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Director: |
John G. Avildsen |
| Producers: |
Sylvester Stallone, Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler |
| Written By: |
Sylvester Stallone |
| Music By: |
Bill Conti |
| Release Date: |
USA - November 21, 1976
UK - January 1, 1977 |
| Run Time: |
119 minutes |
| Budget: |
$1,200,000 (Average) |
| Tagline: |
His Whole Life Was A Million To One Shot |
| Staring: |
Rocky Balboa ............... Sylvester Stallone
Talia Shire ................... Adrian
Paulie .......................... Burt Young
Carl Weathers .............. Apollo Creed
Burgess Meredith ......... Mickey Goldmill
Thayer David ............... Jergens
Joe Spinell ................... Gazzo
Al Silvani ..................... As Himself (Al Silvani) |
| Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make his big debute. Working in a meat factory in Philadelphia for a pittance, he also earns extra cash as a debt collector. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only shot at the big time. |
| Rocky (1976) soundtrack was recorded by Bill Conti, The main theme song "Gunno Fly Now" made it top of the Billboard charts for one week. A full soundtrack was released in 1988 on CD and cassette. Bill Conti has done music for movies I, II, III, V and Rocky Balboa. |
- Apollo Creeds character was based on Muhammed Ali, The famous boxer.
- Sylvester Stallone wrote the whole script for the movie in 3.5 days before all the editting.
- The most profitable of the 6 films earning an incredible $117 million dollars.
- It won the 1976 best picture award and 3 oscar award in total.
- An alternative ending that was never seen was of Rocky and Adrian walking out of the stadium hand in hand, but it was used for the promotional poster instead. The poster at the top.
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