The Karate Kid |  | Director: John G. Avildsen
Actors: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, Randee Heller
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 35738
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 126 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: COLD04069D
ISBN: 0800179501
UPC: 043396040694
EAN: 9780800179502
ASIN: 0800179501
Theatrical Release Date: June 22, 1984
Release Date: April 14, 1998
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Product Description
In this exhilarating drama an elderly karate expert teaches his art to a teen being threatened by a vicious gang of toughs in his new town. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 07/24/2001 Starring: Ralph Macchio Run time: 127 minutes Rating: Pg
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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's plenty of that. Elisabeth Shue is on board as the girl the klutzy Macchio dreams of winning. --Tom Keogh
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 The Karate Kid (Special Edition) January 22, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Daniel and his mother move from New Jersy to California. She has a wonderful new job but Daniel discovers that a dark haired Italian boy with a Jersey accent doesn't fit into the blond surfer crowd, especially when he tries to date one of their girl friends. Daniel manages to talk his way out of some fights but is finally cornered by several who belong to the same karate school. As Daniel is passing out from the beating he sees Miyagi, the elderly gardner leap into the fray and save him by outfighting a half dozen teenagers. Miyagi and Daniel find the real motivator behind the boys' violent attitude is the their karate teacher. Miyagi promises to teach Daniel to fight and arranges a fight at a karate contest some months off. When his training begins, Daniel can't understand what he is being shown. Miyagi seems more interested in having Daniel paint fences and wax cars than teaching him Karate. "The Karate Kid" has to be appreciated for its nostalgia trip back to "better times." For that reason alone, this movie is a classic. I highly recommend this movie.
The one movie which popularized the complete package of karate as filmed entertainment January 20, 2010
Gregory N. Perkins (Frankfort, KY USA)
With apologies to Bruce Lee's family, whose martial arts films remain the standard for the realistic presentation of martial arts in the movies, this 1984 classic stands as the definitive melding of the martial arts with mass entertainment value.
Starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and also featuring Elisabeth Shue, "The Karate Kid" presents one of the most touching explications of the mentor-student relationship ever committed to film. Opening en medias res as Daniel Larusso and his mother Lucille are leaving New Jersey to travel to California, the script absolutely massages the storytelling possibilities and conflicts of picking up one's life, and having to find a way to start over in a new place. Mr. Macchio gives a realistic performance as he grapples with the forced change his mother's job move to California brings on him, also contending with an attraction to a young woman seemingly out of his league(played by Elisabeth Shue) and the jealous beatings of her malevolent martial artist ex-boyfriend.
All of this brings Daniel into contact with a wise Asian handyman called Mr. Miyagi, wonderfully played by the late Pat Morita. It is the growth of their onscreen relationship, as well as the visible chemistry between Macchio and Morita that makes this film stand apart from one million other lesser martial arts films asserting machismo at the expense of storytelling. Although it is realistically impossible to teach someone the totality of martial arts Daniel learns from painting houses, fences, and doing like work, this portion of the script is largely comedic. Additionally, it very effectively fleshes out a father-son dynamic for Daniel and Miyagi which had been missing from each of their lives.
The movie spawned three sequels and countless imitators. Go back to the original source and discover (or re-discover) what makes "The Karate Kid" such a special movie.
 There's still a lesson to be learned... January 15, 2010
JR (Philadelphia, PA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a loose present day adaption based upon a life experience of Jesus Christ. Ralph Macchio plays the lead supported by Pat Morita and the charismatic William Zabka. This was overall a decent movie. I, however, found the film to be abstruse in certain areas and more often than not straying far from it's Biblical origin. Fans of the Bible story may not care for this movie. I took it for what it was including its flaws and enjoyed it.
Great Video! In great shape! September 11, 2009
D. Prichard (Roanoke,, Tx. United States)
bought this for my grandchildren.. they loved it
and had no problems with it!
Classic Film! March 28, 2009
Todd A. Elliott (Philadelphia, PA USA)
The Karate Kid was great in the '80s when I saw it in the theater and it is still great. My whole family loves the movie (and that's saying something because there are a lot of us). All the kids love it, and their ages range from 22 yrs to 5 yrs. My wife and I still thinks it's terrific!
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