Rocky(1976)
"His whole life was a million-to-one shot."
Overview
Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!
John G. Avildsen
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Sylvester Stallone
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Top Billed Cast
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Rocky ≣ 1976 ≣ Trailer
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Carl Weathers on the Famous Fight Scene in Rocky
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You're Gonna Eat Lighting and You're Gonna Crap Thunder
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Rocky and Adrian's First Kiss
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Rocky's First Run Through Philly
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Rocky Visits Adrian
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Training Montage
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Rocky's Fight With Mickey
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Rocky Balboa Trains In The Meat Locker
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Paulie Breaks Down
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Women Weaken Legs
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Apollo Creed Gets Knocked Down By Rocky Balboa
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Rocky Balboa's Wasted Talent
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Rocky and Adrian's First Date
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Rocky Balboa's First Day of Training
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Go the Distance
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Adrian! (I Love You)
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The Chance of a Lifetime
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Talia Shire and Sylvester Stallone on ROCKY
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Benicio Del Toro announces ROCKY for AFI Movie Club
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The Story Of The "Rocky" Theme
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Rocky Wins Film Editing: 1977 Oscars
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John G. Avildsen Wins Best Directing: 1977 Oscars
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The Making of Rocky - Excerpt - Cast and crew introduction
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The Making of Rocky - Excerpt - Mickey's Gym
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Oscar Roadtrip: Reenacting Rocky
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Sylvester Stallone & Talia Shire Introduce ROCKY
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Rocky Wins Best Picture: 1977 Oscars
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Written on January 12, 2023
It was inspiring with the training, it was inspiring with the fight, and it was about the characters and the characters are what makes a great story.
The down side was Creed, he was a little under-developed in this wasn't he? They make up for it in Rocky II, III, and IV, but in Rocky he felt like a faceless nemesis didn't he? He was Mohamed Ali without real depth in this and the story could have used to develop him a little more in the first one.
But... we got it in the sequels.
The biggest selling point was the love story... I know mushy, right? ... but they did a great job of making it awkward and at times intimidating as well as absolutely sweet and charming and it was completely realistic and believable.
You could sit down and watch it and understand how they fell for one another. You got a sense of who they were and that carried over into Rocky II... but kind of ended in III and we only caught a glimpse of it here and there until Balboa.
Still, it was the low budget movie that stole out hearts. And it was the inspiring story about the underdog, and Rocky movies are best when they inspire.
