Rambo: First Blood

Trivia: Originally there was an alternate ending shot for the film in which Rambo killed himself, however, this was found too depressing and the script was changed for him to survive.

Scrappy

Trivia: In the introduction to the 1988 Hodder Headline edition of the novel First Blood, author David Morrell says that he got the name Rambo from both a variety of apple, and the writer Rimbaud: "A French author's name and the name of an apple collided, and I recognized the sound of force."

J I Cohen

Trivia: After deciding to perform one of the stunts himself, Stallone broke a rib, much to the displeasure of director Ted Kotcheff. The shot however remained in the film. (The last sequence where Rambo falls through the trees.)

Scrappy

Trivia: At the beginning while John speaks with the lady showing a pic, he mentions several names like Bronson, Ortega, Westmore and Danforth - those belong to the production members.

oswal13

Trivia: When Rambo escapes the local jail, he slide-kicks and then elbows a sheriff's deputy in the face, leaving him lying on the floor screaming in pain. Sylvester Stallone accidentally broke the stuntman's nose in that take and the stuntman's screaming is real. The producers used the footage in the final film.

Trivia: Craig Huston, assistant to the director, played the small role of the police radio operator.

oswal13

Trivia: The piece of canvas wore by Rambo as a suit was owned by Stallone and he still has it.

oswal13

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Suggested correction: It would be good to see evidence that Stallone owned the piece of canvas before the film. Another source states (more believably), that it was "found by the crew while filming." The same source also stated that Stallone kept it.

Trivia: A couple of yells from the film were taken and used by the arcade game Golden Axe.

oswal13

Trivia: Among the choices first considered for Rambo was German-Italian actor Terence Hill (internationally best known for filming numerous action comedies with Bud Spencer), but Hill refused since he deemed the role "too violent."

Trivia: In a deleted scene on the First Blood Dvd, Rambo is sitting by the fire when he begins to experience a flashback to a bar. The bar scene shows Rambo's encounter with a woman, with whom he was romantically involved. The background music playing in the bar, bears an uncanny resemblance to "Sunshine of your love" by Cream. The song has a few minor differences, but the progressive of the song is the same.

SickleandHammer

Continuity mistake: When Rambo crashes through the road block in the army truck it's still daylight outside but when he's approaching the gas station it's nighttime. How could so much time pass when he was within minutes of town when he went through the road block?

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Colonel Trautman: I don't think you understand. I didn't come to rescue Rambo from you. I came to rescue you from Rambo. (00:45:25)

Bishop73

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Question: I was wondering, at the beginning when the cop is about to shave him, why does he freak out about the knife but can kill people with his own knife?

Metalligod666

Chosen answer: Because it's a knife that someone else is holding and can use against him. It's common for people in dangerous professions to regard their weapons as tools. For example, police officers who commit suicide by handgun rarely use their service weapon, but rather a personal firearm.

Captain Defenestrator

Additionally, I believe it is made clear during that scene that Rambo had previously been tortured at some point, and one of the tools used was a knife. So the combination of being restrained and having someone approach with a knife caused him to basically have extreme PTSD and so he attempts to escape.

oldbaldyone

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