The beginning of the film is supposed to be taking place in San Francisco the day after Bruce Lee's death, but in fact the establishing shot for this is filmed from Middle Road next to the Sheraton Hotel. The camera pans past the Sheraton and finishes with a zoom into one of the windows of the Peninsula Hotel. I guess the Peninsula is a good stand in for similar buildings in San Francisco (although I've never been to the latter.
Anyway, once we have established we are in the US, the interior scenes were almost definitely filmed at one of the suites in the Sheraton. The room is duplex with a spiral staircase, but the giveaway in the window configuration which matches the windows at the south east top corner of the hotel. I have no idea if Sheraton still has these rooms for hire but perhaps someone reading this was lucky enough to stay here. It had only opened just a couple of years prior to the film being made.
Note the double height windows in the last two images which, as mentioned, indicate this room was one of the penthouse suites located in the south eastern corner of the hotel.
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