Director: Ted Kotcheff
Country: USA
Year: 1982
Runtime: 97 minutes

Ted Kotcheff will be in attendance to introduce his film and participate in a Q&A afterward.

FIRST BLOOD is the Sylvester Stallone film that unleashed "Rambo" onto an unsuspecting world. Wandering into a small, hostile town, ex-Green Beret John Rambo (Stallone) is targeted for persecution and abuse by potbellied Sheriff Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy). When he can stand no more, Rambo goes bonkers, killing a deputy and heading into the surrounding hills, armed to the teeth. Only after Rambo has picked off practically every law enforcement officer within a radius of 50 miles do the local authorities bring in his former commanding officer Trautman (Richard Crenna) for advice. Trautman's response, that the locals had better get a lot of body bags ready, is hardly encouraging. FIRST BLOOD proved to be one of Stallone's biggest non-Rocky hits. ~ Synopsis by Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Principal Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett, Michael Talbott

Producer: Buzz Feitshans
Cinematographer: Andrew Laszlo
Editor: Joan E. Chapman
Music: Jerry Goldsmith