"The Karate Kid" Celebrates 40 Years of Crane Kicks with a New 4K UHD Blu-ray June 18th

Get ready to sweep your collection's leg! Sony continues to dive deep into their archives for a new 40th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release of John G. Alvidson's classic The Karate Kid. If you didn't pick up the trilogy collection, this edition kicks in the door with weathered VHS-style packaging with some exciting new bonus features. 

While the previous trilogy set is barely two years old, Sony is already revisiting the first The Karate Kid on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray to celebrate its 40th Anniversary. More than a simple repressing with weathered VHS-style packaging, this disc offers some new bonus features in the form of a new audio commentary track with the creators of Cobra Kai and if that wasn't enough, the disc also comes with 30-minutes of never-before-seen deleted scene dailies. Maybe not enough for some to go for a double dip, but for fans that only wanted the classic first film, they can now have it in the collection. 

The Karate Kid: 40th Anniversary - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

SYNOPSIS
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the coming-of-age classic — from Academy Award®-winning director John G. Avildsen (1976, Rocky) — that will leave you cheering! There is more to karate than fighting. This is the lesson that Daniel (Ralph Macchio), a San Fernando Valley teenager, is about to learn from a most unexpected teacher: Mr. Miyagi (Noriyuki “Pat” Morita in his Academy Award®-nominated performance, Best Supporting Actor, 1984), an elderly handyman who also happens to be a master of the martial arts. His training and these vital lessons will be called into play when an outmatched Daniel faces Johnny (William Zabka), the skilled leader of the Cobra Kai — a vicious gang of karate school bullies — in a no-holds-barred karate tournament for the championship of the Valley. 

DISC DETAILS AND BONUS MATERIALS
4K ULTRA HD DISC:

Restored from the original camera negative, presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision
English Dolby Atmos + English 5.1 + English Stereo
Special Features:

• ALL-NEW: Commentary with the Creators of Cobra Kai Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg
• ALL-NEW: Over 30 Minutes of Deleted Scene Dailies – go behind the scenes of this classic favorite like never before with raw footage from a variety of unused scenes!
• 4 Deleted Scenes
• Remembering The Karate Kid Featurette
• Theatrical Trailer

BLU-RAY DISC™

Feature presented in high definition
English 5.1
Special Features:

• Blu-Pop™ Pop-Up Track
• Commentary with Director John G. Avildsen, Writer Robert Mark Kamen and Actors Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita
• “The Way of The Karate Kid” Multi-Part Making-Of Featurette
• “Beyond the Form” Featurette
• “East Meets West: A Composer’s Notebook”
• “Life of Bonsai” Featurette

CAST AND CREW

• Directed By: John G. Avildsen
• Produced By: Jerry Weintraub
• Written By: Robert Mark Kamen
• Cast: Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, William Zabka

SPECS

• Run Time: Approx. 127 minutes
• Rating: PG
• 4K UHD Feature Picture: 2160p Ultra High Definition, 1.85:1
• 4K UHD Feature Audio: English Dolby Atmos (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Compatible) | English 5.1 DTS-HD MA | English Stereo DTS-HD MA

Pre-orders aren't live yet - but as soon as they are we'll update our listings ASAP. Happy Collecting! 

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The Karate Kid: 40th Anniversary - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (Ultra HD)