NOV 7 · AUTHOR Q+A
First Blood
A film by Ted Kotcheff
w/ Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna
Rated R
1hr 33min
FEATURING Q+A with AUTHOR DAVID MORRELL
MODERATED by SCREENWRITER KIRK ELLIS
Join us for an evening with Rambo creator, author, and Santa Fean DAVID MORRELL and learn the behind-the-scenes story of adapting his legendary book series into a movie franchise.
Moderated by Emmy-Winning screenwriter and fellow Santa Fean KIRK ELLIS ("John Adams").
Vietnam veteran and drifter John J. Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) wanders into a small Washington town in search of an old friend, but is met with intolerance and brutality by the local sheriff, Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy). When Teasle and his deputies restrain and shave Rambo, he flashes back to his time as a prisoner of war and unleashes his fury on the officers. He narrowly escapes the manhunt, but it will take his former commander (Richard Crenna) to save the hunters from the hunted.
Ted Kotcheff’s terse action thriller is a significant American film that changed culture and politics back in 1982, and still packs an 89 minute punch today.
Eddie Harrison
film-authority.com
Stallone brought intense physicality, obviously, but also hangdog vulnerability to a character who takes revenge on a cruel, unfeeling establishment and utters some of the most iconic lines in shoot’em’up history.
Kevin Maher
The Times (UK)
NOV 7 · AUTHOR Q+A
First Blood
A film by Ted Kotcheff
w/ Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna
Rated R
1hr 33min
FEATURING Q+A with AUTHOR DAVID MORRELL
MODERATED by SCREENWRITER KIRK ELLIS
Join us for an evening with Rambo creator, author, and Santa Fean DAVID MORRELL and learn the behind-the-scenes story of adapting his legendary book series into a movie franchise.
Moderated by Emmy-Winning screenwriter and fellow Santa Fean KIRK ELLIS ("John Adams").
Vietnam veteran and drifter John J. Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) wanders into a small Washington town in search of an old friend, but is met with intolerance and brutality by the local sheriff, Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy). When Teasle and his deputies restrain and shave Rambo, he flashes back to his time as a prisoner of war and unleashes his fury on the officers. He narrowly escapes the manhunt, but it will take his former commander (Richard Crenna) to save the hunters from the hunted.
Ted Kotcheff’s terse action thriller is a significant American film that changed culture and politics back in 1982, and still packs an 89 minute punch today.
Eddie Harrison
film-authority.com
Stallone brought intense physicality, obviously, but also hangdog vulnerability to a character who takes revenge on a cruel, unfeeling establishment and utters some of the most iconic lines in shoot’em’up history.
Kevin Maher
The Times (UK)
