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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Ted Kotcheff
Writers:
David Morrell (novel)
Michael Kozoll (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
22 October 1982 (USA) more
Tagline:
One war against one man. more
Plot:
A mentally unstable Vietnam war vet, when abused with a small town's police force, begins a one man war with it. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(43 articles)
Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead (DVD Review)
 (From Fangoria. 21 October 2009, 9:39 AM, PDT)

Antoine Fuqua Takes Prisoners
 (From EmpireOnline. 30 September 2009, 12:31 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
In war, a hero, in peace, forsaken. more (274 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rambo (USA) (TV title)
Rambo: First Blood
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-16 (video release) (1998) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) (1983) | Malaysia:18SG | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A (re-rating) | USA:R (certificate #26816) | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | Chile:18 | France:-12 | New Zealand:M (DVD rating) | New Zealand:R16 (VHS rating) | Norway:18 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | West Germany:16
Company:
Anabasis N.V. more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Warner Bros. had considered to make the story with Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Al Pacino, and Dustin Hoffman. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: During his conversation with Sheriff Teasle (just before the "body bags" comment), Col. Troutman's mouth movements are slightly out of sync. more
Quotes:
Rambo: Sometimes I wake up and I don't know where I am. And I don't talk to anybody. Sometimes a day. Sometimes a week. Can't put it out of my mind. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006) (VG) more
Soundtrack:
IT'S A LONG ROAD more

FAQ

Would the radio Rambo had work while in the cave?
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18 out of 26 people found the following comment useful.
In war, a hero, in peace, forsaken., 29 September 1999
Author: K. L. Estes (kestes@nmhs.net) from North Mississippi

This is a truly unique movie that quickly became obscured due to the later sequels. It tells the story of a man who survived one hell, only to return home despised and forsaken because of it. There was a time when America didn't quite know what to think of the lost war, and so it was forgotten - and the men who came out of it as well. Rambo finds he cannot survive this war, because it is still going on within him.

Finally, pushed too far by a small town sheriff, Rambo returns to the only thing he can relate to. War. Yet it is a war he almost mercifully wages on the macho egotistical deputies and week end warriors that pursue. To potentially misquote Rambo :

"I coulda killed them all, I could have killed you. In town you're the law, out here it's me. Let it go..."

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