The Karate Kid - Region 1 DVD

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Directed by :

John G. Avildsen

Starring :

Ralph Macchio

Pat Morita

Elisabeth Shue

Martin Kove

Randee Heller

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Description: John G. Avildsen not only directed Rocky, he tried remaking it over the years in a dozen different ways. One of them was this popular 1984 drama about a new kid (Ralph Macchio) in town targeted by karate-wielding bullies until he gets a new mentor: the handyman (Pat Morita) from his apartment building, who teaches him self-confidence and fighting skills. The screen partnership of Macchio's motor-mouth character and Morita's reserved father figure works well, and the script allows for the younger man to develop sympathy for the painful memories of his teacher. But the film's real engine, as with Rocky, is the fighting, and there ... (more)

Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Release date: 7 June 2005
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0043396101302 UPC: 043396101302