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Billy Jack Box Set

3 Movie Collection
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Billy Jack Collection DVD BoxSet (3 movie set). ‘Billy Jack’ was the largest grossing independent film in history until ‘The Blair Witch Project’. It remains a landmark independent film that focused on the most emotional themes of the time – anti-establishment, two-sided justice, racial segregation and prejudice, and social ideals.

Billy Jack is a half-Indian/half-white ex-Green Beret who is being drawn more and more toward his Indian side. He hates violence, but can't get away from it in the white man's world.

This slipcase 3 disc boxed set contains “Billy Jack” (1971), “The Trial of Billy Jack” (1974) and “Billy Jack goes to Washington” (1977), all fully restored and remastered.

Region 0: All regions.

Billy Jack Movie Reviews

“..will delight fans of the series and even managed to get me to hold back my claws at the politically lame messages the films espoused. The movies were clearly labors of love for all involved and the bottom line is that no one ever went to see a Billy Jack movie for acting, a script, or technical excellence by the director-turned-star…The historical significance of the movies has provided lots of fodder for historians and the movies, however flawed, serve as reminders of a time long ago when the country was dealing with plenty of social turmoil. Check the set out and you'll see what I mean.” DVD Talk (complete collection)

“Billy Jack is the nicest surprise of the year, and my own feeling is that it ranks among the top half-dozen American films so far in 1971.” Village Voice (Billy Jack movie)

“Billy Jack is one of those films that's just as interesting, if not more so, for how it came to be made rather than for the story that it tells. Writer/director/star Tom Laughlin was appalled to see Native Americans mistreated in small town where his wife grew up and took it upon himself to champion their case by writing the screenplay for the film after guest spotting the character in Born Losers. He started shooting Billy Jack in 1969 but studio hesitation and problems resulted in an unpublicized theatrical release which he fought against, only to win and have Warner Brothers give it a proper run in theaters. His gamble paid off and Billy Jack did big numbers for its time. It's interesting how, in some ways, the struggle that the film had to find its audience kinda-sorta parallels the fight against the system that we see its core characters engage in…Obviously a very personal project for Laughlin (who would go on to create three sequels and who still periodically makes noise about shooting a fifth installment – in fact he started but never finished one in 1985) the picture would go on to inspire knock offs like Johnny Firecloud but also carry an influence into the modern day (tell me Walker: Texas Ranger doesn't have Billy Jack overtones!) – this is a film that a lot of people went to see and, at the time at least, it was a film that spoke to a lot of people. It's message is harder to discern for modern audiences who will no doubt (and understandably) get a chuckle or two out of the dated fashions, slang and politics but despite all this the picture is still a good one. It's got some great action scenes highlight by some nifty slow motion Hapkido moves and it's got a great soundtrack. The acting, from a pretty varied cast, is authentic enough to work and the pacing is fine. The picture might lose focus towards the big finale but you can't help but get a little teared up just before the end credits role, even if you realize how corny it all is by modern standards. This is truly one of those films where you can say ‘they don't make'em like they used to’ but Laughlin should take that as a compliment. As an action heavy drama the film might not be a classic but as a time capsule of American pop culture and politics the picture is invaluable.” DVD Talk (Billy Jack movie)

Release date Australia
December 9th, 2013
Number of Discs
3
Length (Minutes)
440
Aspect Ratio
  • 1.78 : 1
Language
English
Supported Audio
  • Dolby Digital Mono
Studio
Boxed Set
Yes
Country of Production
  • USA
Genres
Movie Format
DVD Region
  • Region 4
Edition
Original Release Year
1971
Box Dimensions (mm)
136x190x47
UPC
9345228001868
Product ID
21767601

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