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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 five films are First Blood (1982), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III (1988), Rambo (2008), and Rambo: Last Blood (2019). Its titular protagonist is a United States Army Special Forces veteran played by Sylvester Stallone , whose Vietnam War experience traumatized him but also gave him superior military skills, which he has used ...
[2]: 188 In both First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II Trautman primarily exists as a background figure engaging in arguments with other figures who are pursuing or using Rambo for their own purposes, while in Rambo III, Trautman becomes a more central figure in the physical action of the film.
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 ...