Rambo: First Blood [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Ted Kotcheff Ted Kotcheff

Overview

A former Green Beret must use all of the guerrilla tactics he learned in Vietnam to save himself after he is falsely accused of a crime while visiting the lush and wild Pacific Northwest in this heart-pounding actioner. This is the Sylvester Stallone film that introduced the world to the Rambo character who would go on to headline a couple of sequels.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/24/2015
UPC:	0031398215103
Original Release:	1982
Rating:	R
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Surround EX]
Language:	English
Time:	1:36:00
Sales rank:	1,380

Special Features

Deleted scenes; Audio commentary with Sylvester Stallone; Audio commentary with author David Morrell; Advanced trivia track; Drawing First Blood; Interactive menus powered by Metamenu technology

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sylvester Stallone	John Rambo
Richard Crenna	Col. Samuel Trautman
Brian Dennehy	Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
William McKinney	State Police Capt. Dave Kern
Jack Starrett	Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
Michael Talbot	Deputy Balford
Chris Mulkey	Deputy Ward
John McLiam	Orval the Dog Man
Alf Humphreys	Deputy Lester
David Caruso	Deputy Mitch
David L. Crowley	Deputy Shingleton
Don MacKay	Preston
Charles A. Tamburro	Helicopter pilot
David Petersen	Trooper
Craig Huston	Radio operator
Patrick Stack	Lt. Morgen
Stephen E. Miller	Guardsman #1,Hunter
Raimund Stamm	Guardsman #2
Robert Metcalfe	Guardsman #3
Stephen Dimopoulos	Guardsman #4
Earl Klein	Guardsman #6
Danny Wozna	Boy
Peter Lonstrup	Attendant
Mike Winlaw	TV Reporter
David Menzies	Miner
Donald Adams	Guard C.O.
Frank Richter	Man on Street #1
Grahman L. Galativk	Man on Street #2
Ian Hutchinson	Man on Street #3
Amy Alexander	Woman on Street
Alex Kliner	Hunter
Gary Hetherington	Hunter
Bruce Barbour	Robert A. Cathcart
Stephen Chang	VC Commander
Sue Francis Pai	Vietnamese Prostitute,Actor
Robert Prowse	Soldier
Helene Udy	Small Girl
Cynthia Dale	Actor
Jack Riggs	Bobby - The Base Camp Radio Operator
Frank Tamburo	Actor
Bruce Greenwood	Guardsman #5
Jerry Goldsmith	Composer

Technical Credits

Sylvester Stallone

William Sackheim

Michael Kozoll

G. Moonblood

Ted Kotcheff	Director
Sylvester Stallone	Screenwriter
William Sackheim	Screenwriter
Michael Kozoll	Screenwriter
Buzz Feitshans	Producer
Mario Kassar	Executive Producer
Andrew Vajna	Executive Producer
G. Moonblood	Screenwriter
Herbert Nanas	Producer
Lynn Stalmaster	Casting
Toni Howard	Casting
Rob Young	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Before John Rambo became one of the most parodied action figures in film history, known primarily for strafing deserts full of enemies with his machine gun, First Blood introduced him as a hunted dog just trying to stay alive after a wrongful arrest. In a performance mostly free from dialogue, which many agree finds Sylvester Stallone at his best, the actor makes frantic escape an engrossing experience. The film's middle portion is its best, as Rambo sprints through a dense forest, emerging bleeding but intact after many near misses, including the memorable moment when he's forced to leap from the side of a rocky crag, hoping against hope that the evergreens beneath him will provide cushion. That Rambo's survival instincts often involve killing innocent cops is rendered less offensive by the first act, in which he is imprisoned merely for looking sketchy and utterly mishandled by every station of hick cop. A film whose skewed morality is best ignored in favor of veteran action director Ted Kotcheff's finesse with crisp set pieces, First Blood was a hit whose relative subtlety was quickly overshadowed by the box-office bravura and overblown idiocy of its sequels.