The Rambo Report, Nat Segaloff
The Rambo Report, Nat Segaloff
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The Rambo Report
Five Films, Three Books, One Legend

Author: Nat Segaloff, David Morrell

Narrator: Nat Segaloff, David Morrell

Unabridged: 7 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/29/2025


Synopsis

From the beginning, Rambo was more than a character in a 1972 novel by David Morrell. He was the culmination of the author's personal encounters with veterans returning from the Vietnam War. The 1982 movie adaptation of First Blood reflected the novel's powerful insights into a troubled veteran's postwar experience. Then in 1985, the film's explosive sequel Rambo: First Blood Part II transformed the character into something shockingly different. With a focus on blood-and-guts action, Rambo became an invincible one-man army. A new kind of hero for a new day in America. A pop-culture icon as controversial as he was crowd-pleasing—blasting his way through the influential action film franchise in Hollywood history. The Rambo legend was born.

Five feature films. Three novels. Seven video games. Countless comic books, action figures, and even an animated show for kids. The Rambo machine has been as unstoppable as Rambo himself. Now for the first time, Hollywood insider Nat Segaloff digs deep into the man, the myth, and the massive impact of the phenomenon known as "The Rambo Effect." Packed with behind-the-scenes anecdotes, cultural insights, and debates about violence in the media, this is an explosive no-holds-barred report from the front lines of Hollywood mythmaking. A must-listen for Rambo fans, movies buffs, and anyone interested in American culture.

About Nat Segaloff

Nat Segaloff is a writer, producer, journalist, and Hugo and Locus Award-nominated author of more than two dozen books about filmmakers and film history, including Hurricane Billy: The Stormy Life and Films of William Friedkin. He covered the film industry for the Boston Herald and worked on A&E's flagship Biography series as well as programming for The Learning Channel, New World, Disney, Turner Classic Movies, and USA Network. As one of the original publicists on The Exorcist, he closes a haunting chapter in his life with The Exorcist Legacy. Segaloff lives in Los Angeles and can be found online at natsegaloff.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sheila on February 02, 2025

I received a free copy of, The Rambo Report, by Nat Segaloff, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Rambo was first a character in a book in the early 1970s, by David Morell.. Mr. Morell talked to Vietnam vets about their experiences, and the book, Rambo was born. Then t......more

Goodreads review by Dan on January 04, 2025

In much the same way that he has done for THE EXORCIST and SCARFACE, author Nat Segaloff takes a deep (Sometimes TOO deep) dive into the Rambo film franchise, hitting on the source material, the films, the novelizations of the sequels, spinoffs, inspirations, the studios, the suits, the stars, the......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on April 23, 2025

I started this book in hopes of being entertained but it is much deeper and poignant than I expected. Segaloff does an effective job of capturing the spirit of the popular movies but spends most of the time fleshing out the depth of purpose behind the original work of David Morell and his involvemen......more

Goodreads review by Thrillers R Us on April 25, 2025

While the Korean War was winding down in 1953, a future bestseller eight years in the making took root, wooing readers with anti-war sentiment and a comical look at military management and those they lead. Also coining the phrase 'catch-22', CATCH-22 was Joseph Heller's debut satirical war novel tha......more

Goodreads review by Dan on March 05, 2025

My thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Publishing- Citadel for an advance copy this history and look at a book and film series, that influenced much in the culture, from a new understanding of the treatment of veterans, how a new genre of film was created, and how movies became the message of many po......more