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GEM 2005 / HY2243
FILM AND HISTORY
Lecture 11
“ I want... our country to love us as much as we love it!"
Rambo: First Blood, Part II (1985)
1)
Introduction
2) Nationalism
American nationalism
3) The American War in Vietnam and the Crisis of Confidence
President Jimmy Carter
President Ronald Reagan
Vietnam War Veterans
POW/MIA (Prisoners of War/Missing in Action)
4) Basic Plot/Characters
John J. Rambo (Sylvester Stallone)
Col. Samuel Trautman (Richard Crenna)
Marshall Murdock (Charles Napier)
Co Bao (Julia Nickson-Soul)
5) Things to Look Out For/Remember