No more weekends at Bernie's> Ted Kotcheff, 94

[danny burstein]

(ntbcw Ted Koppel...]

[Globe and Mail]

Canadian filmmaker Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood and Weekend at
Bernie's, dies at 94
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rest, err, requires paid subsciption...
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-canadian-filmmaker-ted-kotcheff-director-of-first-blood-and-weekend-at/

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[Variety]

Ted Kotcheff, 'First Blood' and 'Weekend at Bernie's' Director, Dies at 94

Ted Kotcheff, the Canadian filmmaker who introduced moviegoers to Sylvester
Stallone's traumatized Vietnam War veteran John Rambo with "First Blood" and
helmed comedies like "Weekend at Bernie's," "Fun With Dick and Jane" and "The
Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz," [a]
died Thursday. He was 94.

His death was confirmed by his family to Canadian publication The Globe and
Mail.
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rest:
https://variety.com/2025/film/obituaries-people-news/ted-kotcheff-dead-rambo-first-blood-weekend-at-bernies-1236367495/

[a] a fave of mine which has pretty much dropped out
of any circulation....
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Post by danny burstein
(ntbcw Ted Koppel...]
[Globe and Mail]
Canadian filmmaker Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood and Weekend at
Bernie's, dies at 94
=====
rest, err, requires paid subsciption...
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-canadian-filmmaker-ted-kotcheff-director-of-first-blood-and-weekend-at/
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[Variety]
Ted Kotcheff, 'First Blood' and 'Weekend at Bernie's' Director, Dies at 94
Ted Kotcheff, the Canadian filmmaker who introduced moviegoers to Sylvester
Stallone's traumatized Vietnam War veteran John Rambo with "First Blood" and
helmed comedies like "Weekend at Bernie's," "Fun With Dick and Jane" and "The
Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz," [a]
died Thursday. He was 94.
His death was confirmed by his family to Canadian publication The Globe and
Mail.
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https://variety.com/2025/film/obituaries-people-news/ted-kotcheff-dead-rambo-first-blood-weekend-at-bernies-1236367495/
[a] a fave of mine which has pretty much dropped out
of any circulation....
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Kotcheff was memorialized in a Law & Order closing credit last night.

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