Original Desmond

Some of you may have seen this, but it's new to me

From John Avildsen's youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/user/avildse...h?query=karate

in 13 parts, a complete rehearsal of the karate kid movie !

What a treasure !

Man i would love to see such things for other movies.

GuessWho

Very cool, thanks!

majorjoe23

Diehard Fan of Karate Kid?

Willis needs to move on to other things.

taffer

I'm a diehard fan of Karate Kid, so much so that I want Karate Kid III on Blu-ray.

devilshalo

If only to see myself in glorious HD as a background extra. At least you didn't ask for TNKK.

taffer

I only consider the Ralph Macchio trilogy to be the real Karate Kid. The Next Karate Kid and the remake are garbage that will never pollute my precious Karate Kid collection.

Obi-Wanma

What if KKIII was released on BD, but only as a two pack with TNKK?

taffer

I probably wouldn't buy it. I do like KKIII, but not that much. I would just hang onto my KKIII DVD.

I want to get rid of all my DVDs and replace them with BDs, but I know that is likely to never happen. Several of my movies will never get a BD release. I just hate having a mixed collection with DVDs and BDs together. I am just OCD about it I guess. Remember those cardboard snapper cases that DVDs use to come in? That annoyed the heck out of me having a mix of those cardboard cases with the more traditional plastic cases. I was so OCD about it, I would print the cover art and put it and the DVD in a plastic case and toss the cardboard case.

EddieMoney

Karate Kid Rehearsal>>>The Next Karate Kid

Shannon Nutt

The real die-hard test is if you want The Next Karate Kid on Blu-ray.

devilshalo

At least is had pervy Miyagi to tie it together.

I still hate that part 2 makes Yukie look like a chump for not marrying Sato. Especially after Miyagi had married and had a kid on the way. Yeah, they die, but fuck, she was still gonna pine after him and not get married? And then Miyagi still leaves her behind in Okinawa yet again.

Mabuse

The interiors shot on a bare stage look awesome. It feels like Lars Von Trier's Karate Kid by way of Dogville.

DeanoBKN

And here I thought I was the only one

Hell, I'll even take a double feature with TNKK and just wait for a custom cover to come out and hide that fact.

VHS?

Of all the times I have seen KKI, I never noticed Larry B. Scott. He sure plays a lot of background characters.

devilshalo

It didn't help his cause since Revenge of the Nerds came out that same year. So looking back and seeing Lamar in the tournament is pretty funny.

JackBurton

Very cool. Thanks for posting. I too would love to see this for other films.

Shannon Nutt

I remember KK III being such a flop at the box office in the summer of 1989 that the studio actually offered a double feature of it and Ghostbusters 2 for a matinee ticket price (which was about $3 back then).

And before you ask, yes...I went.

taffer

This thread inspired me to do a Karate Kid marathon. I watched the first movie tonight. I will watch KKII tomorrow and KKIII on Wednesday.

One thing that has always bothered about the first movie is that guy who befriends Daniel when Daniel first moves into the new apartment. The guy invites Daniel to the beach party, and then after that party he is never seen or heard from again. He pulled a Behrooz (from 24).

Barth

He's actually in there at the end at the tournament, cheering him on. Granted, they are split second shots but he and the other couple guys at the beach are shown. Then for a split second again after he wins.

Norm de Plume

Is it common to do rehearsals for entire movies?

gp1086

Yes! It's so amazing. Loved watching that. Karate Kid is my favorite all-time movie.

Also suggest watching the Cobra Kai Ice Bucket Challenge:

http://vimeo.com/104677142

I'm heading to a screening this weekend with Macchio, Zabka, and Kove. Can't wait!

Mabuse

There are almost always complete read throughs and rehearsals, but I've never seen or heard of anything like this. They shot on the actual locations that they intended to use in the film! This is a guess but I think the director probably felt that the young cast would find it helpful to run though the entire film in order to be prepared, and it gave him the opportunity to pre-visualize.

Yeti4623

I heard they mostly do just table reading now.

Mabuse

Every film is different. On some films the script is a secret and actors only see their scenes.

Spiderbite

That was awesome. Wasn't expecting Zabka and Kove to show up. Those guys looked awesome and Zabka hardly looks like he's aged at all. The others...damn...not so much.