First Blood - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "First Blood"
First Blood (1982)
Timing:
1:33 (93 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Buzz Feitshans
Producer
Executive Producer
Mario Kassar
Executive Producer
Editor
Joan E. Chapman
Editor
Costume Design
Tom Bronson
Costume Design
Stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour
Stunts
Will Harper
Stunts
Jacob Rupp
Stunts
Frank Orsatti
Stunts
Bobby Sargent
Stunts
Production Design
Wolf Kroeger
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Second Unit Director
Set Decoration
Kimberley Richardson
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Ilona Herman
Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Orchestrator
Second Assistant Director
Otta Hanus
Second Assistant Director
Stunt Double
Diamond Farnsworth
Stunt Double
Don Charles McGovern
Stunt Double
Director of Photography
Andrew Laszlo
Director of Photography
Pilot
Camera Operator
Jimmy Turrell
Camera Operator
Property Master
Bill Thumm
Property Master
Supervising Sound Editor
Fred J. Brown
Supervising Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Pattie Robertson
Script Supervisor
Hairstylist
Salli Bailey
Hairstylist
Special Effects Coordinator
Thomas L. Fisher
Special Effects Coordinator
Still Photographer
Joseph Lederer
Still Photographer
Sound Mixer
Rob Young
Sound Mixer
First Assistant Director
Craig Huston
First Assistant Director
Driver
Bob Bowe
Driver
Production Manager
Paul L. Tucker
Production Manager
Boom Operator
Keith Henderson
Boom Operator
Screenplay
Michael Kozoll
Screenplay
William Sackheim
Screenplay
Novel
Foley Artist
Construction Coordinator
David Willson
Construction Coordinator
Art Department Coordinator
Stéphane Reichel
Art Department Coordinator
Assistant Editor
Michael Smith
Assistant Editor
Pamela Jule Yuen
Assistant Editor
Lighting Technician
John W. Scott
Lighting Technician
Transportation Coordinator
Scott Irvine
Transportation Coordinator
Key Grip
Tim Hogan
Key Grip
Art Collier
Key Grip
Location Manager
Gordon Mark
Location Manager
Dolly Grip
Dave Gordon
Dolly Grip
Third Assistant Director
Jacques Hubert
Third Assistant Director
Production Accountant
Charlie Davidson
Production Accountant
Casting Associate
Lisa Freiberger
Casting Associate
Gaffer
Russell Engels
Gaffer
Second Unit Director of Photography
John Holbrook
Second Unit Director of Photography
Storyboard Artist
First Assistant Camera
Theo Eglseder
First Assistant Camera
Special Effects Assistant
George Erschbamer
Special Effects Assistant
Co-Executive Producer
Herb Nanas
Co-Executive Producer
Production Assistant
Jan Campbell
Production Assistant
Greensman
Gary J. Williams
Greensman
Casting Director
Unit Publicist
Burton Elias
Unit Publicist
Production Secretary
Karen Stewart
Production Secretary
Original Story
Executive Producer's Assistant
Jeanne Joe
Executive Producer's Assistant
Sound Recordist
Robert Nichols II
Sound Recordist
Wardrobe Supervisor
Christopher Ryan
Wardrobe Supervisor
Second Assistant Camera
Chris Harris
Second Assistant Camera
Assistant Sound Editor
Juno J. Ellis
Assistant Sound Editor
Standby Carpenter
Gary Brolly
Standby Carpenter
Assistant Sound Engineer
Judy Clapp
Assistant Sound Engineer
Sound Editor
Bub Asman
Sound Editor
Craft Service
Lesley Beale
Craft Service
Additional Casting
Lynne Carrow
Additional Casting
Apprentice Sound Editor
Leonard Wolf Jr.
Apprentice Sound Editor
Art Designer
Drew Struzan
Art Designer
Script
Jean Bereziuk
Script
Helicopter Camera
Tom Neuwirth
Helicopter Camera
Production Office Coordinator
Bridget Murphy
Production Office Coordinator
Presenter
Mario Kassar
Presenter
Special Effects Best Boy
John Thomas
Special Effects Best Boy
Captain Driver
Bob Bowe
Captain Driver
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on David Morrell's novel "First Blood," written in 1972.
- "Rambo" is the name of an apple variety – it was, according to the author of the original book, the apple variety that gave the surname to the main character.
- The initially planned budget of $11 million was significantly exceeded. The total cost of the film amounted to almost $17 million, due to the fact that the filming process lasted one month longer.
- Sylvester Stallone asked for $3.5 million for the role, but the film's producers persuaded him to agree to $2 million. He received another $1.5 million from the film's television broadcast rights.
- Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Clint Eastwood, and John Travolta could have played Rambo. Here are the reasons for their refusal of the role: Al Pacino wanted to portray a completely insane veteran, so his candidacy was rejected by the film company. Hoffman refused the role due to the violence and played a woman in the film "Tootsie" (1982). Clint Eastwood stated that he was busy. Sylvester Stallone did not allow John Travolta into either the first or second film in the series, not wanting to share the fame. Rumor has it that Travolta could not forgive him for a long time for taking the role from him, and then filmed him in films that turned him into a caricature, such as "Staying Alive" (1983).
- Sylvester Stallone disliked the first version of the film so much that the actor even wanted to buy the tape and destroy it. He subsequently agreed with the producers to have his face appear as little as possible in the film – this reduced the runtime by half.
- The film was shot in several provinces of British Columbia: Pitt Lake; Pitt Meadows; Golden Ears Provincial Park; Hope; Port Coquitlam; North Vancouver. Many scenes are composed according to the golden ratio, which adds to their expressiveness.
- The machine gun used by Rambo in the fight scene with Teasle is an M60.
- Nick Nolte, Chris Kristofferson, Jeff Bridges, Robert De Niro, and Michael Douglas turned down the role of Rambo.
- Gene Hackman was considered for the role of Sheriff Teasle.
- Lee Marvin was a candidate for the role of John Rambo.
- An alternative ending was filmed in which Rambo committed suicide. However, test screenings showed that audiences found such an ending too depressing.
- Despite the film's reputation for being excessively violent, only one person actually died during filming.
- Differences from the book: In the book, the cave where Rambo was hiding was filled with bats. In the film, they were replaced with rats. The scene with which the film begins, where Rambo visits his fellow soldier, is absent in the book. In the book, the helicopter pursuing Rambo explodes. Rambo kills the pilot with a rifle shot. In the book, Teasle participated in the Korean War. Rambo sees a medal in his office that can also be seen in the background in the film. Later, this fact, in Trautman’s opinion, became decisive in the confrontation between the sheriff and Rambo. In the film, Rambo only wounds the sheriff’s deputies with his ingenious traps. In the book, however, these scenes are more grim and violent. They all die at his hands, and a powerful surge of rainwater washes their bodies down the ravine. Only Teasle survives, fleeing rather than being released by Rambo as shown in the film. After the rescue in the book, Teasle constantly experiences discomfort in his chest. He only wants to go far enough to catch Rambo. Even Trautman asks the sheriff to rest, seeing his paleness. In the film, Trautman states that he personally trained Rambo and oversaw his actions in Vietnam. In the book, it is explained that Trautman was the head of the training school and Rambo hadn't even seen him before that, only heard his voice. The ending of the story is almost completely changed in the film. In the book, a shootout takes place in the town center, in which Teasle is killed and Trautman shoots Rambo. In the book, when Rambo runs out of the police station, he is completely naked. And clothing is given to him by moonshiners who were hiding in the forest.
- Filming took place from November 16, 1981, to April 16, 1982.
- Rambo could have been played by Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Clint Eastwood, and John Travolta. Here are the reasons for their refusal of the role: Pacino wanted to portray a completely insane veteran, so the film company rejected his candidacy. Hoffman refused the role due to its violence and played a woman in "Tootsie" (1982). Eastwood stated that he was busy. Stallone didn't allow John Travolta into either the first or second film in the series, not wanting to share the glory. Rumor has it that Travolta couldn't forgive him for stealing a role, and then filmed him in movies that turned him into a caricature, such as "Staying Alive" (1983).
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