Bruce Lee 1978 "Game of Death" 15.5x21 Original French Movie Poster

1978 "Game of Death" Starring Bruce Lee Original French movie poster measures 15.5" x 21" in size.

Game of Death, 1978 (released in the U.S. in 1979) Robert Clouse Hong Kong/U.S. kung fu martial arts action thriller ("Bruce Lee challenges the underworld to a game of death."; "Bruce Lee's 'Game of Death' is: TOTALLY NEW NEVER BEFORE SEEN HIS LAST AND GREATEST MOTION PICTURE ADVENTURE."; "Raymond Chow, Producer of all Bruce Lee's Major Motion Pictures"; made after the untimely death of Bruce Lee, featuring fight scenes he had already filmed strung together with scenes filmed using stunt doubles) starring Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, High O'Brian, Chuck Norris, Mel Novak, Roy Chaio, Danny Inosanto, Bob Wall, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (billed as "Special Guest Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as 'Hakim'"), and Colleen Camp.

Bruce Lee

Lee Jun-fan known professionally as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong and American actor, film director, martial artist, martial arts instructor, philosopher and founder of the martial art Jeet Kune Do one of the wushu or kungfu styles.

Bruce was the son of Cantonese opera star Lee Hoi-Chuen. He is widely considered by commentators, critics, media, and other martial artists to be one of the most influential martial artists of all time, and a pop culture icon of the 20th century. He is often credited with helping to change the way Asians were presented in American films.

Lee was born in Chinatown, San Francisco, on November 27, 1940, to parents from Hong Kong and was raised in Kowloon, Hong Kong, with his family until his late teens. He was introduced to the film industry by his father and appeared in several films as a child actor. Lee moved to the United States at the age of 18 to receive his higher education, at the University of Washington, at Seattle and it was during this time that he began teaching martial arts. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, sparking a surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West in the 1970s. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in the US, Hong Kong, and the rest of the world.

He is noted for his roles in five feature-length films: Lo Wei's The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972); Golden Harvest's Way of the Dragon (1972), directed and written by Lee; Golden Harvest and Warner Brothers' Enter the Dragon (1973) and The Game of Death (1978), both directed by Robert Clouse.

Bruce Lee became an iconic figure known throughout the world, particularly among the Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese nationalism in his films. He trained in the art of Wing Chun and later combined his other influences from various sources, in the spirit of his personal martial arts philosophy, which he dubbed Jeet Kune Do (The Way of the Intercepting Fist). Lee held dual nationality in Hong Kong and the US. He died in Kowloon Tong on July 20, 1973, at the age of 32.

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