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First Blood is a 1982 American action film directed by Ted Kotcheff and co-written by Sylvester Stallone, who stars as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. It also co-stars Richard Crenna as Rambo's mentor Sam Trautman and Brian Dennehy as Sheriff Will Teasle.
John James Rambo (born July 6, 1947) is a fictional character in the Rambo franchise. [1] He first appeared in the 1972 novel First Blood by David Morrell, but later became more famous as the protagonist of the film series, in which he was played by Sylvester Stallone.
The film, First Blood, was a major success, earning $125 million on a $15 million budget, and spawning an entire Rambo franchise. David Morrell wrote the novelization for Rambo: First Blood Part II and explained that he was bringing the character back because of the success of the movie.
First Blood started production with Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas in the Trautman part.And the Spartacus star was a vocal proponent of having Rambo die in the film, which immediately put him at odds ...
Rambo is an American media franchise centered on a series of action films featuring John J. Rambo.The five films are First Blood (1982), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III (1988), Rambo (2008), and Rambo: Last Blood (2019).
The movie novelizations of Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo III were both also written by David Morrell, who insisted on ownership of the characters as part of the negotiations for the sale of the film rights to the first book, [3] and was given more leeway than is typically provided to writers creating novelizations. [10]
James Cameron wrote the original screenplay, John Travolta played a "Star Wars" obsessed soldier and other things you didn't know about one of the defining action movies of the 1980s.
The fifth installment of the "Rambo" franchise, "Rambo: Last Blood," will hit theaters on Sept. 20 -- 37 years after the series launched with "First Blood." The story centers on Sylvester Stallone ...