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Stallone also decided to let Rambo survive the film, unlike in the book. A suicide scene was filmed but Kotcheff and Stallone opted to have Rambo turn himself in at Trautman's urging. Stallone did an estimated seven revisions of the script. Kotcheff requested further work be done on the script, which was performed by

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of ReelViews called the film "a tense and effective piece of filmmaking". He noted that the film's darker tone, somber subtext, and non-exploitative violence allowed the viewer to enjoy the film not only as an action/thriller but as something with a degree of intelligence and substance. On Stallone's

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Ultimate Edition DVD released in 2004. This edition also includes a "never-before-seen" alternate ending in which Rambo commits suicide— a fate more in line with the original novel's ending— and a "humorous" ending tacked on afterwards. A brief snippet of the suicide ending appears in a flashback in

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The first rough cut of the film was between three and three-and-a-half hours long. According to Sylvester Stallone, it was so bad that it sickened his agent and him. Stallone wanted to buy the movie and destroy it thinking that it was a career killer. After heavy re-editing, the film was cut down to

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setting. However, a period of heavy snowfall beginning in January 1982 delayed the production by two months. Other delays were caused by injuries to the cast during stunts, including Stallone sustaining a serious back injury and several broken ribs, in particular, due to performing his own stunt of

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was approached as a replacement but was soon to undergo heart surgery and had to pass up the chance to work with Stallone. Richard Crenna was quickly hired as a replacement; the role of Trautman became the veteran character actor's most famous role, a performance for which he received much critical

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Defying Teasle's orders, Galt attempts to shoot Rambo from the helicopter. Cornered on a high cliff, Rambo leaps into a tree, injuring his right arm. With Galt still shooting at him, Rambo throws a rock at the helicopter, cracking its windshield and causing the pilot to briefly lose control. Losing

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was eventually hired, but just before shooting began, Douglas quit the role of Colonel Trautman over a script dispute; Douglas wanted to retain the novel's original ending of Rambo and Teasle fatally wounding each other, Trautman finishing Rambo with a kill shot, then sitting with the dying Teasle

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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

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enabled him to rewrite the script to make the character of John Rambo more sympathetic. Morrell's book has Rambo kill many of his pursuers, and Kozoll and Sackheim's draft had him killing sixteen people, but in the movie Rambo does not directly cause the death of any police or national guardsmen.

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The original Rambo was so bloodthirsty... the story was so hard, so terrifying every step of the way. (I think that's one reason the book took so long to get done). What I did with Rambo was try to keep one foot in the Establishment and one foot in the outlaw or frontier image. I wanted him to be

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to defuse the situation, then be permitted to surrender peacefully later, but Teasle, confident that Rambo is hopelessly outnumbered, refuses to go with Trautman’s plan. Teasle allows Trautman to contact Rambo to persuade him to surrender, but Rambo refuses, condemning Teasle and his deputies for

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and ammunition, and returns to Hope to cause as much damage as possible in revenge. In an effort to distract the authorities, Rambo blows up a gas station, cuts power to most of the town, destroys a sporting goods store, and shoots up the sheriff's station. Trautman, understanding that Teasle is

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At the entrance of an abandoned mine, a National Guard detachment corners Rambo. Ignoring Teasle's instructions to wait for his arrival, the guardsmen fire a rocket launcher, collapsing the mine entrance and seemingly killing Rambo. However, Rambo survives, escapes the mine through a ventilation

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The film was re-released as part of a 6-disc box set, which contains all four films in the series, on May 27, 2008. However, the box set is missing the David Morrell commentary, even though the packaging clearly states it is included. In anticipation of the release, the film was shown back in

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outmatched, tries again to convince him to leave Rambo be. Teasle, seeing Rambo's rampage as a personal attack, blatantly ignores Trautman's orders again and tries to hunt for Rambo on the station's roof, but Rambo manages to shoot and wound Teasle after a brief exchange of gunfire.

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topped the U.S. box office for three weeks in a row, and its $ 6,642,005 opening weekend was the best October opening at the time. The film ended as a significant financial success, with a total gross of $ 51 million domestically, the highest-grossing film of the fall, and the

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described Rambo as a "fierce, agile, hollow-eyed hero" who is portrayed as a "tormented, misunderstood, amazingly resourceful victim of the Vietnam War, rather than as a sadist or a villain." Maslin also praised the film's story for its "energy and ingenuity". Conversely,

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Using guerilla tactics, Rambo non-lethally subdues all the deputies. With the deputies incapacitated, Rambo corners Teasle, holds a knife to his throat, and threatens "a war won't believe" if he does not give up the pursuit, before retreating further into the woods. The

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Why, if it hadn't been for 'Nam then people like me would never have had the pleasure of Combat Shock, First Blood, The Exterminator or Don't Answer The Phone! (...) And Cannibal Apocalypse is almost the best vetsploitation movie ever, second only to the mighty

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his balance, Galt falls to his death on the jagged rocks. Rambo tries to surrender to Teasle, reasoning that Galt's death was an accident and that he wants no more trouble, but the deputies shoot at him, and he flees. Other deputies warn Teasle that Rambo is a

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Various scripts adapted from Morrell's book had been pitched to studios in the years since its publication, but only Stallone's involvement prompted its production. The time since the end of the Vietnam War and Stallone's star power after the success of the

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as a distributor, displaying an 18-minute promotional reel to studios. Although they secured international distributors, they were unable to locate a domestic distributor to the film until they sent a longer 55-minute reel to the

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him with a straight razor, Rambo finally snaps, and he fights his way out of the sheriff's station, regains his knife, and flees on a motorcycle into the woods. Teasle organizes a search party with rifles, dogs, and a helicopter.

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wrote that he did not like the film's ending, but added it was "a very good movie, well-paced, and well-acted not only by Stallone ... but also by Crenna and Brian Dennehy." He commented, "although almost all of

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As Rambo prepares to kill Teasle, Trautman appears and warns Rambo that he will be killed unless he surrenders, reminding him that he is the last survivor of Baker Team. Rambo vents about the horrors of war and his

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gave the film one-and a half stars out of four, saying that it "throws all credibility to the winds about the time gets off with only a bad cut after jumping from a mountain into some jagged rocks".

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performance, he wrote "it seems impossible to imagine anyone other than Stallone in the part, and his capabilities as an actor should not be dismissed". In the 2010 edition of his Movie Guide

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The film grossed $ 125.2 million worldwide, against a $ 15 million budget. It was notably the first major Hollywood blockbuster to be released in China, where it was released in 1985. It sold

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Vetsploitation was a viable Hollywood genre in the late '70s and throughout much of the '80s. "First Blood," "The Exterminator," "Thou Shalt Not Kill… Except"… even "Taxi Driver" to a degree.

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dropping off a cliff and into a tree. Since the production ran over schedule, Crenna's role in the film was cut in order to avoid having to pay him higher fees as specified in his contract.

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box wired with explosives. After being comforted by Trautman, Rambo surrenders and is taken into federal custody, while Teasle is taken to a waiting ambulance for transport to the hospital.

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film critic Almar Haflidason noted that Stallone's training in survival skills and hand-to-hand combat gave the film "a raw and authentic edge that excited the audiences of the time."

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accepted by the mainstream—but also be a criminal. So he has some strong patriotic views—and he loves the system. He just doesn't like a lot of the people who live and work in it.

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93 minutes; this version was ultimately released in theaters. The ending used in the finished film was shot in March 1982, after the original one was deemed unsatisfactory.

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intended to direct. The film would have criticized American military culture and portrayed Colonel Trautman as the film's villain, ending with both Rambo and Teasle dying.

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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

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The locations chosen for the film initially experienced unseasonably warm and sunny weather during the filming, which posed challenges since the crew had counted on an

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of British Columbia on a $ 15 million budget beginning on November 15, 1981, and continuing until April 1982. The town scenes in the movie were shot in

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during the war. He offers his condolences to the soldier's widow for her loss and gives her a photo of the pair and the rest of their unit, Baker Team.

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goes to a lake house looking for an old comrade, Delmar Barry, only to learn his friend died of cancer over a year earlier, brought on by exposure to

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funded by "in-house sources". They purchased the film rights from Warner Bros. for $ 375,000 and Sackheim and Kozoll's script for $ 125,000 in 1981.

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in mind for the role and had several conversations with the actor, who wanted to portray Rambo as a force of nature after seeing the film

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The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics, and three lead actors received praise for their performances. In his review,

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William Sackheim and Michael Kozoll wrote the screenplay that would be the basis of the final film in 1977, originally intending for

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Broeske, Pat H. (November 25, 1985). "The Curious Evolution of John Rambo: How He Hacked His Way Through the Jungles of Hollywood".

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purchased Sackheim and Kozoll's script from Warner Bros. for $ 375,000. DeHaven secured the Cinema Group as a financer and hired

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in New Mexico in December 1972. The film did not proceed because the Vietnam War was still underway and Brooks left the project.

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out of Hope. Neglecting the sheriff's warning, Rambo returns to Hope, prompting Teasle to arrest Rambo on charges of vagrancy,

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of Anabasis Investments read the book, they got interested in doing an adaptation as the first production of their studio

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who must rely on his combat and survival skills when a series of brutal events results in him having to survive a massive

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theaters for one night, May 15, 2008, through Fathom Events; the alternate ending was shown after the main feature.

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claimed that they could be easily modified to fire live ammunition. After the incident the set was guarded by the

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called the film "a mess" and criticized its ending for not providing a proper resolution for the main character.

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is implausible, because it's Stallone on the screen, we'll buy it," and rated the film three out of four stars.

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Instead of making modestly ambitious duds between Rockys, he now makes tortured Vietnam vetsploitation films.

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the roles of Stallone, Dennehy and Crenna, and recognizing it as an influential film in the action genre.

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was slated to direct, and intended to have the film be an allegory on differing American perceptions of

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is a thrilling survival adventure that takes full advantage of Sylvester Stallone's acting skills." On

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but both turned the part down. Marvin, another Oscar winner, turned down the part of Colonel Trautman.

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are dispatched to assist Teasle, along with Rambo's mentor and former commanding officer, Colonel

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Special Edition DVD released in 2002. Actor Stallone recorded an audio commentary track for the

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but then rejected him because they considered him too old to play a Vietnam veteran from 1975.

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as one of the best films of 1982, and in 2008 it was named the 253rd greatest film ever by

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franchise for revitalizing the cutlery industry in the 1980s due to the presence of the

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for the sheriff's final moments. Douglas also wanted Trautman to have more screentime.

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Ginsberg, Steven (December 7, 1982). "National B.O. Takes Seasonal Dip Over Weekend".

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The firearms used in the film had to be imported into Canada because of the country's

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gave Morrell an industry achievement award for having helped to make it possible.

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trailer music added), on November 23, 2010, as one of their MAF unlimited titles.

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This article is about the 1982 film. For the novel by David Morrell, see

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franchise. The next four sequels received mixed or average reviews.

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as Sheriff Teasle. When the project was purchased by Warner Bros.,

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were each considered for the role of Rambo. Ritt intended to cast

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On August 14, 2020, a cedar wood statue of Rambo was unveiled in

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recipient, but Teasle swears revenge and continues the search.

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by police and government troops near the small town of Hope,

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as a double feature on February 13, 2007, along with 2004's

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For the role of Sheriff Teasle, Kassar and Vajna approached

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as Sheriff Will Teasle. It is the first installment in the

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Author Morrell recorded an audio commentary track for the

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Rambo, triggering flashbacks of the torture he endured in

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also considered directing the film, with Bregman hiring

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Continuing his travels, Rambo reaches the town of Hope,

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In 2017, "It's A Long Road" was used in the video game

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their abuse and citing that they “drew first blood”.

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was released on 4K UHD Blu-ray on November 9, 2018.

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