Cobra

Cobra (1986)

Timing: 1:27 (87 min)

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Release date

1986-05-22

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions

Genre

Action, Crime, Thriller

Budget

$25 000 000

Revenue

$49 042 224

Website

https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/cobra

Director

George P. Cosmatos

Actors

Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Brian Thompson, Lee Garlington, Art LaFleur, Andrew Robinson, Marco Rodríguez, Val Avery, Nina Axelrod
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Scenario

Producer

Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, Tony Munafo, James D. Brubaker

Operator

Ric Waite

Composer

Sylvester Levay

Artist

Cate Bangs, Gayle Simon

Audition

Joy Todd

Editing

Don Zimmerman, James R. Symons
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• The film is based on Paula Gosling's novel "Fair Game".
• Stallone used some ideas from script drafts for the film "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984).
• The film is only partially based on Paula Gosling’s novel, as Stallone stated that the book lacked enough action for an action movie.
• "Cobra" received very negative reviews from critics, but was a hit with the general public. Notably, the film was remarkably popular with post-Soviet audiences, and posters from "Cobra" and the iconic sunglasses became commonplace.
• Stallone personally insisted that Brigitte Nielsen play the leading female role. He also insisted on George Pan Cosmatos as the director.
• There are 52 corpses in the film.
• The film grossed $12.6 million on its opening weekend, which was the most successful premiere for "Warner Brothers" studio at the time.
• A sequel was planned, but the project was never realized.
• At that time, Nielsen and Stallone were married.
• The weapon memorable for its appearance in Cobra's hands is the Finnish Jatimatic.
• In the American comedy "Beverly Hills Cop II" (1987), a poster of the film hangs on the wall in detective William "Billy" Rosewood's apartment.
• The main character's car is a 1950 Mercury Monterey, or more precisely, a Ford Mercury. Stallone also owned the car in real life. Nine years later, in 1994, the car was stolen from his garage. Fifteen years later, in 2009, Stallone learned that the Mercury had been sold at auction to a company providing vehicles for film shoots, and he sued the recovered thief, who turned out to be an antique collector, for $3 million, which he ultimately received. And the car was returned to the actor.
• In the Soviet film "Day of Love" (1991), there is a scene where the characters are watching "Cobra." Near the end, one of them kills one of his daughter's attackers in a similar manner.
• Filming of the movie took place from October 23, 1985, to January 17, 1986.