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

Director: Ted Kotcheff, Conrad E. Palmisano, Buzz Feitshans

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:	LIONS GAT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Surround EX]
Language:	English
Time:	1:36:00
Sales rank:	16,908

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	Trautman
Brian Dennehy	Teasle
David Caruso	Mitch
Jack Starrett	Galt
Michael Talbott	Balford,Deputy Balford
Chris Mulkey	Ward
Don MacKay	Preston
Alf Humphreys	Lester
John McLiam	Orval
Bill McKinney	Kern
Charles A. Tamburro	Pilot
Bruce Barbour	Cathcart
Craig Huston	Radio Operator
Patrick Stack	Lt. Morgan
Dan Woznow	Boy
Mike Winlaw	TV Reporter
Peter Lonstrup	Attendant
Raimund Stamm	Guardsman
Stephen Dimopoulos	Guardsman
Robert Metcalfe	Guardsman
Gary Hetherington	Hunter
Alex Kliner	Hunter
R.G. Miller	Hunter,Guardsman #1
Michael Ansara	Actor
James Avery	Actor
Peter Cullen	Actor
Ed Gilbert	Actor
Robert Ito	Actor
David L. Crowley	Shingleton
David Petersen	Trooper
Earl Klein	Guardsman #6
Frank Richter	Man on Street #1
Neil Rosso	Actor
Ted	Actor
Danny Wozna	un gar?on
David Menzies	le mineur
Grahman L. Galativk	Man on Street #2
Ian Hutchinson	Man on Street #3
Amy Alexander	Woman on Street
Stephen Chang	VC Commander
John Riggi	Bobby - Base Camp Radio Operator
Frank Tamburo	Actor
Bruce Greenwood	Guardsman #5
Donald Adams	Guard C.O
Suzee Pai	Actor
Jerry Goldsmith	Composer

Technical Credits

Michael Kozoll

William Sackheim

Sylvester Stallone

David Morrell

G. Moonblood

Michael Kozoll	Screenwriter
William Sackheim	Screenwriter
Sylvester Stallone	Screenwriter
Buzz Feitshans	Producer,Sound Effects
Mario Kassar	Executive Producer,Producer
Andrew Vajna	Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Producer
David Morrell	Screenwriter
Herb Nanas	Producer
Thom Noble	Special Effects
Bub Asman	Sound Effects
Fred Brown	Sound Effects
Juno J. Ellis	Sound Effects
Keith Henderson	Sound Effects
George Erschbamer	Special Effects
Bruce Paul Barbour	Stunts
G. Moonblood	Screenwriter
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.