David Morrell
David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American author whose debut 1972 novel First Blood, later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful Rambo franchise starring Sylvester Stallone.
Works
The Day of the Fox
"In Jan Carew’s explosive drama, Sammy Davis Jr gives a memorable performance as a proud but disillusioned revolutionary who aims to destroy the remnants of white colonial rule in a new African nation. The political themes explored remain incredibly prescient." - BFI
Release Date1961-09-06
Charactersd Dommersen
Best Served Cold
A feature length cinema documentary on how THE FARMER (1977) became the most-requested cult film of the new millennium, and it's a crazy tale that involves an actor incarcerated for manslaughter, serious on-set injuries, banana-man costumes- as well as surprising links to Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese. The film also broadens its scope to explore the overlooked, eclectic and often ultra-violent sub-genre THE FARMER belongs to - The Returning Veteran film. A film type that hit its stride in the 1970's with hard hitting character studies such as WELCOME HOME, SOLDIERS BOYS (1971), THE NO MERCY MAN (1973) and ROLLING THUNDER (1977).
Charactersd Himself
An American Hero's Journey: The Rambo Trilogy
This documentary combines many movie clips with remarks from First Blood novelist David Morrell and author of The Writer's Journey Christopher Vogler. The former provides some good background and anecdotes about the movie; Vogler takes more of a symbolic and interpretive view of Rambo. He traces the path followed by our hero through all three movies and connects it to mythology and other basic story-telling notions. "Journey" manages to end the documentaries in a reasonably rich and useful way.
Release Date2002-05-28
Charactersd Himself
Vote Count1
First Blood
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Release Date1982-10-22
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Vote Count6659
The Hunger
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio. Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and is internally organized into two seasons. Each episode was based around an independent story introduced by the host; Terence Stamp hosted each episode for the first season, and was replaced in the second season by David Bowie. Stories tended to focus on themes of self-destructive desire and obsession, with a strong component of soft-core erotica; popular tropes for the stories included cannibalism, vampires, sex, and poison.
Release Date1997-07-20
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Episode Count1
Vote Count42
Rambo: First Blood Part II
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Release Date1985-05-21
DepartmentWriting
JobCharacters
Vote Count4170
Rambo
In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit.
Release Date2008-01-24
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Vote Count4134
Rambo: Last Blood
After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the border into Mexico to meet her biological father. Rambo, who has become a true father figure for Gabriela over the years, undertakes a desperate and dangerous journey to find her.
Release Date2019-09-18
DepartmentWriting
JobCharacters
Vote Count4092
Rambo III
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.
Release Date1988-05-24
DepartmentWriting
JobCharacters
Vote Count3359
Do Not Enter
A group of young explorers investigates an old abandoned hotel, only to encounter a strange supernatural being and a competing group looking for a legendary hidden treasure.
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Brotherhood of the Rose
Romulus and Remus were picked up at an orphanage at a young age, raised together as brothers and trained to supersede every other CIA agents.
Release Date1989-01-22
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Episode Count2
Vote Count13
John Rambo
The origin story of a young John Rambo during the Vietnam War.
DepartmentWriting
JobCharacters
Flooding with Love for The Kid
A one-man adaptation of First Blood, filmed over the course of four months, entirely within a 220-sq. ft. apartment.
Release Date2010-01-08
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count7
Ramb-Ohh: The Sex Platoon
Hidden deep in the mountains our hero is tasked with training four new agents into the fine arts of compromise and subversion.
Release Date1987-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobCharacters
Ramb-Ohh!
When a terrorist group housed in a club plans to attack a battalion, only a one man wrecking crew and a cop can save the day.
Release Date1986-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobCharacters
Vote Count1