Search - Billy Jack [Fullscreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1971 DVD Release: 06/22/1999 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 54 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 2 Genres: Drama, Martial Arts, Adventure Drama, Message Movie See Also: Billy Jack, Billy Jack [Widescreen], Billy Jack [Fullscreen], Billy Jack [Widescreen] [Blu-ray]

Actor/auteur Tom Laughlin created the character of Billy Jack in the motorcycle flick The Born Losers. Wandering Christlike through the Southwest, Native American Vietnam veteran Billy Jack -- soft-spoken, but well-versed in martial arts -- champions the cause of a progressive school run by Jean Roberts (Delores Taylor, Laughlin's real-life wife). The bigoted white townsfolk don't cotton to Jean's minority-group students, so they do everything they can to humiliate and physically abuse the kids. When one of her charges is cruelly coated with white flour, Billy Jack goes berserk. Thus begins an orgy of self-righteous violence, culminating with our hero being hunted down on a murder charge. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Tom Laughlin - Billy Jack
Delores Taylor - Jean Roberts
Clark Howat - Sheriff Cole
Bert Freed - Stuart Posner
Julie Webb - Barbara
John McClure - Dinosaur
Gwen Smith - Angela

Tom Laughlin's sleeper action hit Billy Jack comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed-captioned. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence. This is a poor bare-bones release from Warner Bros. that is inferior to both of the other versions of this film that are available on DVD. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide