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Vietnam War | Vietnam Veteran
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Worst Original Song | 1986
Worst Picture | 1986
Worst Actor For | 1986
Worst Screenplay | 1986
Worst Actor | 1986 | Sylvester
1986
Best Effects Sound Effects Editing | 1986
Best Overall New Extra Features Library Release | 2003 | Jeffrey
Best Overall New Extra Features Library Release For | 2003
Budget 44,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 300,400,432 USD
To prepare for this role, Sylvester Stallone did eight months of training for four hours a day. He also took SWAT combat, archery and survival courses.
The film is dedicated to stuntman Cliff Wenger Jr., who was accidentally killed by one of the film's explosions.
At the time of filming (1985), there were close to 2,500 Vietnam vets still missing in action.
Dolph Lundgren was initially signed as the Russian Lieutenant Colonel Podovsky (played by Steven Berkoff), when Sylvester Stallone realized that it was the same man who was going to be in Rocky IV (1985), so they paid off the contract.
Co-writer James Cameron claims that he only wrote the first draft of the script, and that Sylvester Stallone made many changes to it. Cameron had originally paired Rambo with a humorous sidekick, and had fleshed out the prisoners of war with elaborate backstories that were to be revealed over the course of the film. However, Stallone reportedly didn't like that the sidekick got all the cool dialogue, and also scrapped most of the POW's backstories to the point where Cameron claimed that "they might as well have gotten to the jungle to pick up a six-pack of beer". When the film was released, the political content of the movie was considered controversial, with many feeling that the Vietnam War was altered to look and sound heroic. Cameron commented that he only wrote the action, and that Stallone wrote the politics.
"[last lines] Trautman: John where are you going? Rambo: I don't know. Trautman: You'll get a second medal of honor for this. [Rambo looks over at the rescued POWs] Rambo: You should give it to them. They deserve it more. Trautman: You don't belong here, why don't you come back with me? Rambo: Back to what? My friends died here, and a piece of me did too. Trautman: The war, the whole conflict may have been wrong, but damn it, don't hate your country for it. Rambo: Hate? I'd die for it. Trautman: Then what is it you want? Rambo: I want, what they want, and every other guy who came over here and spilled his guts and gave everything he had, wants! For our country to love us as much as we love it! That's what I want! Trautman: How will you live, John? Rambo: Day by day."
"Rambo: Murdock... Trautman: He's here. Murdock: Rambo, this is Murdock, we're glad you're alive. Where the hell are you? Give us your position and we'll come to pick you up! Rambo: Murdock... I'm coming to get you!"
