herbert neil travis ( october 12 , 1936 – march 28 , 2012 ) was an american film and television editor with about 28 feature film credits from 1970 – 2007 .

he is likely best known for editing the television miniseries roots ( 1977 ) and the feature film dances with wolves ( 1990 ) .

travis was born in los angeles , california , and received a bachelor 's degree in film and theater arts from the university of california , los angeles .

travis won the primetime emmy award for outstanding film editing in a drama series for the first part of the television miniseries roots ( 1977 ) , and he and james heckert were nominated for the award for the second part as well .

travis won the academy award for best film editing and the american cinema editors eddie for the film dances with wolves ( directed by kevin costner-1990 ) .

travis had been selected as a member of the american cinema editors , and received the career achievement award in 2010 .

in 2010 , travis was interviewed about his career by karen herman for the archive of american television .

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editor neil travis on editing the miniseries
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herbert neil travis was born in 1936 in los angeles . he received a bachelor’s degree in advertising art with a minor in theater arts from ucla .
neil degrasse tyson is an eminent astrophysicist and a popular science communicator . this biography of neil degrasse tyson provides detailed information about his childhood , life , achievements , works & timeline .
film editor neil travis , an oscar winner for his work on dances with wolves and an emmy recipient for roots , died march 28 of natural causes at his home in arroyo grande , calif . , uta reported . he was 75 .
travis was a member of the american cinema editors , and in 2010 he received ace’s career achievement award .
film editor neil travis , who won an oscar for his work on “dances with wolves” and an emmy for his work on the miniseries “roots , ” died of natural causes at his home in arroyo grande , calif . , on wednesday , march 28 . he was 75 . in addition to oscar best picture winner “dances with wolves , ” travis edited [ … ]
film editor neil travis , who won an oscar for his work on “ dances with wolves ” and an emmy for his work on the miniseries “roots , ” died of natural causes at his home in arroyo grande , calif . , on wednesday , march 28 . he was 75 .
herbert neil travis was born on 12th october 1936 and studied advertising and theatre arts at the university of california in his native los angeles . he began his career as an assistant editor at paramount studios in his early twenties , becoming second editor on a series of television shows for fox and in 1970 received his first credit as a film . . .
neil travis was an american film and television editor best known for the tv series roots ( 1977 ) and the film dances with wolves ( 1990 ) and had a credit of over 28 feature films . his other works include terminator 3 , along came a spider and stepmom . he had also won an oscar . he died on march 28 , 2012 .
neil travis , who won an oscar for best editing for dances with wolves , died march 28 of natural causes at his home in arroyo grande , calif . he was 75 . with a career that spanned more than four decades , the native angeleno began his entertainment business career as an assistant editor at paramount studios while he was in his early 20s . travis subsequently worked as a second editor for a fox television series and shortly was offered a position to help edit the traveling executioner . his tv work continued and in 1977 , travis won an emmy for his work on the groundbreaking miniseries roots . travis eventually edited more than 25 blockbuster features including no way out , patriot games , deceived , clear and present danger and terminator 3 : rise of the machines . in 2010 he received the american cinema editors career achievement award . travis is survived by his wife , ruth and two children , michael and michelle . services will be held in arroyo grande on may 12th . in lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to hospice partners of the central coast , ymca or boy scouts of america .
in addition to oscar best picture winner “ dances with wolves , ” travis edited films including “cocktail , ” “no way out , ” “patriot games , ” “clear and present danger” and “terminator 3 : rise of the machines . ”
in a 2010 interview with the archive of american television , travis explained his philosophy : “every movie is different ; you can’t apply the same rules , ” he said . “i don’t have editorial rules . i just approach everything as if it were brand new , the first piece of work i’ve ever done . ”
in addition to oscar best - picture winner dances with wolves ( 1990 ) , travis’ resumé includes the cowboys ( 1972 ) , hot stuff ( 1987 ) , no way out ( 1987 ) , cocktail ( 1988 ) , deceived ( 1991 ) , outbreak ( 1995 ) and terminator 3 : rise of the machines ( 2003 ) .
travis edited more than 25 films over the course of a career that spanned over four decades . he began in the entertainment business as an assistant editor at paramount studios in his early 20s , went on to work as a second editor for a fox television series ; soon thereafter , he helped edit his first feature , 1970’s “the traveling executioner . ”
during his four - decade career , travis also teamed with the directors phillip noyce on patriot games ( 1992 ) and clear and present danger ( 1994 ) , two films based on tom clancy novels ; with lee tamahori on the edge ( 1997 ) and along came a spider ( 2001 ) ; and with chris columbus on stepmon ( 1988 ) and bicentennial man ( 1999 ) .
besides the extended cut of the film , this two - disc special edition features two full - length audio commentaries that , all told , wind up providing eight hours of dances with wolves discussion . the first , with kevin costner and producer jim wilson , is the better of the two tracks . the duo talk about virtually everything : turning the novel into a screenplay , the hurdles encountered with undertaking such an enormous production , the cast and crew , the difficulties working as both a director and actor , and the film ' s success and accolades . if you can stand to hear costner ' s voice for nearly four straight hours , this track offers a comprehensive history of the film . the second commentary , with cinematographer dean semler and editor neil travis , is not nearly as compelling , but winds up providing a nice bit of background on the specific strategies used for shooting and cutting such a lengthy film . semler and travis have a tendency to go silent , but the information they provide is well worth a listen . also on disc 1 is the original 1990 promotional featurette the making of dances with wolves , which offers behind - the - scenes footage and generic interview soundbites , and a silly original music video for john barry ' s theme music .
his profile rose with work on kevin costner starrer “no way out”in 1987 , tom cruise starrer “cocktail” in 1988 and “dances with wolves , ” for which he won an oscar . travis edited the tom clancy adaptations “patriot games , ” “clear and present danger” and “the sum of all fears” ; the julia roberts - susan sarandon vehicle “stepmom” ; robin williams starrer “bicentennial man” ; and the morgan freeman thriller “along came a spider . ”
disc 2 ' s best extra is the new hour - and - a - half documentary the creation of an epic : a retrospective . the doc features recent interviews with everyone involved with the film - costner , wilson , author / screenwriter michael blake , semler , travis , mary mcdonnell , graham greene , as well as many crew members - and each contributes fond memories of working on the film . the documentary ' s general tone is one of subjective admiration , and the constant praise bestowed upon costner can drive one batty after a while , but the wealth of insightful anecdotes and production footage make it a worthy addition to this great disc . a photo montage features numerous production stills set to music , and a poster gallery , tv spots , and theatrical trailers ( for dances with wolves , windtalkers , and platoon ) round out this magnificent dvd release .
one of the most popular science communicators in the contemporary world , neil degrasse tyson is an american astrophysicist and cosmologist who served on the 12 - member commission that studied the future of the us aerospace industry in 2001 . as an astrophysicist his achievements are many but it is his works as a science communicator that has made him the widely popular name that he is today . he hosted ‘nova science now’ , an educational news magazine for a few years , helping disseminate scientific knowledge to the audience . over the years he went on to become a much loved science communicator , gaining fans not just in the united states , but from all over the world . tyson is not just a brilliant scientist , but also an awesome presenter . his vast knowledge in a variety of scientific fields , his sense of humor , rhetoric , and the manner in which he presents the shows adds to his mass appeal . the thousands of views his youtube videos garner is a proof of his ever growing popularity . he is particularly famous for his views on science and spirituality , a topic on which he has written numerous articles and given many speeches . as an african american he also has very strong views about racial equality and social justice .
early on in kevin costner’s dances with wolves , a disturbed military bigwig tells costner’s lt . john dunbar , “i have just pissed in my pants , and nobody can do anything about it . ” the same can be said about academy members in 1990 , who famously screwed martin scorsese out of the best director statuette for goodfellas in favor of costner’s proficient but overrated work ; 13 years after its original release , the film remains nothing more than a well - polished but generic example of epic hollywood filmmaking . the tale of lt . dunbar’s spiritual journey from disenchanted civil war soldier to revered member of the great plains sioux tribe is one that admirably forgoes demonization of the country’s original inhabitants in favor of a compassionate portrait of indigenous people attempting to survive the encroaching hordes of american settlers .
dunbar , electing to take a post in the middle of nowhere rather than continue to do battle with his fellow countrymen , finds himself surrounded by both the sioux and pawnee communities , neither of which is interested in accommodating white strangers—except , that is , for prescient sioux holy man kicking bird ( graham greene ) , who correctly surmises that a man stranded alone in the vast plains isn’t looking for a fight . soon , lonely dunbar is accepted by the native americans , dubbed dances with wolves ( for his friendship with a stray wolf ) and falls in love with a white woman named stands with a fist ( mary mcdonnell ) who had been kidnapped and raised by kicking bird as a child .
despite its empathy and respect for native americans , the film has very little going for it besides its admittedly majestic trappings . working with cinematographer dean semler on location throughout the american west , costner captures a dizzying array of gorgeous panoramic compositions that situate tiny silhouettes of humans amid expansive stretches of green fields and blue skies . what the first - time director doesn’t do , however , is infuse these images with any thematic weight or import—they are , in the end , just pretty landscape shots . unlike legendary western directors john ford or sergio leone , costner doesn’t intend for these snapshots of sprawling vistas to symbolize much of anything ( here , they’re just transitional devices or mere filler material ) , and thus the size and scale of the film , although logistically quite immense , seems , in terms of emotional resonance , to shrink before our eyes .
if the film’s visual splendor lacks profundity , costner does provide a handful of transcendent moments , the most spellbinding of which is dunbar’s participation in a sioux buffalo hunt . and i’d be remiss in not congratulating the actor - director for taking a leisurely , contemplative approach to a story that could have functioned as mere pretense for extravagant and indulgent open - field battle sequences ( a pitfall mel gibson would fail to avoid in 1995’s ponderous braveheart ) . it’s a laudable adventure that neither redefines nor simply mimics the genre’s storied conventions , a sturdy , mildly stirring revisionist cinematic portrayal of the american west as a place where manifest destiny meant not only modernity’s expansion , but also ancient cultures’ decimation . but time hasn’t changed the fact that scorsese remains a victim of grand theft oscar .
mgm ' s lavish dances with wolves : special edition features a new extended cut of the film , integrating 52 minutes of previously unseen footage into costner ' s already lengthy western opus . fortunately , viewers will have an extremely hard time recognizing the new from the old based solely on video quality . the 2 . 35 : 1 anamorphic widescreen transfer is an absolute stunner , with only two unimportant shortcomings : every once in a while , flesh tones seem a bit rosy , and the image has a tendency to appear a tad soft . otherwise , the picture exhibits fantastic color reproduction , rich black levels , impressive image detail , and wonderful contrast . ably matching this beautiful transfer is an immersive dolby digital 5 . 1 soundtrack that boasts a heavy amount of panning and imaging effects and some strong bass reproduction . john barry ' s sweeping score comes through with sharp and accurate fidelity , and dialogue - with a couple of exceptions - sounds perfectly natural .
in the spirit of the great sioux tradition , i dub dances with wolves ’ kevin costner
directorial one - hit wonder .
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westerman , tantoo cardinal , robert pastorelli , charles rocket
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graduated with a b . a . in advertising and theatre art from ucla . started work as assistant editor at paramount . his outstanding achievement was his oscar - winning work on
( 1990 ) , which he pared down from the original ' rough cut ' of over five hours , to 181 minutes .
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he worked on “dances with wolves , ” “patriot games” and “cocktail” and earned an emmy for the miniseries “roots . ”
the los angeles native and ucla graduate began his career as an assistant editor at paramount in his early 20s . his first feature was the traveling executioner ( 1970 ) , and , in addition to 1977’s roots , he worked in tv on such series as please don’t eat the daisies and harry o .
survivors include his wife ruth and children michael and michelle . services will be held in arroyo grande on may 12 . in lieu of flowers , the family asks that donations be sent to hospice partners of the central coast , the ymca or the boy scouts of america .
during the 1970s he edited several telepics , the landmark 1977 miniseries “roots” and its sequel , and episodes of series including “harry o . ”
feature work of the period included “the cowboys” with john wayne , “jaws 2” and the dom deluise comedy “hot stuff . ”
in 2003 he cut “terminator 3 , ” and his last efforts , in 2007 , were the sandra bullock thriller “premonition” and , in a return to television , “the 79th annual academy awards , ” for which he shared an emmy nomination .
he is survived by his wife , ruth ; a son ; and a daughter .
services will be held in arroyo grande on may 12 . donations may be made to hospice partners of the central coast , ymca or boy scouts of america .
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meandering tale loosely adapted from the eighteenth century novel from william dafoe . moll flanders is the daughter of an unknown father and a prostitute , who was hanged for thievery . she is raised by nuns but possesses a very independent streak and constantly tries to improve her quality of life . a spell on the streets inevitably leads to prostitution where a young wealthy painter falls madly in love with her as she poses for his paintings . the romance is forbidden by his family . molls ' tale is narrated by hibble , molls only genuine friend as he journeys with her daughter flora .
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he was born on 5 october 1958 , in manhattan , as one of the three children of cyril degrasse tyson , an african american , and sunchita marie tyson , who was of puerto rican origins . his father , a sociologist , was the first director of harlem youth opportunities unlimited , while his mother was a gerontologist .
he attended several public schools in new york city before enrolling at the bronx high school of science . he was an athletic youngster who captained the wrestling team . an intelligent and curious boy , he was deeply fascinated by astronomy and was the editor - in - chief of the school’s ‘physical science journal’ . he graduated in 1976 .
his interest in astronomy turned to obsession and he studied all that he could on the subject . he went to harvard university from where he earned a bachelor ' s degree in physics in 1980 . while at college he continued to pursue his interest in wrestling and was also a talented dancer .
he moved on to the university of texas at austin for his graduate work and received a master of arts in astronomy in 1983 .
he was appointed as a lecturer in astronomy at the university of maryland in 1986 . he remained there only till 1987 and was accepted into columbia university the next year . after two years of rigorous research he was awarded a doctorate of philosophy in astrophysics in 1991 .
his mentor at columbia university was professor r . michael rich who helped him in obtaining funds to support his doctoral research from nasa and the arcs foundation . with the help of the funding he attended international meetings in italy , switzerland , chile , and south africa .
he also began writing in the 1990s . he started writing the column , ‘universe’ for the ‘natural history’ magazine in 1995 which went on to become very popular . the magazine released a special edition titled ‘city of stars’ ( 2002 ) , in which tyson popularized the term
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which describes the two days in a year on which the evening sun aligns with the street grid in manhattan .
the us president george bush appointed tyson as a member of the 12 - member commission to study the future of the us aerospace industry in 2001 . working along with the other members , he played a key role in the publication of the final report in 2002 which contained recommendations for the government on optimizing the future of space exploration and national security .
president bush once again appointed him in 2004 to serve on a 9 - member commission to the implementation of the united states space exploration policy . a couple of years later he was appointed by the head of nasa to serve on its advisory council .
in 2004 , he hosted the four - part miniseries ‘origins’ of the pbs ‘nova’ series . along with donald goldsmith he co - authored ‘origins : fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution’ as a companion book for the series .
he was a speaker at the ‘beyond belief : science , religion , reason and survival’ symposium in november 2006 . he became a regular on the series ‘the universe’ , broadcast on ‘the history chanel’ .
in 2009 , he again collaborated with donald goldsmith as the narrator on the documentary ‘400 years of the telescope’ which premiered on pbs .
at present he is serving as the frederick p . rose director of the hayden planetarium at the rose center for earth and space . he is also a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the american museum of natural history . his youtube videos are also very popular .
in 2004 , he received the nasa distinguished public service medal , the highest civilian honor bestowed by nasa .
in 2009 , he was presented with the douglas s . morrow public outreach award from the space foundation for significant contributions to public awareness of space programs . the same year he also received isaac asimov award from the american humanist association .
he met alice young in a physics class at the university of texas . they got married in 1988 and were blessed with two children .
this popular astrophysicist was named the ‘sexiest astrophysicist alive’ by ‘people magazine’ in 2000 .


beverly hills ninja is a 1997 american martial arts comedy film directed by dennis dugan , written by mark feldberg and mitch klebanoff .

the film stars chris farley , nicollette sheridan , robin shou , nathaniel parker and chris rock .

the main plot revolves around haru ( portrayed by farley ) , a white orphan boy who is found by a clan of ninjas as an infant in an abandoned treasure chest and is raised by them .

haru never quite conforms to their culture and never acquires the skills of a ninja , but is nonetheless good-natured and persevering in his personal ambitions .

it was the last film featuring farley to be released in his lifetime .

beverly hills ninja

why christian bale calls chris farley . s beverly hills ninja his favorite movie of all time
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christian bale loves ' beverly hills ninja . ' amy adams has said
not in the butt .
beverly hills ninja is a 1997 comedy film starring chris farley and chris rock . it is a parody of the american ninja film series .
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yikes . with this , 90210 , beverly hills chihuahua , and the planned beverly hills cop 4 , it ' s starting to look like this might be the year we have to stop allowing anyone to ever make anything in any way related to beverly hills .
beverly hills ninja cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of beverly hills ninja actors includes any beverly hills ninja actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each beverly hills ninja actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of beverly hills ninja have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
defendants include beverly hills ninja 2 llc , dancing ninja productions , legacy filmworks , gv entertainment and its principal jungho han ( aka john han ) , danielle na and deboragh gabler .
out of respect for the memory of chris farley , a sequel to beverly hills ninja will begin shooting in october , starring david hasselhoff . from variety :
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beverly hills ninja : comedy . starring chris farley and nicollette sheridan . directed by dennis dugan . ( pg - 13 . 90 minutes . at bay area theaters . )
the film ,
beverly hills ninja 2 ,
was set to star david hasselhoff , lucas grabeel (
high school musical
) and taiwanese model - actress lin chilling .
beverly hills ninja 2 ,
a sequel to the 1997 action comedy , will lense in south korea starting next month , making it the first mainstream hollywood pic to do so .
1 . christian bale ' s favorite movie is beverly hills ninja .
chris farley was just phenomenal . beverly hills ninja will always remain one of my tops . one time i sat down and watched [ that movie ] two nights in a row , and cried with laughter both times . the guy just was a phenomenon , and is missed dearly in my household .
— esquire
film . meanwhile , there ' s a better option ,
beverly hills ninja
- - not the kind of picture that gets respect from new york critics , but it ' s funny .
but in doing so , beverly hills ninja 2 will become the first mainstream hollywood movie to shoot entirely in south korea . it’ll be interesting to see if any others follow suit over the coming years .
there ' s more legal fallout from the doomed korean - produced sequel to beverly hills ninja , which was set to star david hasselhoff instead of the original 1997 comedy ' s lead actor , chris farley .
in fact , beverly hills ninja 2 will focus on an orphaned boy who wants to be a ninja . when he comes to hollywood to look for his real parents , he winds up involved in a crime and then has to stop the bad guys etc . etc .
beverly hills ninja received generally negative reviews . review aggregator rotten tomatoes gives it a 14 % rating , based on reviews from 28 critics . metacritic gives it a score of 27 / 100 based on reviews from 11 critics .
anyway , no point arguing about it now : klebanoff successfully sued last year and now so is doing the same , all but ensuring that beverly hills ninja 2 will never see the light of day . it will , however , live on in various courtrooms , where judges will actually have to sit and listen to two people argue over their respective visions for beverly hills ninja 2 , and all without just sentencing both to 20 years hard labor .
chris farley more one time make other silly comedy , but beverly hills ninja doesn ' t have one single not funny scene and entertaining , something rare in an american comedy movie from 90 ' s . beverly hills is not the best movie by farley , that was a unique and terrific comedian , but definitely isn ' t the worst and promise all the time great laughs . fresh .
, it ' s starting to look like this might be the year we have to stop allowing anyone to ever make anything in any way related to beverly hills .
beverly hills ninja 2 , a sequel written by mitch klebanoff and co - directed by klebanoff and kelly sandefur . the film would feature david hasselhoff and lucas grabeel , and began shooting scenes in south korea in october 2008 . during filming , the name was changed to dancing ninja and released in 2010 .
beverly hills ninja received generally negative reviews . review aggregator rotten tomatoes gives it a 14 % rating , based on reviews from 28 critics . metacritic gives it a score of 27 / 100 based on reviews from 11 critics . ( wikipedia )
mitchell klebanoff , the co - writer and co - producer of
beverly hills ninja ,
has filed suit in los angeles superior court against a group of korean investors over the sequel to the 1997 chris farley martial - arts comedy .
when haru encounters alison in beverly hills , she asks him ,
haru , what are you doing here ?
however , the audio clearly skips on the word
what
.
in beverly hills , haru meets joey washington ( rock ) a hotel employee who , realizing that haru is a ninja , begs him to be trained as one and helps him get around . eventually haru meets sally again and , after several madcap events , finally confronts the criminals . when he finds out gobei is in danger , he spontaneously develops full ninja powers and rescues him and defeats the bad guys . in the end , haru , now declared a full ninja by his clan , decides to stay in beverly hills ( with sally ) though he proves to still be an accidental threat to people around him .
beverly hills ninja 2
is a sequel to the 1997 action comedy starring chris farley . mitch klebanoff , a writer and co - producer of the original film , has scripted and will direct the sequel . the story involves an orphaned boy who wants to be a ninja but becomes involved in a crime in hollywood while looking for his real parents .
saturday night live veteran chris farley stars as an orphan who was raised from infancy by the head of a ninja institute . farley grows into an overweight young klutz who manages to become a ninja , albeit and inept one . his first assignment is not to screw up a murder investigation in beverly hills . © 1997 tristar pictures , inc . all rights reserved .
beverly hills ninja
is a silly movie , with silly jokes and a silly story . but the talents at work in it are not silly . the picture has , at worst , a 10 - minute sag in the middle . but the rest of it is a pleasure .
did you catch that bit ? it means that somewhere , there’s a mysterious korean who thought beverly hills ninja 2 starring david hasselhoff was a good enough idea that he was willing to finance the entire project himself . i picture this guy as a cross between steven seagal and jackie treehorn .
urltoken all got our stock answers for when urltoken asked about our favorite film of all time . not just that , but you also have to be able to provide a sturdy reason for why you love the movie , all while trying not to sound pretentious . no one can accuse christian bale of being the latter though , because when he was asked what his favorite film of all time was the welsh actor rather surprisingly revealed that it is the chris farley - led 1997 comedy beverly hills ninja . despite currently having an imdb rating of 5 . 5 and just 14 % on rotten tomatoes , christian bale has been able to overlook the critical mauling of beverly hills ninja . in fact , bale insisted that he absolutely adores beverly hills ninja because it managed to make him weep with mirth two days in a row . the batman begins actor actually made this revelation to esquire , via yahoo ,
nearly four years ago , the unlikely sequel beverly hills ninja 2 was greenlit as the first mainstream hollywood film to shoot in south korea , symbolizing just how much america values that special relationship . unfortunately , the would - be continuation of a story even cable has forgotten hit a few significant snags along the way , not least of which is that it was a sequel to the commercially dismal , critically reviled beverly hills ninja —a project chris farley himself would refuse even if he weren’t dead , which forced the producers to find a replacement star in david hasselhoff , who would do it . . .
philippe dauman , left , then ceo of viacom , and paramount pictures chairman brad grey greet sumner redstone at a harvard law school reception in beverly hills in 2014 . ( alex j . berliner / ab images )
it ' s the story of an unlikely overweight man named haru who was an orphaned baby back then when he was raised by ninjas in japan . his physical challenges , still becomes a ninja , albeit a klutzy white one . his first mission brings him to beverly hills to investigate a murder mystery .
you ' re a ninja ? . . .
– chris farley , chris rock
it ' s the story of an unlikely overweight man named haru who was an orphaned baby back then when he was raised by ninjas in japan . his physical challenges , still becomes a ninja , albeit a klutzy white one . his first mission brings him to beverly hills to investigate a murder mystery . ( imdb )
ah , the eternal middle - man dilemma . if your only job is to put people together , what’s to stop them from telling you to f * ck off once they’ve met ? anyway , two koreans arguing over money , i could see that anywhere . what of beverly hills ninja 2 , starring david hasselhoff ? !
for a guy who’s been dead for over a decade , chris farley has been dominating empire’s thoughts today . not just because his younger brother , kevin , has been involved in the creation of david spade’s new film , but because – somewhat incredibly – a sequel to his 1993 hit , beverly hills ninja has just been announced .
if you’re wondering how that justifies the use of the beverly hills ninja brand name ( and there’s a sentence we never thought we’d write ) , well , the movie will be written and directed by mitch klebanoff , a writer and co - producer on the original . it remains to be seen if there are any further links .
farley is at his best playing someone trying to contain an innate hysteria . that ' s why the ninja gimmick is an inspiration . when the young ninja acciden tally finds himself onstage in a beverly hills strip joint , the kick is not just in watching farley disintegrate into a wild man , it ' s in watching him struggle against his natural impulse . it ' s in knowing this character better than he knows himself .
did i say ninja ? i meant ' ninny ' , haru you are such a ninny .
the breakfast room . the exterior of lebowski ' s mansion is that of a different house , located in holmby hills .
astral projection : apparently a standard ninja power , though haru isn ' t very good at it .
mistaken for badass : almost the entire plot hinges on haru being consistently mistaken for a badass ninja .
you ' re the big , fat ninja , aren ' t you ? . . .
farley plays haru , who hopes someday to become the
great white ninja
prophesied in the sacred scrolls . hired by a mystery woman ( nicollette sheridan ) to spy on her boyfriend , he pursues the case all the way to beverly hills , where he leaves his shoes outside his posh hotel every day - - only to have the maintenance man dispose of them .
an average comedy from late comedian chris farley . stupid in every respect , but still lots of fun , chris farley delivers yet another silly performance . beverly hills ninja may not be chris farley ' s best effort , but it definitely has good enough moments to make you laugh . he does all his usual antics here , and he definitely knows how to make you laugh . beverly hills cop is not a perfect film , but it has enough good moments to make you laugh and enjoy yourself . chris farley was good comedian and he always managed to make me laugh . beverly hills cop isn ' t his greatest film , but it definitely isn ' t his worst . there ' s enough laughs in this film to make this a decent comedy , and despite the fact that it slows down somewhat , there ' s enough elements to enjoy in this wacky comedy to be entertained . sadly this would be one of chris farley ' s last film roles , as he would pass away the same year from a drug overdose . looking back at his short career , he has made quite a few memorable comedy films . never perfect , but funny enough to uplift your mood . beverly hills ninja is such a film , though not his best , this film has plenty of good , funny elements to deliver you a great time . what do you expect from an eccentric comedian such as chris farley ? he was unique and watching his films , you ' ll understand why . beverly hills ninja is a fun comedy with good laughs and has everything you ' d expect from a chris farley film , however my personal favorite of his , is tommy boy .
white orphan boy being found in a treasure chest by a clan of ninjas and then raised in their ways , before then traveling to beverly hills to investigate a murder mystery , is obviously the perfect tonic after a hard day’s work for christian bale . check out a clip from
: haru ' s ninja clan . the sensei is shocked when he hears reports of a ninja committing a murder . odd for a group that developed as spies and assassins for hire . their training techniques , temple layout , orange clothing , and aversion to murder seems to show they were not based off ninja , but instead shaolin monks .
i always choose… the default answer for me is beverly hills ninja . it’s an easy one to give because most people go , ' what ? oh , okay . ’ but chris farley’s fantastic . clearly i’ve got other films , but i just watched that two nights in a row and was crying with laughter both times , so i just went , ' yeah i’ll give that as my answer . ’
if you like chris farley , see tommy boy or black sheep . beverly hills ninja doesn ' t cut it . farley , himself , is his usual ; a blubbering idiot that runs into a lot of walls . it gets old after a couple movies . though the plot is fairly good , most of the movie is dumb , the jokes are stupid , and his sidekick ( chris rock ) is a moron .
more recently comes a lawsuit from jay so , who , in perhaps the saddest part of the lawsuit , was once a scholarship student and a best picture - winning graduate of afi , who says he was unlawfully terminated by investors and stiffed on his promised $ 100 , 000 producing fee . for trying to produce beverly hills ninja 2 . starring david hasselhoff . ( really , i can’t stress this part enough ) .
christian bale has a strong reputation as one of this generation ' s more serious actors . so when it was revealed a few years ago that beverly hills ninja is his favorite movie , it took some fans by surprise . though , it kind of makes sense . the actor is known for taking on mostly dramatic roles , as well as for playing the most brooding batman to ever hit the big screen in the dark knight trilogy . of course he ' d gravitate towards lighter fare while enjoying himself at the movies . some believe that this is just an interesting fun fact that holds no merit or weight . while the idea that christian bale loves beverly hills ninja has been the subject of many listicles , no one ever bothers to source the original link this info came from . until now . yahoo has tracked this bit of trivia back to an esquire interview from 2010 . the actor was
beverly hills ninja starring : chris farley , nicolette sheridan , chris rock and robin shou genre : action / comedy rated : pg - 13 this is one of the most funniest chris farley movies ever ! the movie is a where a child becomes the great white ninja but not really great because haru ( chris farley ) keeps making one mistake after another ! but when a beautiful stranger ( nicolette sheridan ) needs his help he goes to beverly hills and fight all the bad guys and doesn ' t know that his brother gobei ( robin shou ) is helping him and joey ( chris rock ) helps haru out later in this movie . i thought the movie was funny because chris farley ' s phyiscal comedy is hilarious ! i laughed til i cried ! this was one of chris farley ' s last movies before his death in late 1997 , i miss chris farley i wish he never died .
so david hasselhoff has signed on for a sequel to beverly hills ninja , one of those awful latter - day chris farley movies . this has serious potential to be the worst sequel ever made tm , but there ' s some heavy competition . here ' s a look at the worst of the worst . feel free to nominate your own candidates in the comments . ( or defend a personal favorite , like if you really love grease 2 . )
but what’s really interesting empire is the decision to shoot the film entirely in south korea ( we’re guessing that there might be some location in and around beverly hills , otherwise they might as well call it clapham junction ninja ) . atm , which is stumping up the cash ( sony , which produced the first movie , has us distribution rights to this sequel ) is a south korean company , and presumably it’s a lot cheaper to shoot over there , particularly in the current economic climate .
he [ so ] adds that he set up the production entitity , “beverly hills ninja 2 , llc , ” contacted and worked with visual effects and bonding companies to obtain estimates for the film , met with sony , negotiated waivers with the guilds to start casting , and so forth . then , in may 2008 , he says that klebanoff and han made a deal with each other without his knowledge to change the name of the production entity to “bhn2 , llc” and replace him with han .
one example : there ' s a running joke in which the spirit of the young ninja ( farley ) leaves his body to commune with his ninja master . each time his spirit returns , the impact sends farley blasting backward , through walls and windows . the bit gets funnier each time .
sometime later back in japan , haru informs his sensei he will be returning to beverly hills to live with his girlfriend alison . haru and alison leave together on a bus . a grappling hook tied to a rope has fallen from the bus and hooks into gobei ' s wheelchair , causing him to be thrown into the ocean . haru shouts an apology to gobei .
afterwards , so claims that he commenced substantial pre - production efforts and activities , including sourcing potential investors . he says that he was the one who lined up jungho han , the korean who agreed to provide 100 percent of the financing for the project . he adds that he set up the production entitity ,
beverly hills ninja 2 , llc ,
contacted and worked with visual effects and bonding companies to obtain estimates for the film , met with sony , negotiated waivers with the guilds to start casting , and so forth .
mighty whitey : parodied . haru is the most incompetent ninja in the entire movie , although this says less about his race than it does his character .
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beverly hills ninja 2 , \
a sequel to the 1997 action comedy , will lense in south korea starting next month , making it the first mainstream hollywood pic to do so . \ n \ nmitch klebanoff , a writer and co - producer of the original film , has scripted and will helm the sequel . story involves an orphaned boy who wants to be a ninja but becomes involved in a crime in hollywood while looking for his real parents . \ n \ ndavid hasselhoff , lucas grabeel ( \
high school musical \
) and taiwanese model - turned - actress lin chiling ( \
red cliff \
) are set to star in the sequel .
instead it all boils down to soured relations between the movie ' s korean investors and producer jay so—a man described , in perhaps the story ' s saddest detail , as a former “prestigious scholarship recipient” at the american film institute who graduated with a best picture award , then suddenly found himself setting up a production entity titled “ beverly hills ninja 2 , llc” and spending much of a year working on that , as well as telling people that’s who he worked for . as a reward for his devotion , so soon found himself ousted from the production without explanation by original screenwriter mitchell klebanoff , who struck a secret deal to replace him with producer jungho han . and then—just as those two had finally completed some shoots with hasselhoff in l . a . and vancouver , and seemed ready to make totally unmerited movie magic—klebanoff too was fired , after he and han “argued over things like whether the film ' s lead actress should appear nude in the film . ” which , obviously she should , because otherwise it is a beverly hills ninja sequel with david hasselhoff and zero female nudity .
this formulaic tale of a ninja klutz trying to break a counterfeit ring can be recommended only to undemanding children , and even they may find it a drag .
naked women ? no no no . nothing should distract from david hasselhoff playing a ninja . jesus , man , it’s like you don’t even understand the appeal .
we don‘t know ninja monkey weddings ‘s story by heart , but we can assure you it‘s pretty awesome . message them to get to know more about their business .
one night , while the rest of the clan is away , their dojo is visited by a beautiful woman named sally ( nicolette sheridan ) who wants to hire a ninja to spy on her businessman boyfriend , whom she suspects is involved in shady deals . haru , taken in by her beauty , tells her he is a full ninja ( he hasn ' t actually graduated yet ) and goes on the mission . it turns out that her lover is indeed a criminal , involved with the yakuza in an international counterfeiting scheme - and a cold - blooded killer to boot . obsessed with protecting sally , he decides to go to beverly hills to find her . unknown to him , gobei is following him , and keeping him out of danger without his noticing .
for most of the film haru is hopelessly inept at being a ninja . but during the final battle he suddenly becomes a badass , surprising the hell out of gobei .
haru is a white man raised by a ninja clan in japan , after he was found as a baby on a shipwreck . they believed he might be the
white ninja
prophesied by their legends , a foreigner who would grow up to become their greatest member . however , haru grows up to become both clumsy and clueless . although disappointed in him , his clan still loves him like one of their own . in turn haru idolizes gobei , his
older brother
and the best ninja of the clan .
haru : i may not be a great ninja ; i may not be one with the universe ; but i will say this : no one messes with my brother . see more »
there ' s more legal fallout from the doomed korean - produced sequel to beverly hills ninja , which was set to star david hasselhoff instead of the original 1997 comedy ' s lead actor , chris farley . last year , mitchell klebanoff , who co - wrote the original and was tapped to direct the follow - up , won a lawsuit against korean investors who bought rights to the franchise from sony . an arbitrator in the dispute determined that the investors hadn ' t properly terminated him as a director and awarded him nearly $ 262 , 000 . now comes a new lawsuit from jay so , who says he was contracted by klebanoff and read more
pimp duds : after haru arrives in america , he goes to a costume shop to swap his ninja attire for something that will blend in better . he walks out wearing a pimp costume .
raphael , april o ' neil and vernon fenwick crash through a driveway door at the estate of sacks industries ' evil ceo , eric sacks , in teenage mutant ninja turtles ( 2014 ) .
in 2007 , he says he was introduced to klebanoff and was hired as producer for an up - front fee of $ 100 , 000 , a credit , and backend participation in ninja 2 .
he has made recent moves to boost the studio . he brought bruckheimer on board from disney in 2013 to reboot franchises such as
beverly hills cop
and
top gun ,
and abrams re - upped in 2015 . grey has also bolstered paramount ' s television business , which had been neglected after cbs was spun off from viacom 10 years ago . its
school of rock
nickelodeon show launched in march , and
grease live
was a big ratings hit for fox this year .
for the first few minutes of beverly hills ninja , it looks as if chris farley may have finally found a movie to match the size of his talents . as an orphan raised in japan by martial - arts masters , farley displays a hippo - ballet grace while bonking himself on the head with various instruments of death . this chop - shtick generates a few belly - laugh - inducing quips ( ”sensei is going to kill me ! ” farley panics after smashing a shelfful of ancient artifacts ) . but as soon as the action switches to l . a . , a yawner plot about farley busting up a yen - counterfeiting ring kicks in — and slowly starts to squeeze the life out of the movie .
james berardinelli panned the film , stating that
beverly hills ninja is essentially a one - joke film . that joke has to do with chris farley [ . . . ] , who plays one of the clumsiest men on earth , crashing into objects or having things fall on his head
and concluded that it
isn ' t just juvenile , it ' s lackluster and unfunny .
bruce fretts of entertainment weekly also criticized the film , complaining it had
. . . a yawner plot about farley busting up a yen - counterfeiting ring
and that
. . . when the writers run out of ideas , they simply have farley walk into a lamppost , or cop from old snl skits .
the premise is as obvious as a 250 - pound guy in a ninja outfit . that ' s the movie ' s one joke - - contrasting the precision of the ninja with the out - of - control physicality of comedian chris farley - - and it doesn ' t sound like much . but that incongruity is enough for three big laughs before the opening credits are even finished , and the jokes keep coming .
farley stars as haru , an orphaned american who washes to shore in japan and is mistaken for the great white ninja of legend . raised among the finest ninjas , haru grows into a big , strong , slapstick disaster ! an embarrassment to his clan , haru has no hope of ever becoming a full ninja . but when a beautiful blonde pleads for help , haru is given one dangerously funny chance to prove himself .
today marks the 20th anniversary of chris farley ' s death . david spade , who starred alongside farley in the film tommy boy , commemorated the comedian ' s death on twitter .
20 years ago today ,
he tweeted along with a picture of farley and the years of his life ( 1964 to 1997 ) . a comedy legend , farley later played mike donnelly in black sheep and haru in beverly hills ninja . however , some of his most celebrated characters were those he played during his tenure at saturday night live . here ' s a look back at some of this best moments on the show : 1 . when he played the eccentric motivational speaker matt foley in this 1993 sketch , farley plays a boisterous . . .
now comes a new lawsuit from jay so , who says he was contracted by klebanoff and the koreans to act as a producer on the film but was stiffed on his own compensation during the development of ninja 2 .
this is my son ' s favorite movie . of course he is 10 . my husband and i watch it and find it entertaining as well . it is silly and the physical comedy can be over the top , but that is classic farley . we also like tommy boy , another farley classic , and dirty works also with farley , all though that flick is definitely not appropriate for children . beverly hills ninja , however is appropriate for most children 10 and over . pretty mild by today ' s standards . one of my favorite performances in this movie is the work of supporting actor robin shou . he is a great straight man and shows great martial arts skills as well as comedic timing . chris rock also has a small roll in this film .
following a ship wreck , a baby is rescued by a clan of ninja warriors and raised by them as one of their own . but haru , as he is called , never quite fits in , nor does he manage to make a worthy ninja . however , the good - natured and persevering haru , in his own bumbling way , and with some help from gobei , manages to prove himself to be a winner in the end .
the hollywood reporter today has one of those stories that sheds light on the scummy underbelly of hollywood , where shady producers and once wide - eyed rubes sue each other over bounced checks and broken promises , all because they couldn’t agree on who should control a project . and the real loser in all this ? you and i , the viewers , who’ll probably never get to see beverly hills ninja 2 now , starring david hasselhoff . no , really , that was the jumping off point . multiple people thought it would be a good idea to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars making a sequel to the worst movie from chris farley , a guy with the charisma to carry an entire film by himself , starring david hasselhoff , a guy who couldn’t even hold a hamburger .
following a ship wreck , a baby is rescued by a clan of ninja warriors and raised by them as one of their own . but haru , as he is called , never quite fits in , nor does he manage to make a worthy ninja . however , the good - natured and persevering haru , in his own bumbling way , and with some help from gobei , manages to prove himself to be a winner in the end . written by jeff hole
since the late 1940s , filmmakers have been transforming the magnificent greystone mansion into cinematic settings such as hospitals , funeral homes , government offices , hotel rooms , military schools and more , not to mention palatial estates . filming at greystone really took off in the mid - 1960s after the city of beverly hills purchased the property , but then dwindled in the ' 70s when the mansion became home to the american film institute . since the early ' 80s , though , when afi ' s lease expired , greystone has been home to an average of two films per year . from
this martial arts comedy from the producers of no - brainer classic dumb and dumber was a box - office number one in the states and features one of the last performances of chubby comic chris farley . he plays an american baby who washes up on the shores of japan and is brought up by a clan of martial arts masters . now haru ( farley ) , a willing but clumsy pupil , must journey with a skilled sidekick ( robin shou ) to the
hills of beverly
to rescue a beautiful american girl from yakuza counterfeiters . the slapstick may appeal to undemanding viewers .
in one scene hauru ' s
brother
is talking with the master ninja about hauru . the brother has a gold necklace around his neck , but in the story line he does not receive that necklace until later in the movie .
when haru is about to get arrested ( right before the ninja dude throws that little ball and takes his place ) , the stocky and balding cop all they way to the left ( or right ? ) is kevin farley , chris ' s brother .
mitch klebanoff , a writer and co - producer of the original film , has scripted and will helm the sequel . story involves an orphaned boy who wants to be a ninja but becomes involved in a crime in hollywood while looking for his real parents .
burger fiction is back with part 2 of their
improbable weapons used in movies
supercut series . to catch up on the first entry , click here . this second edition features some pretty ridiculous items used as weapons , including a razor scooter in kiss of the dragon , barstools in both the world ' s end and foxy brown , and many , many others . check out the full list below the video : daredevil - paper clips aliens - power loader an eye for an eye - telephone hellboy - payphone beverly hills ninja - fish austin powers - toothpaste hot shots ! part deux - chicken hot fuzz - wet floor sign kill bill : vol . 1 - frying pan tangled - frying pan walking tall - frying pan kiss of the dragon - chopsticks machete - meat thermometer nacho libre - corn sleepwalkers - corn project a - chili peppers hancock - candy bar law abiding citizen -
i grew up watching chris farley on saturday night live and in his various big screen roles . i liked everything he did even if the material wasn’t all there ( beverly hills ninja ) . he was an explosive force of comedy and now nearly 20 years after his death , it still stings to think about . a new documentary doesn’t look to make things easier with a look at farley’s life , character , and career through the recollections of those who knew him best . mike myers , adam sandler , bob odenkirk , bob saget , christina applegate and more join david spade , farley’s brother kevin farley , and lorne michaels to remember the late comedian . from the press release for network entertainment ’s documentary : before his untimely death at only 33 years of age , farley left an indelible mark on the entertainment industry through his groundbreaking work on television in both second city and saturday night live ,
“he was infectious . and he was kind . and he was a puppy dog . ” that was what christina applegate had to say about the late comedian chris farley as part of a trailer for the documentary that will take a look at the life of the star of saturday night live , tommy boy , and beverly hills ninja . the documentary is directed by brent hodge and derik murray and features conversations about farley with david spade ( his co - star in many films ) , adam sandler , bob saget , lorne michaels , mike myers , molly shannon , and dan aykroyd among others . it is set to profile the comedian , who died in 1997 of a drug overdose , and speak with some of the people who spent the most time with him . the film is set to open in theaters on july 31 and will be available on vod and digital download on august 11 . chris farley lived his life full speed
my 10 / 10 rating assumes that you ' re the type who just watches these sorts of movies to get entertained , and you sure will with
beverly hills ninja
. chris farley makes the most of his
big , fat idiot
persona as a white man raised among ninjas , now trying to investigate a counterfeiter . of course , the plot is an excuse to have farley trash everything surrounding him . . . and you ' d better believe that he does ! it ' s nice , silly fun to the max ! all in all , if this movie is stupid , then it doesn ' t pretend to be anything else . it ' s just a shame that chris farley is no longer with us . but up in the van down by that great river in the sky , he can take comfort knowing that we remember him . also starring nicolette sheridan ( of
desperate housewives
) and chris rock .
i am not so much reviewing this album as providing a guide for people to find copies of baltimora ' s tarzan boy . if you are lucky enough to find an original album or single of the song , you will probably have to shell out $ 100 + . so here are some alternatives on amazon : original one hit wonders $ 15 . 99 new ( all prices listed are current as of may 08 ) $ 8 . 67 used contains the original album version of the song with the
carribean steel band sound
time life modern rock : nightclubbing $ 39 used contains a 6 + minute extended version beverly hills ninja : original motion picture soundtrack $ 4 . 65 contains the version i heard in the clubs . 3 - 4 minutes in length . this is a dance mix , not the original album mix . 2013 update : europa ( part of the disco discharge series ) $ 12 . 41 contains the 12
mix
wow ! so very happy we went with frank from ninja monkey to video our wedding ! my husband and i were so impressed by the amount of professionalism and creativity that frank showed ! you could really tell he knew what he was doing behind his ca . . .
frank and ninja monkey media was exceptional ! he came recommended from our photographer and we hired him to shoot our wedding . we were planning our wedding in miami from philly , so we had several skype / google chat calls with frank to get to kno . . .
remember 1997 ? sure you do . it was the year of princess diana ' s funeral , the year the front page of the new york times went to color , the year of the famous iowa septuplets and dolly the cloned sheep . it was also the year , of course , of a bunch of movies you may or may not remember , starting with beverly hills ninja in january and ending , of course , with titanic . this weekend ' s 3d re - release of titanic got us on a nostalgia trip , thinking about the movies we loved back in 1997 and have forgotten , and the movies we new nothing about at the time and loved today . so , of course , we made a yearbook of them , figuring out which senior superlatives these movies would have won back in 1997 , and how those reputations hold up today . are the kids most likely to succeed at the time still making good careers for themselves ? is
update : peter and bobby farrelly with fox will complete the casting on the three stooges by the end of next week . at this point , hank azaria has emerged as a frontrunner for the role of moe , the group ' s stern disciplinarian and the guy who dishes out the slaps and eye pokes . as for the simpleton larry , the name i am most often hearing is james marsden . marsden worked for fox as cyclops in the original x - men films , but he has played comedy in films like enchanted and next stars in the universal / illumination entertainment film hop . 7 : 31 pm : madtv alum and cbs’ $ # * ! my dad says star will sasso has been cast as curly in the three stooges movie being made at 20th century fox and directed by the farrelly brothers . sasso did the films life as we know it , best in show , drop dead gorgeous , beverly hills ninja , and happy gilmore ,
job description he’s the honcho of a department that edits hundreds of films each year for broadcast on tv and airlines , re - cutting films to address time constraints and standards & practices issues , all while preserving the asset as it travels through the many versions that are created in post - theatrical life . terman and his team write , edit and direct promo vids , tradeshow sizzle reels and industrials for sony corporate divisions in addition to editing dvd added - value material , docus , musicvids and screen tests . terman also works with actors to replace original dialogue with tv - safe alternatives — if actors are unavailable , he auditions sound - alikes to revoice lines — or convinces the original thesps to make it work . special challenges for “ beverly hills ninja ” replacement dialogue : “i went to the actor and shot him in the car while we were driving down pico boulevard . he just didn’t have time , and i was like , ‘dude i gotta get you ,
anytime you get to talk about chris farley is a good day .
buzzfeed has debuted the first official trailer for the documentary i am chris farley , a profile about the life of the beloved comedian who died in 1997 . it ' s probably that many of you grew up watching chris farley , whether it was on
saturday night live
or in tommy boy , black sheep or beverly hills ninja . he died almost 20 years ago , if you can believe it was that long ago , and they ' ve finally made a documentary about him and it ' s out this summer . i am chris farley features all his friends and colleagues , from adam sandler to lorne micheals , david spade , molly shannon , christina applegate , and bob saget . i ' m looking forward to catching this doc sometime , looks pretty good . here ' s the trailer for brent hodge & derik murray ' s documentary i am chris farley , found via buzzfeed : chris farley lived his
highly visible ninja : played straight with haru , who at one point goes so far as to charge into enemy territory wearing black with a sword on his back through the front gate in broad daylight . averted with gobei , who ' s very good at staying hidden or blending in .
everyone at ninja monkey is heartbroken over this review . we all feel terrible things ended up this way , but we don ' t feel this review was deserving . - - there is no
money back guarantee
and half of the wedding was missing from the video ! - . . .
what is the song playing near the beginning of the movie when huru ( chris farley ) is trying to do the same thing his brother is doing ? i think its called
the great white ninja
but i can ' t find info on it anywhere . ( from j in nd )
we ' re just days away from the release of death race 2 ( blu - ray review here ) so we figured that we ' d take this opportunity to show off some of the film ' s female assets ! from the press release a deadly driving competition spawns a racing legend in death race 2 , an all - out action thrill ride , coming to blu - ray™ , dvd and digital download january 18 , 2011 from universal studios home entertainment dvd originals™ . danny trejo ( machete ) , ving rhames ( piranha 3d ) , sean bean ( the lord of the rings trilogy ) and luke goss ( hellboy 2 : the golden army ) star , along with returning cast members fred koehler ( “ lost ” ) and robin shou ( beverly hills ninja ) , in an all - new prequel to paul w . s . anderson ’s 2008 adrenaline - fueled action - thriller , death race . packed with more of the heart - stopping action , spectacular stunts and shocking twists that propelled the original to cult status , the 2 - disc death race 2 blu - ray™ combo pack and dvd will include unrated
blindfolded trip : parodied . haru is blindfolded when he is first taken to the tanley ' s warehouse . later , he blindfolds himself and tries to use his
ninja skills
to remember the route . he is completely clueless , of course . luckily , gobei knows the route well and takes the wheel without haru knowing .
haru ( chris farley ) is at first believed , when he is found as an infant orphaned from a shipwreck , to be the great white ninja of legend . as he grows up at the shinto temple it is obvious he is not ninja material , wrecking everything in sight . he meets a beautiful american stranger ( nicolette sheridan ) . she gives him the alias sally jones and asks him to spy on her boyfriend . the mission is a ruse to set him up as the killer when the criminal operation goes awry . haru must go to la to find
sally
and let her know that the boyfriend is a dangerous killer . haru ' s brother is dispatched to keep him out of trouble .