Sidekicks
Produced by	Aaron Norris
Written by	Lou Illar (story) Galen Thompson(screenplay)
Starring	Jonathan Brandis Chuck Norris Mako
Distributed by	Triumph Releasing Corporation Columbia Home Video
Release date(s)	April 9, 1993
Running time	101 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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Sidekicks is a 1992 movie about a kid named Barry Gabrewski who has asthma. He has a lot of daydreams about being Chuck Norris' sidekick, the two of them battling against Norris' movie enemies who are often personified by Barry's school bullies. He lives with his father Jerry Gabrewski, a widower. Aaron Norris (b. ... Jonathan Gregory Brandis (April 13, 1976 – November 12, 2003) was an American film and television actor. ... Carlos Ray Chuck Norris (born on 10 March 1940) is an American martial artist, action star, Hollywood actor, and recently, an internet phenomenon, who is best known for playing Cordell Walker on Walker, Texas Ranger. ... Mako or similar may be: Places Makó, a town in Hungary Makung, a city on the main Pescadore Island in the Taiwan Strait (alternate romanization) People Mako Akishino, Princess of Japan Makoto Iwamatsu (1933 – ), a Japanese actor Benjamin Mako Hill, a Debian developer Other Mako shark, one or more species... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Look up sidekick in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1992. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Carlos Ray Chuck Norris (born on 10 March 1940) is an American martial artist, action star, Hollywood actor, and recently, an internet phenomenon, who is best known for playing Cordell Walker on Walker, Texas Ranger. ...

Barry is taught martial arts by an old Chinese man called Mr. Lee (Mako), the sly uncle of his teacher Ms. Noreen Chan (Julia Nickson-Soul). Mr. Lee decides to teach Barry some karate so that he can defend himself from the bullies. Barry later enters a tournament where he confronts his bullies and gets to fight alongside Chuck Norris after all. This article refers to a person; for other uses, see Makoto (disambiguation) Makoto Iwamatsu (born December 10, 1933) is a Japanese actor. ... Julia Nickson-Soul (b. ... For other uses, see Karate (disambiguation). ...

This movie has many elements in common with The Karate Kid, but it is unusual for the movies starring Norris since it parodies his previous movie roles. The Karate Kid is a 1984 John G. Avildsen film starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. ...

Cast

• Chuck Norris ...... Himself
• Jonathan Brandis ...... Barry Grabrewski
• Beau Bridges ...... Jerry Grabrewski
• Mako ...... Mr. Lee
• Joe Piscopo ...... Stone
• Danica McKellar ...... Lauren
• Richard Moll ...... Horn

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Trivia

• This movie is one of the few that was filmed primarily in Houston, TX. It is suggested this was done as a result of funding from well known furniture outlet owner, Jim "Mattress Mac" McIngvale, produced and invested 8 million dollars on this movie. It is believed his relationship with Chuck Norris, who starred in many commercials with "Mac" came to him with the idea of creating this film. In McIngvale's book, "Always Think Big", he states going into film and producing was a huge mistake. This movie only grossed $17,180,393.00 and lost a considerable amount of money.
• While Julia Nickson-Soul plays Jonathan Brandis' teacher in this film, she would later portray Lieutenant Commander Heiko Kimura alongside Brandis' Lucas Wolenczak in the final episode of seaQuest DSV.
• The high school shot was filmed in Houston Independent School District's Lamar High School.^{[citation needed]}
• In the scene where we first see the tournament, the people on stage performing with various weapons were not (All at least) stunt doubles, one has been confirmed to be a teacher of Karate in the Houston area.
• If you watch closely during the forms competition, you will see a student of Kuk Sool Won performing the jumping crescent kicks used in Kicho Hyung, the first form learned under Suh In Hyuk, the founder of true Kuk Sool Won.

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External links

• Sidekicks at the Internet Movie Database
• A review