“The Karate Kid” [1983]: A ‘new’ version comprised of rehearsal footage

Via One Cool Thing A Day and Slashfilm, a fun find:

In 1983, director John G. Avildsen was getting ready to shoot The Karate Kid with stars Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and others. As part of the rehearsal process, Avildsen decided to film all of the rehearsals and edited it together into a (very) rough version of the movie. It was used as a tool for the actors to give them a sense of what the movie would be like, how their characters would change, all of that important stuff. Presumably, it was never meant to see the light of day outside of the cast and crew.

Here are a couple of videos:

Here are all the other parts available on YouTube:

Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8/9; Part 10; Part 11; Part 12; Part 13.

So for all you Daniel and Miyagi fans, a terrific way to enjoy the movie all over again.