In Collection
#361
Seen It:
Yes
Action, Adventure, Drama, War
USA / English
Sylvester Stallone |
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Richard Crenna |
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Brian Dennehy |
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Bill McKinney |
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Jack Starrett |
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Director |
Ted Kotcheff |
Producer |
Buzz Feitshans |
Writer |
Sylvester Stallone; William Sackheim |
It's easy to forget that this Spartan, violent film, which begat the Rambo series, was such a big hit in 1982 because it was a good movie. Green Beret vet John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) wanders into the wrong small town to find a fellow 'Nam buddy and gets the living heck kicked out of him by the local law enforcement (led by Brian Dennehy). The vet strikes back the only way he knows how, leading to a visceral, if unrealistic, flight and fight through the local mountains. Based on the 1972 novel by David Morrell, this film saved Stallone's then-foundering career and the Rambo character became the inspiration for countless political cartoons. But this film is
Deliverance without the moral ambiguity.
--Keith Simanton
Distributor |
Lions Gate |
Barcode |
012236163565 |
Region |
Region 1 |
Release Date |
11/23/2004 |
Packaging |
Keep Case |
Screen Ratio |
2.35:1 |
Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] |
Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Sylvester Stallone Commentary Never-Before-Seen Alternate Ending
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