First Blood

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action film film thriller film

First Blood is a 1982 action thriller film that introduced the iconic character John Rambo, a troubled Vietnam War veteran pushed into a violent confrontation with small-town authorities.

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First Blood (film) 2
First Blood (novel) 2
First Blood (1982 film score) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf action film ⓘ
film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
basedOn First Blood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Blood (novel)
basedOnWorkAuthor David Morrell ⓘ
boxOfficeRevenueUSD ~125000000 ⓘ
budgetUSD ~15000000 ⓘ
character Colonel Sam Trautman ⓘ
John Rambo ⓘ
Sheriff Will Teasle ⓘ
cinematography Andrew Laszlo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ted Kotcheff ⓘ
distributedBy Orion Pictures ⓘ
Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Joan E. Chapman ⓘ
filmRatingMPAA R ⓘ
followedBy Rambo: First Blood Part II ⓘ
genre action ⓘ
drama ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasThemeSong It’s a Long Road ⓘ
leadActor Sylvester Stallone ⓘ
mainSubject Vietnam War veteran ⓘ
alienation ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
post-traumatic stress disorder ⓘ
musicBy Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
narrativeLocation Hope, Washington (fictional town) ⓘ
notableWorkFor John Rambo ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries Rambo film series ⓘ
portrays Brian Dennehy as Sheriff Will Teasle ⓘ
Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman ⓘ
Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo ⓘ
producer Buzz Feitshans ⓘ
productionCompany Anabasis Investments ⓘ
Elcajo Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1982-10-22 ⓘ
releaseYear 1982 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 93 ⓘ
screenwriter Michael Kozoll ⓘ
Sylvester Stallone ⓘ
William Sackheim ⓘ
setInPeriod post–Vietnam War era ⓘ
starring Brian Dennehy ⓘ
David Caruso ⓘ
Richard Crenna ⓘ
Sylvester Stallone ⓘ
themeSongPerformer Peabo Bryson ⓘ
surface form: Dan Hill

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John Rambo → appearsIn → First Blood ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Blood (film)
First Blood → basedOn → First Blood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Blood (novel)
John Rambo → firstAppearanceIn → First Blood ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Blood (novel)
John Rambo → firstFilmAppearanceIn → First Blood ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Blood (film)
Rambo: First Blood Part II → follows → First Blood ⓘ
Brian Dennehy → notableWork → First Blood ⓘ
Jerry Goldsmith → notableWork → First Blood ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Blood (1982 film score)
Orion Pictures → notableWork → First Blood ⓘ
Sylvester Stallone → notableWork → First Blood ⓘ