Rambo First Blood Actor Stephen Chang Promoted ‘Life For Mile’ at Rambo Bridge Final Take in Hope BC
On July 10, 2011, the iconic wood and steel bridge in Hope, BC featured in the 1982 movie Rambo: First Blood bid an emotional farewell to hundreds of fans in an event dubbed Rambo Bridge Final Take.
Movie fans dressed up like Sylvester Stallone in Rambo and offered themselves up for a voluntary arrest to have their pictures taken by just to capture a piece of Hollywood movie history that will soon be lost forever. This is the last chance they can it before the structure that was known as Kawkawa Bridge by locals was to be taken down piece by piece by a demolition crew the next day.
Some vestige of the bridge will remain though. One man would cherish his memory of the bridge as he was seen cradling a painting of the bridge done by artist Mary Haymes in 2003.
Rambo First Blood was an International phenomenon. Movie fans from as far away as Australia and England came to Hope on this Sunday. Hope’s current Mayor Laurie French reenacted the sheriff role that Brian Dennehy had portrayed to the delight of many who stood by and watched.
Almost the entire cast of Rambo: First Blood which consists of Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna, David Caruso etc. were a no-show. The only star that showed up was BC actor Stephen Chang who played VC Commander in the Vietnam vet turned unstable civilian flick. Chang used the opportunity to sell some autographed copies and promoted his new movie Life For Mile, a feature film about the Chinese and aboriginal involvement in the construction of the transcontinental railway that united Canada as a nation in the 1880s.
Life For Mile movie production -
Actor/Executive Producer: Stephen Chang
Producer/Screenwriter: Ray Van Eng
The Final Take event began at 11:00 AM with a Rambo look-a-like contest and later a helicopter fly-by over Coquihalla Canyon as demoed by Valley Helicopters. Props such as a 1980s police car, a jeep and an army vehicle were on display to beef up the presentation.
When the day’s activities were finished, a screening of Rambo: First Blood was shown at 3:00 PM at the Hope Cinema. Rambo fans paid $5.00 to catch the matinee show.
VIDEO –Rambo Bridge Final Take & New Movie ‘Life For Mile’
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