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starring: David Carradine, Barry Sullivan, Albert Salmi, Wayne Maunder, Benson Fongdirected by: Jerry Thorpe
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302816464
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302816467
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: December 13, 1993
Running Time: 75 minutes
Sales Rank: 12345
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 22, 1972
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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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Fabulous Kung Fu
This movie and the DVD series of Seasons one, two and three, from the original T.V. show are a Must See. The lessons learned from them are integrating themselves into my life and creating permanent, positive changes. I heartily recommend everyone watch them, even if you saw the series 30 years ago. The lessons in life, if taken, will positively change your life forever. By the way, David Carradine is fantastic. No one could ever match his performance in such a role.
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 begins
this 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 time
Excellent 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 DVD
I 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
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