Hope welcomes people from around the world when Rambo: First Blood 40th anniversary celebrations take place over the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. One of the people coming to town is Patrick Stack, who played a small but memorable role in the legendary film.
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Rambo: First Blood was a serious movie with knives and guns and a triggered Vietnam vet on the run from the law.
Inserted into that drama and tension is a humorous scene featuring Patrick Stack. In his role as Lt. Clinton Morgen, Stack leads a group of National Guardsmen into the woods in pursuit of Rambo. Though they outnumber him, Morgen香蕉视频直播檚 men know they香蕉视频直播檙e overmatched. When they pin him down at the entrance to a mining shaft, two of his men refuse Morgen香蕉视频直播檚 order to move in.
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Stack was never in Hope for the filming of First Blood. His scene was shot in Vancouver, so when he comes to town for the 40th anniversary celebration, it香蕉视频直播檒l be his first visit.
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Stack admits he香蕉视频直播檚 biased, but he believes First Blood was the best of the five Rambo films released between 1982 and 2019.
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That and the performances of lead actors Sylvester Stallone (Rambo) and Stack香蕉视频直播檚 good friend Brian Dennehy (Sheriff Will Teasle), who died last year. It was Dennehy who got Stack his role in the film.
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Stack wishes Dennehy could have joined him in Hope.
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