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Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee -- Bruce Lee's shocking death left legions of stunned fans and a legacy of 12 minutes from his unfinished Game Of Death. Undeterred, studio executives launched a search for his replacement chronicled here through the eyes of five aspiring thespians who find
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Justin Lin
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Bruce Lee's shocking death left legions of stunned fans and a legacy of 12 minutes from his unfinished Game Of Death. Undeterred, studio executives launched a search for his replacement chronicled here through the eyes of five aspiring thespians who find out what the real game is. | Add synopsis »
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Josh Diamond ... Interviewer

Sam Bottoms ... Martey Kurtainbaum

Jake Sandvig ... Ronney Kurtainbaum

Roger Fan ... Breeze Loo
Nathan Jung ... Bob
Joe McQueen ... Leroy / Earl
Aiko Tanaka ... Nunchuck Girl

Nikita Esco ... Ribbon Girl (as Natalie Sesko)

Sung Kang ... Cole Kim

Monique Gabriela Curnen ... Saraghina Rivas
Daphne Rosen ... Porn Star
Celestia Star ... Porn Star (as Celestia Starr)
Carmel Moore ... Porn Star (as Carmel)
Zoe Matthews ... Porn Star
Scott Hobson ... Porn Star
Wayne Brian ... Porn Star
Ewan French ... Porn Star (as Ewen French)
Ashley Anne ... Porn Star
Cytherea ... Porn Star

Nautica Thorn ... Trombone Girl

Ron Jeremy ... Peter Dowd (as Ron Jeremy Hyatt)

Mousa Kraish ... Raja
David Collard ... Victor (as Dave Collard)

McCaleb Burnett ... Tarrick Tyler

Alden Villaverde ... Elden (as Alden Ray)

M.C. Hammer ... Roy Thunder

Dustin Nguyen ... Troy Poon

James Franco ... Dean Silo

Don Thai Theerathada ... Thug / Man #14 (as Don Tai Theerathada)

Jim Parrack ... Jerry

SuChin Pak ... Connie Popavich-Mosimoto

Michael Shamus Wiles ... Police Officer Williams
Barbara Murray ... Housewife #1
Mary Margaret Robinson ... Housewife #2

Lauri Johnson ... Housewife #3

Vail Bloom ... Cassie

Meredith Scott Lynn ... Eloise Gazdag
George Derek Huang ... Franky
Bernardo Peña ... Remi Nguyen
Jimmy Lin ... Man #1
Daric Loo ... Man #2

Elan Tom ... Man #3

Davis Choh ... Man #4

Nick Endres ... Man #5 (as Nicholas Endres)

Leonard Wu ... Man #6
Chris Kim ... Man #7

Thomas Isao Morinaka ... Man #8

Blake Kushi ... Man #9

Jack Scalia ... Agent #1

Micah A. Hauptman ... Agent #2

Jacob Head ... Agent #3 (as Jake Head)
Terry Becker ... Breeze's Dad

Betty Murphy ... Breeze's Mom

Amy Hill ... Mrs. Tyler

James Isaac Barry ... Ricky (as James Barry)
James Magedman ... Allan

Cassidy Freeman ... Shirley
Dennis P. Thomas ... Louise (as Dennis Thomas)

Sarah Scott ... Agency Receptionist

Brian Tee ... Mac Chang

Brian Goodman ... TJ

Jon Valera ... Man #15

Leonardo Nam ... Eli

George Takei ... Man In Black (voice)
J.J. Yen ... Man In Black (as JJ Yen)

Kathy Uyen ... Kimberly
Kyle Wright ... Kidnapper #1
Anant A.J. Jiemjitpolchai ... Kidnapper #2 (as Anant Jiemjitpolchai)
Josh Bissett ... Boom Guy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Breon Ansley ... Oliver (scenes deleted)
Bryan Azeoka ... Bruce Lee Extra

Rhoda Baldwin ... Additional Extra (as Rhoda Baldwin-Bishop)
Cindy S. Benton ... Additional Extra (as Cindy Benton)

Christina Blevins ... Additional Extra
Georgette Brotherson ... Additional Extra

Wilmer Calderon ... Cesar (scenes deleted)
Masateru Chae ... Bruce Lee Extra (as Mas Chae)
Tada Chae ... Bruce Lee Extra
Eugene Cheung ... Bruce Lee Extra

Melina Chiaverini ... Marilyn Monroe
Carl Choi ... Bruce Lee Extra
Kris Cruz ... Bruce Lee Extra
Michael Hirano Culross ... Smokey Robinson
Vu Dao ... Bruce Lee Extra

Brandon Dumlao ... Bruce Lee Extra
Melissa Farrow ... Additional Extra

Sonja Fisher ... Additional Extra
Salvador Gatdula ... Bruce Lee Extra

Michael Gonzales ... Pedro
Julie Hough ... Additional Extra

Lovensky Jean-Baptiste ... Additional Extra
Jason Joven ... Bruce Lee Extra
Jsplif ... Bruce Lee Extra / Additional Extra (as Jae Choung)
John Kee ... Bruce Lee Extra
Kevnish ... Additional Extra (as Kevin Nishimura)

Shannon Knopke ... Additional Extra

Luciana Lagana ... Blond Barfly

Ruffy Landayan ... Bruce Lee Extra

Quentin Lee ... Bruce Lee Extra
Tien Lee ... Bruce Lee Extra
Eric Leong ... Bruce Lee Extra

Ann Lippert ... Additional Extra

Simone Lotter ... Casting directors assistant
Carlos Martin ... Additional Extra
Michelle Mastrorio ... Additional Extra

Matt Mercer ... Additional Extra
Bobby Okinaka ... Bruce Lee Extra

Stephen Oyoung ... Bruce Lee Extra
Franklyn Passmore III ... Additional Extra
Prohgress ... Bruce Lee Extra / Additional Extra (as James Roh)

Aneliese Roettger ... Medical Student
Talia Marin Saldana ... Additional Extra (as Talia Saldana)
Jamie Santos ... Additional Extra

R.J. Schines ... Additional Extra
Ariana Serrano ... Additional Extra

Parry Shen ... Robert Chang (scenes deleted)
Derek Shizuto ... Bruce Lee Extra (as Derek Kadota)

Cassidy Smith ... Additional Extra (as Cassidy Marie Smith)
Norith Soth ... Bruce Lee Extra

Brian Sounalath ... Bruce Lee Extra

Bella Thorne ... Additional Extra

Remy Thorne ... Additional Extra
Jason Tobin ... Toby Jackson (scenes deleted)

Tiffany Towers ... Additional Extra

Jerri Tubbs ... Additional Extra
Jerome G. Villarin ... Bruce Lee Extra (as Jerome Villarin)
Charles Wang ... Bruce Lee Extra
Chris Westbrook ... Medical Student #2

Karen Weza ... Additional Extra
Jason Wu ... Additional Extra
Tony Young Jr. ... Additional Extra

Stanley Yung ... Bruce Lee Extra
Daniel Zhao ... Bruce Lee Extra / Additional Extra

Nick Rey Angelus ... Paquero (uncredited)

Jake Elliott ... Joey (uncredited)
Lyndsey Gayer ... Angry Protestor (uncredited)

Cory Jacob ... Office Worker (uncredited)

Melissa McKay ... Receptionist (uncredited)
Carl Olson ... (uncredited)

Bowie Sims ... Shirley (uncredited)

Adi Spektor ... Policeman (uncredited)
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Directed by
Justin Lin 
 
Writing credits
Josh Diamond (written by) &
Justin Lin (written by)

Produced by
Julie Asato .... producer
Tada Chae .... associate producer (as Tadayoshi Chae)
Carl Choi .... associate producer
Salvador Gatdula .... producer
Jeffrey Gou .... executive producer (as Jeff Gou)
Candi Guterres .... co-producer
Anson Ho .... associate producer
Joan Huang .... executive producer
Evan Leong .... co-producer
Justin Lin .... producer
Angela Sostre .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Brian Tyler 
 
Cinematography by
Tom Clancey 
 
Film Editing by
Greg Louie 
 
Casting by
Brad Gilmore 
 
Production Design by
Candi Guterres 
 
Set Decoration by
Kurt Meisenbach 
 
Costume Design by
Annie Yun 
 
Makeup Department
Jamie Alban .... additional makeup artist
Jaime Serene Kelly .... key makeup artist
Akiko Matsumoto .... key hair stylist
Maya Murakami .... additional makeup artist
Keiko Wedding .... assistant hair stylist (as Keiko Sakamoto)
 
Production Management
Evan Leong .... post-production supervisor (as Evan Jackson Leong)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Archie Hernandez .... first assistant director
Evan Leong .... second unit director (as Evan Jackson Leong)
Angie Pop .... second assistant director
Dennis P. Thomas .... first assistant director: second unit (as Dennis Thomas)
Jerome G. Villarin .... second assistant director: second unit (as Jerome Villarin)
 
Art Department
Chris Barber .... construction coordinator (as Christopher K. Barber)
Seth Chandler .... lead person
Patrick Cortez .... set dresser
Lisa Coto .... first assistant props
Kelley Sean Crawford .... property master
Sharon Dang .... additional graphic artist
Von Do .... graphic designer
Aaron Sean Donovan .... set painter
Chris Hanke .... art department intern
Beau Heggen .... set carpenter
Mitsuhara Isa .... set carpenter (as Isa Mitsuhara)
Aleksandra Landsberg .... assistant set decorator (as Aleksandra 'Ola' Landsberg)
Austin Lovell .... on-set dresser
Ben Minty .... set dresser
Paul Morgan .... set carpenter
Anthony Prado .... lead person
Matthew Zachary Rosen .... art department intern (as Matt Rosen)
Allesandra Ralston T. Said .... lead set painter
Allesandra Ralston T. Said .... scenic-en-charge
Zack Shaw .... set dresser (as Zach Shaw)
Donny Tran .... second assistant props
Rena Tsukamoto .... set painter
Jamie Jo Hoang .... art production assistant (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Josh Bissett .... boom operator
Peter Brown .... supervising sound editor
Curtis Choy .... production sound mixer (as Curtis X Choy)
Joe Dzuban .... sound re-recording mixer
Tim Farrell .... dialogue editor
Jon Oh .... additional boom operator
George Pereyra .... sound effects editor
Donnie Saylor .... foley
Matthew E. Taylor .... dialogue editor (as Matt Taylor)
 
Visual Effects by
Robert S. Douglas .... digital intermediate colorist
Brandon Flyte .... motion graphics artist
Bob Gill .... DI colorist (as Robert Gill)
Chris Holmes .... visual effects supervisor: I.C.O. Entertainment, Inc.
Ken Locsmandi .... digital intermediate colorist
Sean Main .... digital intermediate producer
Russ Sueyoshi .... digital artist
S. Forest Swartout .... visual effects producer
 
Stunts
Tsuyoshi Abe .... stunts
Robert Alonzo .... stunts
Yoshio Iizuka .... stunts
John Koyama .... stunts
Richard Moreno .... stunt coordinator
Don Thai Theerathada .... stunt coordinator (as Don Tai Theerathada)
Aaron Toney .... stunt double
Jon Valera .... stunts
Mike Wilson .... stunt performer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Nathan Antunez .... generator operator
Ben Chananie .... rigging crew
Eugene Cheung .... grip PA
Kris Cruz .... grip PA
Anson Ho .... videographer
Ken Kokka .... second assistant camera
Drew Lauer .... electrician
Drew Lauer .... second assistant camera: second unit
Eric Leach .... director of photography: second unit
Eric Leong .... best boy
Rashaad Lewis .... rigging crew
Justin P. Lyles .... rigger
Dominic Mainl .... first assistant camera: second unit
BJ McDonnell .... Steadicam operator
Steve Mulcahey .... key grip
Feldo Nartapura .... rigger
Jeremy Noggles .... electrician
Mark Robinson .... first assistant camera: second unit
Jared Rosen .... video playback supervisor
Sebastian Sokolowski .... first assistant camera
Sergei Sorokin .... first assistant camera
Jeff Stewart .... gaffer
Hosanna Wong .... still photographer
 
Casting Department
Hanna Azboy .... casting assistant
Stephen P. Greim .... extras casting
Pam Lavallee .... casting assistant
Michelle Mastrorio .... nude extras casting
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ryan Lennon .... set costumer
Kiersten Ronning .... costume supervisor
 
Editorial Department
Anson Ho .... post-production assistant
 
Music Department
Ernesto Foronda .... music supervisor (as Ernesto M. Foronda)
Sheri Ozeki .... music editor
Keith Power .... technical score consultant
Brian Tyler .... music mixer
 
Transportation Department
Brandon Dumlao .... transportation driver
Anant A.J. Jiemjitpolchai .... picture car captain (as Anant Jiemjitpolchai)
Eric Leong .... transportation driver
Evan Leong .... picture car coordinator (as Evan Jackson Leong)
 
Other crew
Joe Aranda .... caterer
Evan Ball .... extras on-set coordinator
Kelsey Bauman .... location intern
Angela Boisvert .... extras coordinator
Masateru Chae .... key assistant location manager
Tada Chae .... location manager
Eugene Cheung .... production assistant
Cory Chu-Keenan .... production assistant
Kristoffer Cruz .... production assistant
John David Denison .... extras coordinator
Michelle Dunton .... researcher
Kate Eastridge .... script supervisor (as Katie Hodgkins)
Winston Emano .... publicist
Nina Gortinski .... production assistant
Chris Hanke .... production assistant
Adam Hennessey .... extras production intern
Ray Lin .... assistant location manager
David Magdael .... publicist
Michelle Mastrorio .... extras on-set coordinator
Mark Alan Miller .... photograph coordinator
Shana Siobhan Mora .... craft service
Kellyn Parker .... production assistant
Josh Thrower .... production assistant
Jimmy Tsai .... accountant
Jerome G. Villarin .... craft service (as Jerome Villarin)
Steven Wallace .... publicist
Jason Wu .... location assistant
Daniel Zhao .... location assistant
Anne Stulz .... publicist (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Rowena Arguelles .... special thanks
Asato Family .... special thanks
Lorette Bayle .... special thanks
Mark Borman .... special thanks
Bill Broderson .... special thanks
James D. Brubaker .... special thanks (as Jim Brubaker)
Jason Brush .... special thanks
May Chew .... special thanks
Troy Craig Poon .... special thanks (as Troy Poon)
Bill Duke .... special thanks
Jacqueline Eckhouse .... special thanks (as Jackie Eckhouse)
Gatdula Family .... special thanks
Lin Family .... special thanks
Bob Gill .... special thanks
Evan Green .... special thanks
John Hui .... special thanks
Leslie A. Ito .... special thanks (as Leslie Ito)
Kimberly Jaime .... special thanks (as Kim Jaime)
Ken Kokka .... special thanks
Susan Loewenberg .... special thanks
Linda Mabalot .... in memory of
James Marquez .... special thanks
Tracy Morse .... special thanks
Brad Muramoto .... special thanks
Jae Min Park .... special thanks
John Peterson .... special thanks
Fred Raskin .... special thanks
John Sloss .... special thanks
Russ Sueyoshi .... special thanks
S. Forest Swartout .... special thanks
Brad Takei .... special thanks (as Brad Altman)
George Takei .... special thanks
Clayton Townsend .... special thanks
Mia Trachinger .... special thanks
Alex Uceda .... special thanks
Alice Wong .... special thanks
J.J. Yen .... special thanks (as JJ Yen)
 

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Also Known As:
"Finishing the Game" - USA (short title)
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Runtime:
84 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:Not Rated | Singapore:R21
Filming Locations:
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Interviewer:Mr. Kurtainbaum, why did you decide to continue production on The Game of Death?
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Solid, Smart, 25 January 2007
Author: lancepeanene from United States

I just saw this up at Park City. i waited in line for two hours and i have to say it was worth it. The premise is incredibly strong and the film is filled with enough kooky characters to make Christopher Guest proud. It is a solid and smart film. I was laughing out loud consistently. the main thing i love about the film is that it deals with issues without hitting you in the face with it. ultimately it shows in an entertaining way that things haven't changed at all through time. the performances were all strong and the music rocked. the camera work was authentic and the colors just popped. overall, go see it when it comes out.

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