Dack Rambo (TV’s Dallas) and then-newcomer Rebecca Dianna Smith play David and Jill. He’s been home three days after a two-year stint in ‘Nam; she’s such a Southern belle, all she lacks is a hand fan. The film opens at their outdoor wedding reception, which they surreptitiously ditch in order to get down to bedroom […]
Rambo
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Reading Rambo
David Morell There are few American icons as beloved as John Rambo, the PTSD-affected Vietnam vet who returns to America to take on the system in a one-man war. Created by author David Morrell in his 1972 novel First Blood, the character has become a true symbol of America. But when he created Rambo, Morrell […]
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Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
Pretty good for a man who considered his job to be “nonsense,” in an industry he found “full of hypocrisy and hyperbole.” Bookended by footage of the man receiving his honorary Academy Award — the first cinematographer to do so — in 2001, “Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff” celebrates his lengthy and […]