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*First Blood* is a 1982 American drama, war, and action film directed by Ted Kotcheff. The screenplay was written by Sylvester Stallone and David Morrell, based on a work by Morrell. The cast includes Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, and Bill McKinney. Carolco Pictures, Anabasis, and Elcajo Productions produced the film, with Mario Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna, and Buzz Feitshans serving as producers. Andrew Laszlo was the director of photography, and Jerry Goldsmith composed the score.
The narrative is set in Washington and features a Vietnam veteran as its main subject. Filming took place in Vancouver and Hope. The English-language film has a runtime of 93 minutes. It was released on October 22, 1982, with additional release dates in January 1983. The film was distributed by Netflix.
Financially, the production had a budget of $15,000,000 and generated box office revenue of $125,212,904. Audience reception includes a TMDb vote average of 7.507 from 6,869 votes and an IMDb rating of 7.7 from 302,060 votes. The film is categorized under Action, Adventure, and Thriller genres on IMDb.
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7.5When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo
- Richard Crenna as Col. Samuel Trautman
- Brian Dennehy as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
- Bill McKinney as State Police Capt. Dave Kern
- Jack Starrett as Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
- Michael Talbott as Deputy Balford
Themes
- prison
- guerrilla warfare
- dying and death
- vietnam war
- vietnam veteran
- hero
- vietnam
- police brutality
- sheriff
- escape
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Encyclopedic overview
First Blood is a 1982 American action film starring Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. The film was directed by Ted Kotcheff and co-written by Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim, and Stallone based on the 1972 novel First Blood by David Morrell. The story follows Rambo, who, after entering a small town and clashing with the police, attempts to fight in order to survive a manhunt using his expertise in survival and combat skills. The film costars Richard Crenna as Rambo's mentor Colonel Sam Trautman and Brian Dennehy as Sheriff Will Teasle.
First Blood was released in the United States on October 22, 1982. Initial reviews were mixed, but the film was a box-office success, grossing $125.2 million and becoming the 13th-highest-grossing film at the domestic box office for the year and the seventh-highest-grossing film worldwide. In 1985, it also became the first Hollywood blockbuster to be released in China, holding the record for the largest number of tickets sold for an American film until 2018. Since its release, it has been reappraised by critics, with many highlighting the roles of Stallone, Dennehy and Crenna, and recognizing it as an influential film in the action genre.
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