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Kung fu. The complete second season
(DVD)
Contributors
Thorpe, Jerry, television director.
Spielman, Ed, creator.
Carradine, David, television director,
Luke, Keye, 1904-1991, actor.
Ahn, Philip, 1905-1978, actor.
Spielman, Ed, creator.
Carradine, David, television director,
Luke, Keye, 1904-1991, actor.
Ahn, Philip, 1905-1978, actor.
Status
Movie (Entertainment) - North Wing Basement
AD 11471
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AD 11471
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| Location | Call Number | Copy Number | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie (Entertainment) - North Wing Basement | AD 11471 | #1-4 | On Shelf |
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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (1167 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
085393343422
Notes
General Note
Special features of these DVDs: Audio commentary by David Carradine on two episodes: "The well" and "The chalice" ; "Zen & now: A dinner with David Carradine and friends" featuring Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, series co-star Radames Pera, technical advisor Kam Yuen, comedian/Wu Shu, stylist Hal Sparks and martial artists Cynthia Rothrock and Rob Moses ; Dolby Digital ; scene selection.
General Note
Originally broadcast on television from 27 September 1973 to 11 April 1974.
Participants/Performers
David Carradine, Keye Luke, Philip Ahn, Radames Pera ; guest stars, Gilbert Roland, John Carradine, Benson Fong, Don Johnson, Harrison Ford, Slim Pickens, Tina Louise.
Description
The adventures of Shaolin priest, Kwai Chang Caine, as he travels through the untamed Old West.
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The well: Sickened by tainted water, Caine recovers at the farm of an ex-slave who has a working well, but whose embittered spirit keeps him from sharing the water with his drought-stricken neighbors.
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The assassin: A long-festering blood feud keeps young lovers from hostile families apart, and puts Caine on a showdown course with a murderous ninja employed by one of the families.
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The chalice: Caine promises a dying priest that he will return the liturgical chalice the priest stole, plunging the Shaolin into conflict with covetous thugs, and sparking Caine's recall of events that followed Master Po's death.
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The brujo: A powerful male witch paralyzes a small town with fear and death. But Caine, drawing on the experience gained when he fell under a sorcerer's sway while he was a boy, knows how to fight evil.
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The squawman: Marcus is welcome, as long as the townsfolk don't also have to welcome his Indian wife. But Caine helps hardluck Marcus to see there's much more to self-worth than the whisky and approval of others.
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The spirit helper: Is Caine the answer to a young Indian brave's prayer? The youth is convinced Caine is his Spirit Guide as the two set out to rescue the boy's kidnapped mother.
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The tong: Slave child Wing flees his master and is sheltered by Caine and a missionary woman, leading to a confrontation between the Shaolin priest and Chinese crimelords who demand the return of the boy.
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The soldier: His duty is to shoot to kill when so ordered. But a cavalry lieutenant unable to take a life finds another way to prove his heroism after he falls under the influence of a fugitive he captures, a fugitive named Caine.
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The salamander: Caine seeks work in a mining boomtown gone bust and becomes a confidant to a mentally troubled youth, a target in a claim jumpers treachery.
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The hoots: Members of the peaceful Hutterite religious sect offer no resistance when persecuted by bigoted cattlemen, until they learn from Caine that, like the chameleon, they can change and yet remain the same.
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The elixir: Caine rescues the hawkers of the cure-all Theodora's Elixir from a hostile crowd, earning the come-hither gratitude of Theodora and the resentment of her jealous male partner.
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The gunman: The nature of love is explored in this tale of a gunslinger whose quick-draw defense of Caine and a ranch widow makes his the object of a posse's search, and the victim of an itchy-fingered bounty hunter.
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Empty pages of a dead book: A son tries to honor his deceased Texas Ranger father by bringing to justice the criminals the lawman had listed in a book. But good intentions based on wrong premises lead to trouble for the son, and the Caine.
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A dream within a dream: Caine reports that he saw a corpse hanging in a marsh. But no one in town believes Caine's report, and no body is subsequently found, yet the town's populace is mysteriously on edge.
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The way of violence has no mind: The gun or the priest: which will triumph? A Chinese immigrant gang that has adopted the violent ways of the American outlaw is challenged by the physical and spiritual strength of Caine.
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In uncertain bondage: When Caine and a southern belle are held captive in a deep pit by kidnappers that include the woman's servants, it prompts his recall of lessons about the server and the served.
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Night of the owls, day of the doves: Land bequeathed to brothel prostitutes will help them build new lives if vengeful cattlemen don't seize the land. Caine defends the women, and also rights a long-ago wrong done by the Shaolin priesthood.
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Crossties: Caine is the man in between during a land-rights war between farmers and railroad security agents, trying to persuade farmers to accept an offer of amnesty, and trying to stop agents from using amnesty as a trap.
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The passion of Chen Yi: Unable to visit a wrongly jailed ex-Shaolin disciple, Caine commits a crime so that he can be put behind bars near him, and perhaps both right an old misunderstanding and help free the ex-Shaolin.
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The arrogant dragon: Judgment is clear: Wu Chang must take his own life or face death at the hands of a Tong executioner. But Caine contemplates a third option, one that can help Wu Chang fake his death and escape the Tong terror.
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The nature of evil: An ominous killer holds the town of Nineveh in his evil grip, and only fearless but aged blind preacher Serenity Johnson and his devoted friend Caine dare to confront him.
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The cenotaph, part 1: Logan McBurney hijacks the armored gold transport Old Ironsides to haul the enormous box that he says contains his wife. As Caine rides with him, the eccentric Scotsman's devotion prompts priestly memories.
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The cenotaph, part 2: What's inside McBurney's big box? What happens to Caine's love affair with Mayli? And will McBurney ever understand that the Teo is not a cow? Patience, grasshoppers, all will be revealed.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD.
Language
Audio tracks in English ; subtitled in English, French, and Spanish ; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Thorpe, J., Spielman, E., Carradine, D., Luke, K., Ahn, P., Pera, R., Roland, G., Carradine, J., Fong, B., Ford, H., Pickens, S., Tina Louise., Lang, R., Moxey, J. L., Doniger, W., Totten, R., Philips, L., Lewis, R. M., & Johnson, D. (2005). Kung fu . Warner Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jerry, Thorpe et al.. 2005. Kung Fu. Warner Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jerry, Thorpe et al.. Kung Fu Warner Home Video, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Thorpe, Jerry,, et al. Kung Fu Warner Home Video, 2005.
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