 His other films include "Neighbors" (1981), "For Keeps" (1988), "Lean on Me" (1989), "The Power of One" (1992), "8 Seconds" (1994) and the first three "The Karate Kid" films.Avildsen was the original director for both "Serpico" (1973) and "Saturday Night Fever" (1977), but was fired over disputes with producers Martin Bregman and Robert Stigwood, respectively.His last-ever film was "Inferno" (1999), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.