Rambo: First Blood

Rambo: First Blood (1982)

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Continuity mistake: In the initial scene with Col. Trautman, we see the Sheriff wearing a lightweight jacket. Then, miraculously he's wearing a sheepskin coat.

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Suggested correction: Teasle has his wounds cleaned while wearing his sheepskin coat over the undershirt (he removed his dirty uniform shirt/jacket). When the deputy enters with the maps Teasle has put on a clean uniform shirt while offscreen, then puts on his Sheriff's uniform jacket, which he wears when Trautman says Rambo was the best. It cuts to Rambo killing a wild boar and carrying the carcass to his hideout. Then Teasle wears the sheepskin coat over his uniform jacket, which he put on while offscreen.

Super Grover

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Visible crew/equipment: During the motorcycle chase Rambo jumps over the train tracks, if you look close you can easily see the ramp. (00:18:00)

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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.)

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Question: Behind the desk of Teasle is a distinguished service cross, a silver star and a purple heart. So he is himself a very brave fighter. Why would such a "war hero" be so mad about another war hero, a recipient of the medal of honor, delivered only by the President of the United States? Jealousy? Rage about the death of his friend?

Answer: At the start of the film when Rambo is causing all these problems, the Sheriff has no idea who John Rambo is (Vietnam War hero), so he thinks Rambo is just another America-disrespecting drifter (the American flag on Rambo's jacket). Also, Teasle is a law and order guy who does not want his town disturbed by outsiders. After the fireworks and Teasle finds out who Rambo is and also meets Colonel Troutman, Teasle's mission becomes personal: rage at the death of his best friend, humiliation in front of his deputies, the incompetence of the state National Guard to subdue Rambo, and also a generational factor: Teasle probably served in Korea or WW2, when America was top dog in the world, so he will not allow some hippie ex-soldier from a "lost" war best him.

Scott215

That's it. When they got the news that Rambo not only was a real war veteran, an ex-Green Beret, he was a war hero with a Medal of Honor; if Teasle's ego was Pearl Harbor, getting that info was December 7, 1941.

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