Karate Kid with Ralph Macchio: DVD Cover

    Karate Kid Director: John G. Avildsen Cast: Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove

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    • DVD Release Date: 06/07/2005
    • Original Release: 1984
    • Rating: Rated PG
    • Sales Rank: 6,616

    Viewer Rating: (9 ratings)

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    Features

    Closed Caption; Commentary with director John Avidsen, writer Robert Mark Kamen and actors Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita; "The Way of the Karate Kid" multi-part "making-of" featurette; "Beyond the Form" featurette; "East Meets West: A Composer's Notebook"; "Life of Bonsai" featurette

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Start [3:49]
    2. Paradise at Last [5:07]
    3. Beach Party [7:04]
    4. Soccer Trials [4:32]
    5. The Cafeteria [1:17]
    6. Karate School [3:27]
    7. Bike vs. Bikers [:50]
    8. "Can't We Go Home?" [1:49]
    9. Dealing With It [7:31]
    10. Halloween Dance [4:06]
    11. No Mercy [13:04]
    12. Training Begins [7:21]
    13. Ali's Encino Home [2:36]
    14. The Arcade [2:50]
    15. Sanding the Deck [4:24]
    16. Painting the Fence [3:13]
    17. Paint House [4:52]
    18. "Learn Balance" [3:57]
    19. "No Scare Fish" [2:21]
    20. The Country Club [2:28]
    21. Anniversary [6:19]
    22. Solo Practice [:55]
    23. Secret to Punch [1:34]
    24. Birthday Party [5:19]
    25. Apology Accepted [4:35]
    26. Registration [:31]
    27. Competition Begins [2:21]
    28. Daniel vs. Johnny [9:27]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Newly arrived in California from New Jersey, teenager Daniel (Ralph Macchio) almost immediately runs afoul of karate-trained high school bullies. He is rescued by Japanese janitor Miyagi (Noriyuki "Pat" Morita), who agrees to teach Daniel how to harness karate for good instead of brutality. The film culminates in a championship karate bout, pitting Daniel against his sworn enemy Johnny (William Zabka) - the cruel and thuggish boyfriend of Ali (Elisabeth Shue) with whom Daniel has fallen in love (and vice-versa). Real-life karate champ Chuck Norris was offered the role of Kreese, the sadistic coach who goads Johnny into fighting dirty, but Norris turned down the role, refusing to be shown utilizing his skills negatively on screen. Vastly popular, The Karate Kid spawned three sequels of rapidly descending merit, as well as a Saturday morning cartoon series. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    Sweep the legby Anonymous

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    April 22, 2008: Karate Kid is pretty awesome. It forever put Ralph Macchio's acting career on hold. A really good scene is when Johnny and his buddies are all dressed like skeletons and Mr. Miyagi whoops all their asses..but that was in the eighties. In today's world, Mr. Miyagi would have been videotaped by some bystander with a camera phone which would have been turned into the authorities as evidence. Due to racial profiling, he would have been apprehended the next day and charged with assault and abuse of a minor. Johnny would have probably shown up in court with a neck brace (even though he only got punched in the stomach), won the jury's sympathy and sued Mr. Miyagi for emotional distress. Miyagi would have gone to jail for a 2-5 stretch and Johnny would have been the one to end up with the yellow convertible. Then Daniel's leg would have never been swept and maybe he could finish that promising soccer career he had going, but not without feeling guilty for being the main reason Miyagi is doing prison laundy for $0.80 a day until parole

    a good way to defend yourself take karate!!!by Anonymous

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    April 11, 2008: The Karate Kid is one of those movies where a kid is bullied by a mean guy so in order to defend hiself is by taking kartae Mr. Meogee teaches him Karate and he learns to stand up for himself by fighting the bully Johny the bad guy who's a jerk


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