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Ted Kotcheff dead at 94: First Blood director who cast Sylvester Stallone as Rambo passes away in Mexico
Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood and Weekend at Bernie's, has passed away at 94.
Kotcheff also directed Fun With Dick and Jane, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, and was an executive producer on 13 seasons of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Following another Vietnam-focused film, Uncommon Valor (1983), starring the late Gene Hackman, Kotcheff shifted back to comedy and scored another success with 1989's Weekend at Bernie's. Starring Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman as two employees who manipulate their deceased CEO's body, the film's memorable premise surprisingly led to a 1993 sequel, which he declined to participate in.
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