Game of Death

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Hai...

wah!

Cut.

Ok, that's a print.

That was great, Billy.

Ok, everybody, get...

Eddie, get up there and see

what the hell's happening.

Billy, are you all right?

That thing crashed

exactly where you were.

I know. I know.

Watch it up there!

It was

an accident.

Ok, that's a wrap.

Great fight, Billy.

Really nice.

Be sure you get

tomorrow's call sheets.

And please

don't get lost

on the way

to location.

Time is money,

gentlemen.

Time is money.

Time is money.

So, you got in here

finally.

We haven't heard from you.

You know, I once knew

a super rock group

in London.

Called themselves

the Flight Crew.

Had brilliant potential.

Brilliant.

Yeah, but they

were very stubborn.

Their lead guitarist

lost a couple

offingers one night.

Just like that.

Hands and feet have

been known to disappear.

Lights-they

fall out ofthe sky.

All kinds

ofthings happen.

A man...

has got to have all

of his parts to make it.

Don't you agree

with that, Billy?

Get the hell

out of here.

Oh, well.

It's, uh, getting

a little late.

We'll be sitting

right there

bythe telephone,

just waiting

for you to call.

But patience-that's not

one of ourvirtues.

Don't be

a slow learner, Billy.

Oh, you shouldn't

have done that.

No, that was

a very big mistake.

Will this be the song

I'll be singing

tomorrow?

Will the piper

be paid for the tunes

That he played

by and by?

Is this the best rhyme

Major, minor,

one-in-one time

Or will the tune

Fall from favor

Forever?

A yesternight song

Of past times

Together

Will this be the song

I'll be singing

Tomorrow?

I'm here

to take you to dinner.

Hey, Billy, can we

get spaghetti tonight?

We got

one more number

to get today,

Ann.

Thanks a lot, Charlie.

You're messing around

with my love life.

Is the boss upstairs?

Yeah.

You're looking

a little pale.

What you need

is a good nourishing meal,

something that

will stickto your ribs.

Ha ha ha.

You beautiful bastard.

I'll get you another one.

Dr. Land?

We're all next door.

Yes? What?

Steiner is here.

Get right to it.

Good afternoon, Steiner.

Good afternoon, Doctor.

How was your trip

to New York?

Qite uneventful.

The heat was terrible.

God-awful.

Not much better here.

Humid.

So much

for the weather report.

I'm not the only one

who just arrived.

How about yourtrip

to Berlin, Stick?

It went pretty much

as you figured.

Now that, uh,

he's the big star,

I couldn't

reason with him.

He said

he was pulling out.

Then he

threatened me.

Oh, my, my, my, my.

Ha ha.

The rest of it

was in the papers.

That's when

he committed suicide, huh?

Ha ha ha.

He just, uh, got up

and jumped

out the window.

Oh, my, my.

The merger

of S & S Records

with Globe

has been completed,

and construction has started

on the new record

pressing plant

in Buenos Aires.

But more important

and more immediate

is the oncoming

championship fight in Macau.

I know we're getting

worldwide press.

That and plenty more.

All the posters

have been approved

and the ad campaign.

The best one

we've ever had.

Looks good.

Looks great.

Besides the gate

and our TV rights,

it's generating the kind

of international betting

we'd hoped for.

We ought to turn over

about $30 million.

That was the computer's

readout as of today.

Yes, well, the fight

is only 3 weeks off..

I assume

your training

is going well, Carl.

You look fit.

I'll be ready.

We've got a little

problem in Detroit,

a couple of reluctant

ball players.

Hakim, think you can fly

to Detroit and handle that

and be back in time

forthe fight?

Figure. It's done, man.

Also, I'm afraid

we're going to have to do

something about Billy Lo.

I was wondering

about that.

I was going to ask

how that was going.

Well, he refuses to sign

our management contract,

but that's not

what bothers me now.

He's starting

to shoot off. his mouth.

He's holding out.

We've given him so many chances...

an amazing amount

of resistance.

And then there's

that girlfriend:

Ann Morris.

I went to talk

to her today.

Her last album

was on the charts

and is doing great

in Australia

and France.

She says she wants

to talk to Billy

about her contract

before she signs.

Doctor, I think we ought

to squeeze a little.

Yeah, let's just

squeeze a little,

wouldn't you say?

Billy?

Yeah.

I had another visit today

from one

of those syndicate men.

Did he threaten you?

Well, not exactly.

I mean,

not in so many words,

but I knew

I was being threatened.

Billy, do you think

it's worth holding out?

I mean, I've heard

some pretty uglythings

about those guys,

ugly stories.

If we're stopped,

don't do anything

that will give them

an excuse

to hurt you.

Ann, I love you,

and I don't

want you hurt.

Trust me

to handle this.

I would like Miss Morris to leave.

I'm afraid we can't

do that, Billy.

We're all

in this together.

Now, would you mind

stepping out

of the car?

No matter what happens,

don't get out of the car.

You've got until

tomorrow morning

to call us.

It's the last time

we're going to ask,

Billy.

Billy!

No!

Billy.

Hyah!

Please stop it!

Please don't!

Billy.

Billy!

He hasn't

got too much time.

You tell him that.

We want

to hear from him

in the morning.

Billy, I've always

been straight with you.

You don't have

too many choices.

You and Ann

are nothing to them.

You're just

another piece of property,

just one

of a couple of thousand

of public personalities

that they own all of

or a piece of.

It seems like

a good thing at the moment.

They take care

of everything...

your booking,

your salary, your taxes.

If you need 5,000

in your pocket,

you've got it.

It's later

that you start to realize

what it's costing you.

I don't have to remind you

about Charlie Wang.

We know the pressure

they put on him,

and we know they

called him in for a "talk."

Hyah!

The next day,

he was fished

out of the harbor.

But going along with them

isn't much better.

You've come up

fast, Billy.

The pictures are grossing big

all over the world.

You're an international

celebrity,

and they smell

that money.

Thank you.

You can sign

with them

and live very well,

or you can defy them

and go

to the police,

which means you

won't live so well,

if at all.

Is it your advice

to let them own us?

No. I just

don't want to write

an obituary on you.

I like you too much,

which is my cue

to get my ass

down to the bureau.

I've got

a midnight deadline

for the States.

I can't allow it.

It is better to die

a broken piece of jade

than to live a life of clay.

Qit. You've got

enough money.

Tell them to go to hell.

I can leave this all behind.

I don't

need this

if you

don't need it.

There has

to be another answer.

I've got to find one.

The Chinese opera is in town.

Maybe see your uncle.

Yeah, he just got back.

I'll go to the theater tomorrow.

Good idea.

All three of them

are leaving the restaurant.

What should we do?

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