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** His first name comes from the war song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again". |
** His first name comes from the war song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again". |
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* [[Fake Russian]] |
* [[Fake Russian]] |
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* [[Name's the Same]]: Part II has Marshall Murdock. The film was made at the same time a [[The A-Team|famous TV-show also about the Vietnam war]] was running that also had a character named Murdock; the writers probably named Marshall Murdock after him. In addition, Charles Napier, who played the Marshall in Rambo, even appeared on The A-team twice. |
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* [[What Could Have Been]]: [[Dustin Hoffman]] was the first choice for John Rambo with [[Mike Nichols]] directing. He turned down the role because he felt the script was too violent. |
* [[What Could Have Been]]: [[Dustin Hoffman]] was the first choice for John Rambo with [[Mike Nichols]] directing. He turned down the role because he felt the script was too violent. |
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** Actually, just about every Hollywood A-lister was considered for the role at one time or another (it was in [[Development Hell]] for years). And '''Kirk Douglas''' was attached to direct at one point. |
** Actually, just about every Hollywood A-lister was considered for the role at one time or another (it was in [[Development Hell]] for years). And '''Kirk Douglas''' was attached to direct at one point. |
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 8 January 2015
- The third movie was banned in the USSR (the ban was lifted very quickly because of The Great Politics Mess-Up). The fourth is, unsurprisingly, banned in Burma.
- In Japan, where Rambo was indeed very popular, the word "rambo" can be translated as "senseless violence"
- Likewise, in Finland, "Rambo" has become a generic word to describe a commando of any sort. So much so that many younger people are surprised to find out the word comes from the movies instead of the other way around.
- In Taiwan, any knife with a serrated blade back has come to be called a "Rambo Knife".
- Rambo is in fact named after a US Postal Service worker, who also went on to cultivate a type of apple that now bears his name.
- His first name comes from the war song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again".
- Fake Russian
- Name's the Same: Part II has Marshall Murdock. The film was made at the same time a famous TV-show also about the Vietnam war was running that also had a character named Murdock; the writers probably named Marshall Murdock after him. In addition, Charles Napier, who played the Marshall in Rambo, even appeared on The A-team twice.
- What Could Have Been: Dustin Hoffman was the first choice for John Rambo with Mike Nichols directing. He turned down the role because he felt the script was too violent.
- Actually, just about every Hollywood A-lister was considered for the role at one time or another (it was in Development Hell for years). And Kirk Douglas was attached to direct at one point.