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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302816464 Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6302816467 Label: Warner Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: December 13, 1993 Running Time: 75 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: February 22, 1972 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Snicker if you will, but Kung Fu was one of the most influential TV series of the 1970s, one that managed to inject a note of both spirituality and Eastern religion into the standard Western formula and make it seem new. This was the pilot, an intriguing and scene-setting TV movie in which David Carradine starred as the mysterious Caine--half-white, half-Chinese, reared in a Shaolin monastery in China by blind master Po (Keye Luke), then exiled to America, on the run for killing the men who killed his master. The pilot mixes flashbacks to Caine's youth with a story set in the Old West of Caine battling intolerance as he begins the search for his father. --Marshall Fine Average Rating:
 Rating:  - [Three and a half stars out of five] Best effort of all the Kung Fu movies. Radames Pera once played on Hawai'i Five-0!Pear and half brother Keith Carradine both played young Caine in here. Followed by Kung Fu: The Movie (1986 **.5 out of four stars), w/ Mako and Brandon Lee. Interesting in that his story about half American/ half Chinese Shaolin Monk, who escapes Royal China after killing Royal Newphew, who's guard's killed his Kung Fu teacher, another ex-Hawai'i Five-0 vet, Keye Luke, was first offered to Lee's late father, Bruce! But ABC wanted more American ... Read More Rating:  - kung fu:the legend beginsthis is the one that you see in commercials and in other movies and in clips on the show of the same name.a very influential movie!theres a small kid who goes into kung fu training with an old blind man.then he gets big and goes to america after killing his masters killer.he gets a job in the railroad and runs into problem after problem the whole movie long!kids like it.its better than the karate kid movies and a lot of the newer jackie chan movies although jackie has better too.it beats out anything by ... Read More Rating:  - Stands the test of timeExcellent series still stands up for modern viewing. Still a refreshing take on the "Western" as a concept with some wonderful anti-racism statements. Only one clunker episode in the set: "The Tide," which seems more like a Bonanza script than anything else. High-calibre scripts and direction. Rating: - Hope they put the whole series on DVDI have loved this series for years. I just love the little thought provoking things that Caine, the main character says. I've watched it since I was a little kid, and when I was in my twenties, it came on at 4 am on a channel once a week so I'd stay awake just to see it. I really hope they put the whole series on DVD. I'd buy it in a minute. I love the quiet demeanor of Caine. I enjoy his humility and his respectfulness. The Caine character proves that you don't have to be "bad" to be cool. ... Read More Rating: - Unique Western flick.This is certainly by no means an all-time favorite movie of mine, but it's an excellent little flick nevertheless -- especially considering that it was made-for-TV, the pilot for the "Kung Fu" TV series. My wife and I just saw it tonight and quite enjoyed it. At a mere 74 minutes, it's short and sweet, kinda the way I wish more movies would be! It's definitely a Western, as it takes place out West in the late 19th century, but it's unique for this genre in that it incorporates Eastern philosophy/wisdom and martial ... Read More |
