The New Gladiators (film)

The New Gladiators
Elvis Presley's The New Gladiators poster.
Directed byBob Hammer
Written byElvis Presley, Ed Parker
Produced byDon Warrener, Isaac Florentine
StarringEmil Farkas, Darnel Garcia, Roy Kurban, Ron Marchini and Benny Urquidez, and Ticky Donovan
Narrated byChuck Sullivan
CinematographyAllen Daviau, John Hora
Edited byIsaac Florentine, Don Warrener
Music byDavid Crosby, Graham Nash
Distributed byRising Sun Productions
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The New Gladiators is a documentary movie by Elvis Presley and Ed Parker centered on the fights of the United States Karate team in London, England and Brussels, Belgium.[1] Narrated by Chuck Sullivan, it was filmed between 1973 and 1974 but finally remastered and later released in 2002. The movie was financed by American singer and actor Elvis Presley, who began to practice karate during his duty years in the United States Army.

  1. ^ King, Susan (2002-11-17). "When Elvis bowed to karate's kings; A Presley-backed documentary on the sport is finally out — minus footage of the black-belt singer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-11-07.