'Rambo' director George Cosmatos dies at 64

AP | 4/24/05

[ishabibble]

I have always thought that Kilmer should have, at the least, gotten an Academy Award nomination for his role as Doc Holliday.

Also, Tombstone was one of the most perfectly cast movies I've ever seen. I cannot stand the sight of Dana Delaney, but she was first rate in this movie.

[Borges]

Rambo III was about Rambo going to Afghanistan to help the Mujahadeen fight the Soviets!

Ouch!

You know what Rambo IV would have to be about of course! I can imagine the Mujahadeen saying "Rambo what are you doing? We thought you were on our side?" LOL

[chudogg]

You don't seem to want to accept the fact that you're dealing with an expert in guerilla warfare. With a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, to ignore weather, to live off the land. To eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In Vietnam his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill, period! Win by attrition. Well, Rambo was the best!

[chudogg]

You don't seem to want to accept the fact that you're dealing with an expert in guerilla warfare. With a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, to ignore weather, to live off the land. To eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In Vietnam his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill, period! Win by attrition. Well, Rambo was the best!

[ElTianti]

My fav 80's movie was the documentary "Red Dawn."

They're showing it all day at your local Ammu-nation

[Borges]

To eat things that would make a billy goat puke

What a great line! The one everybody remembers. R.I.P. Richard Crenna.

[Tribune7]

Cosmatos is survived by his son, Panos; his brother, Memos, of Cyprus; a nephew, Roccos, of Romania; and several nieces and nephews of his late wife in Sweden.

And he was born in Italy, grew up in Egypt & Cyprus, live in Canada and made Rambo.

Irony or what.

[Welsh Rabbit]

A fellow GTA addict, I see....

[wolficatZ]

Ted Kotcheff directed Rambo: First Blood..the sequels were a little over the top.

ESCAPE to ATHENA!! That's a rare gem

Escape to Athena (1979)
Directed by
George P. Cosmatos

Writing credits
Edward Anhalt
George P. Cosmatos (story)

Genre: Action / Adventure / War
Tagline: The patriot, the professor, the comic and the stripper, were fighting for what they believed in. Getting rich!

Plot Summary: During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a greek island are trying to escape. They don't want only their freedom... (more)

User Comments: an underrated, underdog of a movie (more)

User Rating: 5.2/10 (427 votes)

Roger Moore .... Major Otto Hecht
Telly Savalas .... Zeno
David Niven .... Professor Blake
Stefanie Powers .... Dottie Del Mar
Claudia Cardinale .... Eleana
Richard Roundtree .... Nat Judson
Sonny Bono .... Bruno Rotelli
Elliott Gould .... Charlie

[Tribune7]

I think they count First Blood as I

[Borges]

The title change was an apt signfier of going from focusing on theme in the first film to focusing on the star in the sequels.

[Tribune7]

Stallone ruled Hollywood in the '80s with the Rambo & Rocky franchises.

[ShadowDancer]

As a wife that has had to sit through umpteen viewings of Rambos I through 674 over and over again, I still say, Rest In Peace. And I hope to God you left no heirs to pass this legacy on to.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

"Invasion USA" and the "Missing In Action" movies-now those were fun flicks! Chuck Norris could kick Rambo's butt from Saigon to Singapore.

[Mr. Jazzy]

You are 100% correct about "Tombstone" and Kilmer's portrayal of Doc Holiday!
Sam Elliot is also excellent, not to mention Kurt Russell.
Favorite line from Doc:

"Daisy if you do."!!!!

[Tax-chick]

A friend of mine was a cavalry-extra in one of the Rambo sequels (IV?).

[Borges]

There was a film called 'First Blood' and two sequels...'Rambo: First Blood Part 2' and Rambo 3. Cavalry suggests it may have been Rambo 3.

[Tax-chick]

Thanks ... seemed like there were more of them ... I think it must have been III, from the other comments, because Albert mentioned working with Afghans. Said they were insane, but he'd never seen better riders in his life!

[Lori675]

Missing in action 2 was an awesome movie

[Larry Lucido]

"Rambo was a pussy!"

~ Sylvester Stallone as Raymond 'Ray' Tango