arnisador
10-20-2007, 12:59 PM
Finishing the Game (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?&rid=9936)
A mockumentary on the efforts to finish "Game of death" after Bruce Lee's death.
Lin and co-writer Josh Diamond re-envision this misguided moviemaking process in "Finishing the Game," using a fictional documentary about the casting of "Game of Death" to send-up the many pitfalls of studio filmmaking and the foibles of the various professionals involved. At the same time, they good-naturedly confront issues of racism and the stereotyping of Asian-American actors to question whether the bad old days are really so far in the past.
Martey Kurtainbaum (Sam Bottoms) is the studio executive pushing the project, assigning his inexperienced son Ronney (Jake Sandvig) to direct. Relying on clueless casting director Eloise Gazdag (Meredith Scott Lynn), who declares she's seeking a "hip Genghis Khan" for the Bruce Lee role, the production team announces auditions for Lee's replacement.
Sequences of the casting preparations are intercut with interviews featuring the principal prospective stars, including arrogant B-movie martial artist Breeze Loo (Roger Fan), Southern bit-player Cole Kim (Sung Kang), the very Caucasian-looking, mixed-race Tarrick Tyler (McCaleb Burnett) and washed-up former TV star Troy Poon (Dustin Nguyen).
Still shots:
http://movies.aol.com/movie/finishing-the-game/28757/photos/finishing-the-game-director-justin-lin-on-the-set-of-a-documentary-that/1973553
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/finishing_the_game/gallery.php?page=7&size=lores&nopop=1
A mockumentary on the efforts to finish "Game of death" after Bruce Lee's death.
Lin and co-writer Josh Diamond re-envision this misguided moviemaking process in "Finishing the Game," using a fictional documentary about the casting of "Game of Death" to send-up the many pitfalls of studio filmmaking and the foibles of the various professionals involved. At the same time, they good-naturedly confront issues of racism and the stereotyping of Asian-American actors to question whether the bad old days are really so far in the past.
Martey Kurtainbaum (Sam Bottoms) is the studio executive pushing the project, assigning his inexperienced son Ronney (Jake Sandvig) to direct. Relying on clueless casting director Eloise Gazdag (Meredith Scott Lynn), who declares she's seeking a "hip Genghis Khan" for the Bruce Lee role, the production team announces auditions for Lee's replacement.
Sequences of the casting preparations are intercut with interviews featuring the principal prospective stars, including arrogant B-movie martial artist Breeze Loo (Roger Fan), Southern bit-player Cole Kim (Sung Kang), the very Caucasian-looking, mixed-race Tarrick Tyler (McCaleb Burnett) and washed-up former TV star Troy Poon (Dustin Nguyen).
Still shots:
http://movies.aol.com/movie/finishing-the-game/28757/photos/finishing-the-game-director-justin-lin-on-the-set-of-a-documentary-that/1973553
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/finishing_the_game/gallery.php?page=7&size=lores&nopop=1