G.O.D is the film that Bruce left unfinished at the time of his death, and was picked up by Robert Clouse. The orginal plot was that Lee was to journey to Korea, where he was to face the challenge of securing a treasure kept on the top floor of a Pagoda. On each floor, he was to encounter a fighter of a different nationality, so that his own Jeet Kune Do techniques would be matched against a succession of other national fighting styles. Nothing of this theme survived and the makers finally released a film excerpt lasting ten to fifteen minutes, depending on which country you saw the film in. It shows the Pagoda fight scenes which Lee had completed before he went to make Enter The Dragon.
Game of Death, the uncompleted film of Bruce Lee's work was actually shot straight after the end of Way of the Dragon and before Enter the Dragon. Bruce wanted to rest after Way of the Dragon, but the unexpected arrival in Hong Kong of Kareem 'Big Lew' Abdul-Jabber paved the way for Bruce to include some fight scenes to be shot while the tallest basket player in the world was there. Bruce had already set up his own film company called Concorde with the making of Way Of the Dragon. The fight scenes were shot within a week.
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