Yeah, sorry about that. I literally had to fly in from outer space."
"I don't need to remind you how many people died from catastrophic climate conditions."