Rambo is Dead!
From Yahoo:
Thirty years ago Monday, "
First Blood" hit movie screens, introducing audiences to John Rambo, the embattled Vietnam veteran played on screen by
Sylvester Stallone.
The movie was an enormous hit, earning $125 million worldwide on just a
$14 million budget. The violent, R-rated action thriller spawned three
sequels, video games, and, improbably, an animated series for kids. And
it established Stallone as a major Hollywood star outside of his "Rocky"
series. But none of that might have happened if they had stuck with the
original ending for the movie where Rambo didn't survive.
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In the theatrical version, Rambo is cornered in a police station. He
has his gun aimed at Teasle (Brian Dennehy), the sheriff who pushed
Rambo to lash out in violence. But then his old commanding officer
Trautman (Richard Crenna) orders him to stop. Rambo breaks down,
telling Trautman how Vietnam scarred him and that he can't find a place
in the civilian world. Then he gives himself up, and the film ends with
him being taken away by the police.
That ending was changed after test audiences rejected the much darker
original ending. The first scripted and filmed ending saw the trapped
Rambo pleading with Trautman to kill him. Rambo says, "I can't spend
the rest of my life in a cell. If I've got to die, I want you to do
it." Trautman flinches, but Rambo insists: "You trained me. You made
me. You kill me. You owe me that." Rambo places a pistol in Trautman's
hand. He tries to aim away, but Rambo pulls the gun towards him and it
goes off. It ends with Trautman walking away as Rambo dies alone. You
can see the original ending in the deleted scenes in the "Rambo - The
Complete Collection" DVD and Blu-ray set.
The ending where Rambo survived was actually Stallone's idea. He had
co-written the screenplay, and in the middle of shooting felt that
audiences might feel too sympathetic to Rambo to want to see him die.
He insisted that they film both versions during production, and when the
audience at a test screening objected to the death scene, the other
ending was switched in.
For the rest of the story go here:
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/first-blood-turns-30-rambo-original-dark-end-174610790.html
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