VIDEO RENTALS RESULT: $22.9 million (USA)
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| FIRST BLOOD (1982) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MORGAN'S RATING | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| John Rambo is a disoriented Vietnam Vet. He is hitch-hiking from town to town to see friends from the war. A sherriff tries to make him leave town and when he refuses, arrests him for vagrancy. While in jail, a deputy takes delight in abusing him. Rambo escapes showing his old Vietnam fighting skills and takes to the woods as the sherriff and deputies try and find him in his element. Things get out of hand as Colonel Trautman Rambo's old commander appears to shed light on the situation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sylvester Stallone (John Rambo), Richard Crenna (Colonel Samuel Trautman), Brian Dennehy (Sherriff Will Teasle), Bill McKinney (Capt. Dave Kern State Police), Jack Starrett (Deputy Arthur Gault), Michael Talbott (Balford), Chris Mulkey (Ward), John McLiam (Orval), Alf Humphreys (Lester), David Caruso (Mitch), David Crowley (Shingleton), Don MacKay (Preston), Charles A. Tamburro (Pilot), David Petersen (Trooper), Craig Huston (Radio Operator), Patrick Stack (Lt. Clinton Morgan), Stephen E. Miller (Guardsman #1), Raimund Stamm (Guardsman #2), Bruce Greenwood (Guardsman #5). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A ONE MAN WAR! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BOX OFFICE OPENING: $6.6 million (USA) VIDEO RENTALS RESULT: $22.9 million (USA) |
DIRECTOR: Ted Kotcheff (Hidden Assassin). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WRITERS: Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim and Sylvester Stallone. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - In the novel, by David Morrell, the lead character of John Rambo dies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Based on the novel by David Morrell. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PRODUCER: Buzz Feitshans. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| QUOTES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trautman: You are the last of an elite group, don't end it like this. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Herb Nanas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ORIGINAL MUSIC: Jerry Goldsmith. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rambo: Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million dollar equipment, back here I can't even hold a job washin' cars. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DISTRIBUTOR: Carolco Pictures. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CRITICAL COMMENT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rambo: For me civilian life is nothing! In the field we had a code of honor, you watch my back, I watch yours. Back here there's nothing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Throws all credibility to the winds...A kewpie doll to anyone who can understand more than three words of Sly's final monologue." -- Leonard Maltin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rambo: Don't push it. Don't push it, or I'll give you a war you won't believe. Let it go. Let it go. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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