Per vincere domani - The Karate Kid

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Martin Kove claimed that fans of the movie always tell him, "I love to hate you."	D
John G. Avildsen originally planned to call the movie East Meets West in West.	D
Elisabeth Shue actually grew up playing soccer. She played with the boys as long as she could b [...]	D
The long, continuous shot from the moment Daniel exits the locker room at the tournament to the [...]	D
William Zabka still owns the red leather jacket he wears in the film.	D
The story and movie is based on the life of its screenwriter, Robert Mark Kamen. At age 17, aft [...]	D
Daniel's bike is a Mongoose Two Four. It became a popular brand after the movie.	D
He Karate Kid is a semi-autobiographical story based on the life of its screenwriter, Robert Ma [...]	D
The football jersey that Daniel is wearing while talking to Mr. Miyagi on the bed is a #89 San [...]	D
Pat Morita had no actual experience in karate.	D
Martin Kove reprised the role of Kreese for an Intuit Quickbooks commercial in 2019, claiming t [...]	D
The first mainstream film that tackled issues like Japanese Internment which occurred during Wo [...]	D
Daniel LaRusso's apartment was filmed only 1 mile (1.6Km) from John Connor's house in Terminato [...]	D
Only Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and Kreese (Martin Kove) have appeared in all three primary movies [...]	D
At one point, Daniel says he feels like the Invisible Man. Elizabeth Shue, who acts as Ali in t [...]	D
Helen Hunt and Demi Moore were also considered for the role of Ali, but Elisabeth Shue was cast [...]	D
The climactic karate tournament involved over 500 extras.	D
The skeleton fight scene endured numerous takes because the actors complained that Fumio Demura [...]	D
Ron Thomas had more martial arts experience than he let on. He admitted in an interview that he [...]	D
Ralph Macchio paid tribute to the late Pat Morita by calling him "My sensei" during his eulogy. [...]	D
Martial arts choreographer Pat E. Johnson was very strict with the Cobra Kai during training. H [...]	D
Pat Morita was American born and native English speaker. He auditioned a second time after work [...]	D
Charlie Sheen turned down the role of Daniel LaRusso to star in Grizzly II: Revenge, a film the [...]	D
Mr. Miyagi is introduced only gradually into the story. He appears briefly in three scenes at a [...]	D
Martin Kove jokingly refers to his character as 'Han Solo on steroids'.	D
Mr Miyagi's collection of classic cars are as follows: 1947 Ford Super Deluxe Convertible 1951 [...]	D
The Halloween fight between Miyagi and Johnny and four of his gang members lasts 9 seconds - on [...]	D
In 2018 there was a successful Youtube Premium spinoff series from the movie called Cobra Kai ( [...]	D
When, at the dance, when running away, Ali trips the Cobra Kai, who are dressed like skeletons, [...]	D
Several times, Mr. Miyagi corrects Daniel's pronunciations of "bonsai" and "banzai" which Danie [...]	D
The picture shown in preview posters is of Mr. Miyagi and Daniel bowing to each other. It was t [...]	D
The car given to Daniel as a birthday present from Mr Miyagi and the headband that he wears, wa [...]	D
At the Cobra Kai school, instructor Kreese, and the referee at the karate tournament, initiate [...]	D
ToshirÃ´ Mifune auditioned for the role of Mister Miyagi. According to director John G. Avild [...]	D
A then-unknown D.B. Sweeney read for the part of the Daniel LaRusso.	D
The referee in the final match is Pat E. Johnson, a karate expert and former student of Chuck N [...]	D
Apart from Dutch, the other members of the Cobra Kai gang have names that are generally used by [...]	D
The song Miyagi drunkenly sings during the "celebration" of his anniversary is actually fragmen [...]	D
Pat Morita's portrayal of Mr. Miyagi was heavily influenced by karate master Fumio Demura. Mori [...]	D
Kyle Eastwood auditioned for the role of Daniel LaRusso.	D
Traditional Bonsai scissors can cost anything from $35-$35,000	D
Daniel's original last name in the script was "Webber" according to the DVD commentary.	D
Before the karate kid Pat Morita was not a student of karate but he learned what he needed to l [...]	D
The red hat with the curly W that the drunken man at the beach is wearing is actually a Washing [...]	D
When Mr. Miyagi is drunk and celebrating an "anniversary," he reveals that he served in the Arm [...]	D
According to Joe Esposito, "You're the Best" was originally written for Rocky III (1982) which [...]	D
Miyagi's name comes from an actual small island off the east coast of Okinawa, which was the ch [...]	D
Features Pat Morita's only Oscar-nominated performance.	D
Each Karate Kid movie contains a dance scene attended by the protagonist.	D
There were two confrontations between Daniel and Johnny which were eventually cut from the film [...]	D
The martial art shown in the movie, actually is tang soo do, a martial art created in South Kor [...]	D
According to Pat Morita, he is credited as Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita because the producers wanted t [...]	D
William Zabka continued his karate training and became a second degree green belt.	D
Miyagi's yard was empty and full of weeds before shooting started. Production designers did the [...]	D
Ralph Macchio was 22 during filming. Some of the cast did not believe him when they asked about [...]	D
Mr. Miyagi began training Daniel on November 1st and the tournament took place on December 19th [...]	D
Director John G. Avildsen had to climb to the top of a factory in the opening shot to achieve t [...]	D
As a Hollywood screenwriter, Kamen was mentored by Frank Price who told him that producer Jerry [...]	D
Johnny Lawrence's name was originally Donald Rice.	D
Johnny's dirt bike is a, Honda XL 600 R.	D
Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) is in every scene of the film.	D
The crew had Pat Morita stand on a 4-inch box so they could fit him into the face-to-face shot. [...]	D
A number of actors were considered for the role of Daniel, including Sean Penn, Robert Downey J [...]	D
Johnny drives a 1982 Avanti II Convertible Prototype [RQB3370].	D
Except for a couple of scenes, the movie is shot so that Johnny's five friends are always prese [...]	D
The 500th film mixed in the Dolby Stereo format.	D
Elisabeth Shue interrupted her studies at Harvard to be in this movie.	D
The street outside the dojo wasn't closed for filming. They were really dodging traffic.	D
In early drafts of the screenplay, Daniel's last name was Webber, not LaRusso. It was changed t [...]	D
The scene where Daniel is dumped into the water on the boat by Mr. Miyagi was filmed in late De [...]	D
Mr. Miyagi's medal is the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration awarded by the United [...]	D
William Zabka stated that an actual mini karate tournament was being held in the background of [...]	D
Writer Robert Mark Kamen wanted Daniel to be "a wimp with a chip on his shoulder."	D
The name of Daniel's high school is partially mentioned by the cheerleaders in the scene of his [...]	D
Ali tells Daniel her name is "Ali, with an I." Dutch is played by Chad McQueen, whose father, S [...]	D
The role of Daniel LaRusso was allegedly initially offered to Sean Penn. Penn turned it down be [...]	D
The "Crane Technique," while basically fictional, is based on a real stance called the crane st [...]	D
When Mr. Miyagi is trying to catch the fly with the chopsticks, Daniel replies that why couldn' [...]	D
Daniel is given a physical black belt seemingly out of nowhere at the tournament scene. However [...]	D
DC Comics had a character called Karate Kid. The filmmakers received special permission from DC [...]	D
This is Juli Fields' only credited role.	D
Martin Kove and William Zabka both made brief cameos in Karate Kid II - La storia continua... ( [...]	D
The opening scene of Karate Kid II - La storia continua... (1986) was meant to be the ending to [...]	D
Toshiro Mifune auditioned for Mr. Miyagi. Although he was great in the audition (according to d [...]	D
According to Martin Kove in the DVD documentary, he had gotten a call from John G. Avildsen sta [...]	D
The only karate kid film that got an Oscar nomination.	D
The filming location for the LaRusso apartment in Reseda, the South Seas Apartments at 19223 Sa [...]	D
Crispin Glover was considered for Johnny Lawrence before William Zabka was cast.	D
Pat Morita himself designed the bonsai logo that was sewn onto Daniel's gi.	D
The studio wanted to drop the "drunk Miyagi" scene, feeling it slowed the pace down. Director J [...]	D
Ali knows how to properly tie an obi (karate belt) because her ex-boyfriend Johnny would have s [...]	D
Former screenwriter Dennis Palumbo has said that he was offered the screenwriting job for the f [...]	D
Tournament semi finalist Darryl Vidal had a lot more involvement in the film than as just a tou [...]	D
The beach soccer match played early in the movie involving Daniel is not only the largest pitch [...]	D
The producers realized the suspension of disbelief would not last very long given Danny's rathe [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 [...]	D
John G. Avildsen asked C. Thomas Howell to read for the role of Daniel but he declined	D
At the time, Columbia Pictures was owned by Coca-Cola, which insisted that its products appear [...]	D
There are two actors in the film with two degrees of separation from Bruce Lee.Pat E. Johnson, [...]	D
The movie's success at the American box office surprised many film critics.	D
Rocky (1976) and Guerre stellari (1977) have been considered by a few to be influences behind t [...]	D
The song drunkenly sung by Mr. Miyagi was one he heard when he was a child. This even gets work [...]	D
Of the actors who play the four main characters in this movie--Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso), [...]	D
Jerry Weintraub didn't want Pat Morita to audition for Miyagi because he didn't think a comedia [...]	D
This was the top rental video of 1985.	D
The classical music in the beach scene - sand the board; wax on wax off with Mr Miyagi and Dani [...]	D
Mr. Miyagi is named for Chogun Miyagi, who became the forerunner of karate-jutsu in Okinawa, Ja [...]	D
Miyagi's habit of calling Daniel "Daniel-San" is a lot funnier if you know a little bit about t [...]	D
In 2015, Mr. Miyagi was inducted into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame in the Contributor Ca [...]	D
Andrew Shue (Elisabeth's younger brother and star of the '90s show Melrose Place (1992)) has a [...]	D
There's a few scattered hints of what karate styles Miyagi-do and Cobra Kai are intended to rep [...]	D
According to William Zabka, the character he portrays still irks many people. Some have tried t [...]	D
The exterior shot of the Kobra Kai (when Daniel is having lunch with his mom) was filmed right [...]	D
Karate Kid was the name of a character in DC Comic's "Legion Of Superheroes" who was a member o [...]	D
The background to the opening credits to this movie was shot in Sedona, Arizona, the location f [...]	D
Martin Kove, who played the John Kreese character, was rumored to have replaced Chuck Norris, w [...]	D
Since the release of the film, Elisabeth Shue has admitted that she didn't think much of Ralph [...]	D
The crew shot Pat Morita trimming a tree so many times, eventually he had to start faking it.	D
Darryl Vidal is the actor's name in real life. In the credits for The Karate Kid he is listed o [...]	D
The patch on Mr. Miyagi's uniform is the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the ribbons on his un [...]	D
Chad McQueen was very difficult to work with during filming, There was a scene cut from the fil [...]	D
The movie was more-or-less shot in sequence, which is very unusual.	D
According to black belt karate instructor William (Bill) J. DeClemente in "Black Belt" magazine [...]	D
Although the issue of bullying is a main theme for this film, the words "bully," "bullies" or " [...]	D
When Mr. Miyagi and Daniel leave the Cobra Kai dojo, Miyagi never turns his back on Kreese, per [...]	D
Featured on the podcast Slow Pitch.	D
While it's pretty impressive that Daniel sanded the entire deck by hand, the truth is the film [...]	D
Martin Kove doesn't really have a cobra tattoo on his bicep. (He also isn't really a karate ins [...]	D
Elisabeth Shue declined to return for Karate Kid II - La storia continua... (1986) because she [...]	D
Kyle Eastwood auditioned for the role of Daniel LaRusso. When he failed to get the part, his fa [...]	D
In real life, Pat Morita did not talk with the heavy Japanese accent that he uses in the film a [...]	D
Using the filming locations listed for the LaRusso trek from New Jersey (Franklin Avenue and Ha [...]	D
Fight choreographer Pat E. Johnson was so impressed by the martial arts skills of Ron Thomas th [...]	D
William Zabka, Ralph Macchio, and Martin Kove are all good friends in real life.	D
While many seem to recall the headband that both Miyagi and Daniel wear as having a red rising [...]	D
The fly in the scene was attached to a fishing line and was being moved around by a crew member [...]	D
Daniel uses a technique in the final fight against Johnny that Mr miyagi used on Daniel earlier [...]	D
Daniel walks past a "love tester" while looking for his love interest, Ali Mills. As he is sear [...]	D
Johnny Lawrence and Bobby Brown are the only members of the five main Cobra Kai whose full name [...]	D
The film was also a commercial success, grossing over $130 million worldwide, making it one of [...]	D
The apartment interior is on a studio soundstage.	D
The studio originally wanted the role of Mr. Miyagi to be played by Toshiro Mifune	D
Daniel and his mother Lucille have a faulty station wagon ironically 34 years later on Cobra Ka [...]	D
Actor John Glover was initially cast as Cobra Kai sensei John Kreese. He was recast for an unkn [...]	D
The song Mr. Miyagi sings is one he heard when he was a prisoner at the Gila River War Internme [...]	D
William Zabka had no karate experience prior to being cast in the film. However, he was an acco [...]	D
The beach scene was the first scene filmed.	D
Although they play mother and son, Randee Heller is only 14 years older than Ralph Macchio.	D
Jim Carrey audition for a role mainly Johnny or Daniel.	D
Daniel, Johnny, Miyagi, and Kreese, have the same number of letters in their names Except their [...]	D
According to Ralph Macchio at Alamo ComicCon 2016, the movie should have ended with Daniel bein [...]	D
The script includes two confrontations between Daniel and Johnny which were eventually cut from [...]	D
After his audition, William Zabka saw Ralph Macchio, who noted "[Zabka] scared the sh*t out of [...]	D
In real life, Pat Morita spoke perfect English with no accent. He modeled his speech and accent [...]	D
Michael J. Fox was also considered for the title role. He did Back to the Future (1985) instead [...]	D
Jimmy is the only one of Johnny's friends who is a brown belt.	D
Daniel and his mother moved to California for her job with Rocket Computers. The original scrip [...]	D
In the years since the film's release, the iconic Crane Kick came to be mocked as implausible a [...]	D
Daniel teaches Ali how to dribble a soccer ball by working on small steps and practicing everyd [...]	D
In the opening scene, the kids chasing the car down the street, waving goodbye, are all from th [...]	D
The idea for The Karate Kid film came from producer Jerry Weintraub, who heard a news report in [...]	D
At the Halloween dance, Daniel mentions that his shower costume was made by a friend. The assum [...]	D
The scene with Daniel trimming bonsai trees with Miyagi is the only scene in the franchise wher [...]	D
The note telling Mr. Miyagi about his wife and son was written in November 1944, when Pat Morit [...]	D
The Swedish liberal party Folkpartiet referred to this film in their campaign during the 2010 e [...]	D
The yellow classic automobile that Daniel polishes in the famous "wax-on/wax-off" training scen [...]	D
According to the commentary track on the home video versions of the movie, William Zabka came u [...]	D
Initially released as Le moment de vÃ©ritÃ© (The Moment of Truth) in France. The title didn [...]	D
The characters Kreese and Daniel never once speak directly to each other throughout the entire [...]	D
In The Outsiders (1983) Ralph Macchio played a character named Johnny, in this film he gets pic [...]	D
DC Comics had a character called Karate Kid. The filmmakers received special permission from DC [...]	D
Mako was considered for the role of Mr Miyagi but was committed to making Conan il distruttore [...]	D
When Daniel is beaten up during Halloween, the sign on the gate reads: "Help, Stop".	D
Lucille's station wagon is a 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu.	D
On How I met your mother (2005), Barney insists that Johnny is the real Karate Kid, and his per [...]	D
The last spin kick that Daniel is hit with before he is saved by Mr. Miyagi actually hit Ralph [...]	D
Despite playing high school students, Ralph Macchio was 22 during filming, Elisabeth Shue was 2 [...]	D
The Japanese word "kai" in Cobra-kai means society or organization/association. Thus, Cobra-kai [...]	D
Tom Cruise was considered for the title role	D
Mr Miyagi says his country is Okinawa, not Japan. Although the island of Okinawa is part of Jap [...]	D
Filming began October 24, 1983 and ended on December 8, 1983 after 45 days of filming.	D
Mr. Miyagi's truck is a 1941 Chevrolet S70.	D
Daniel's cut-offs were a popular fashion trend in the 1980s.	D
Extras were so caught up in the tournament scene that they would boo William Zabka even when th [...]	D
Ralph Macchio, whose best-known and longest-running role is Daniel LaRusso, named his real-life [...]	D
William Zabka revealed in an interview that during rehearsals Martin Kove delievered the "sweep [...]	D
There are scenes in an arcade, which have been almost completely replaced by home video game sy [...]	D
Ron Thomas (Bobby Brown) was so skilled in martial arts (black belt in Ju-Jitsu) that he was allowed [...]	D

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