We have some fantastic news for fans of Sylvester Stallone and of Rambo with the news that the 1982 movie Rambo: First Blood is returning to selected cinema screens in glorious 4K for its 40th Anniversary, so if you’ve never seen the movie on the big screen, then now’s your chance to see it.
STUDIOCANAL’s Rambo: First Blood will be back in UK and Irish cinemas from 24th June to mark its 40th Anniversary, in partnership with Park Circus. Screening in 4K, First Blood is the explosive action-thriller that started it all! A breathtaking portrayal of America at odds with itself. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy and Bill McKinney and directed by BAFTA winner Ted Kotcheff (Wake in Fright, Joshua Then and Now, Weekend at Bernie’s), it will screen in 100+ cinemas across the UK and Ireland, including Vue, Odeon, Showcase, and selected independent sites.
To further celebrate this landmark Anniversary following the theatrical release, STUDIOCANAL have today announced a brand-new SteelBook Edition, which will include a Blu-Ray and 4K Ultra HD™ disc and will roll-out across STUDIOCANAL’s territories (UK, France, Germany, Australia & New Zealand) from November this year. The new release will feature a striking new artwork created by graphic designer and illustrator, Matt Ryan Tobin, as well as several new bonus features and an in-depth essay penned by David J. More.
When small town Washington sheriff Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy) detains a vagrant drifter for resisting arrest, little does he realise that he has set in motion a series of events that bring mayhem and bloody reckoning to his community. The shabby vagrant is in fact former Green Beret John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone – Rocky, Creed, The Expendables), a hero of the Vietnam War who has returned home to find America no longer wants him. Responding to brutal treatment from Teasle’s Deputies with sudden ferociousness, Rambo makes a daring escape from the town jail, steals a motorcycle and roars off towards the wilderness with the sheriffs not far behind.
The restoration of First Blood was made from the original camera negatives, which were scanned in 4K resolution 16bit in Technicolor Hollywood. Then the full restoration was done at Eclair in Paris, through an end-to-end 4K 16-bit workflow. Grading was done respectively for theatrical, HDR Dolby Vision and classic TV SDR on the basis of unclipped and uncompressed sources. No automatic filtering was used, the teams restored the film frame by frame, in a workflow that guarantees to keep in the restored version all the dynamics available from the film negative, in the respect of the artistic choices of the original production
To celebrate its 40th anniversary, ‘RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD’ returns to UK/Eire cinemas in 4K: https://parkcircus.com/film/111948-First-Blood
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
