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Released
1999 · FILM

Shaolin Dolemite

Directed by
Runtime
104 min
ActionAdventureComedy
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

The film was created by re-dubbing footage from the 1986 Taiwanese kung fu film *Ren zhe da* (known in English as *Ninja: The Final Duel*). *Ren zhe da* producer Robert Tai had reportedly filmed 10 hours of footage for the film, which was later edited down to 90 minutes for its initial release. Much of the footage excluded from the original release of *Ren zhe da* is included in *Shaolin Dolemite*, along with original footage of Moore observing the story of the film and making obscenity-laced comments. Additional new footage features a segment portraying Moore's longtime friend Jimmy Lynch as a Drunken Master named Sam the Spliff.

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Principal cast & crew: 12

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