On Christmas Eve, Tommy visits the Balboa residence and tells Rocky he wants to team up with Duke, but Rocky explains that dealing with Duke would be a dirty business. [14][15] The film's production budget ended up being $1,075,000, with a further $100,000 spent on producers' fees and $4.2million on advertising costs. During the fight, Rocky takes the worst beating of his life but refuses to fall. [17] Norton, upon whom Creed was loosely based, fought Muhammad Ali three times. Stallone said. Humbled and worried, Creed takes Rocky more seriously for the rest of the fight, though his ego never fully fades. During the 49th Academy Awards ceremony in 1977, Ali and Stallone staged a brief comic confrontation to show the film did not offend Ali. After Rocky goes the distance with heavyweight champ Apollo Creed he is forced too retire due to injuries. When Adonis's wife, Bianca, gave birth to a daughter, Rocky was named her godfather. Marvel Comics' G.I. Rocky refuses to support Donnie, noting that Viktor was raised in hate and has nothing to lose, and that makes him dangerous. It is the first installment in the Rocky franchise and co-stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. It entered a complicated production process after Stallone refused to allow the film to be made without him in the lead role; United Artists eventually agreed to cast Stallone after he rejected a six figure deal for the film rights. After deep thought, Rocky finally agrees to take Donnie as his new protg. Lang, who has trained with ruthless vigor, recovers and easily knocks out Rocky in the second round, causing Rocky to lose his title. The character is widely considered to be Stallone's most iconic role and is often considered the role that started his film career. After getting picked by Creed, Rocky reunites with his estranged trainer, who convinces Rocky that he can help prepare him for the match. Stallone said the plot of the movie would be about Rocky befriending a young fighter who is an undocumented immigrant. Rocky gets his dream come true when the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion, Apollo Creed, decides that he wants to give an unknown fighter a chance to fight for the title after his intended challenger, Mac Lee Green, broke his hand while training. To cheer myself up, I took the last of my entertainment money and went to see the Ali-Wepner fight on closed circuit TV. Rocky is later approached by Mickey Goldmill, a former bantamweight fighter who turned trainer and whose gym Rocky frequents, about further training. Creed on the other hand, faces criticism from fans to overcome the fight. Tony Burton appears as Apollo Creed's trainer, Tony "Duke" Evers, a role he would reprise throughout the entire Rocky series, though the character is not named until RockyII. As he slowly gets up, the crowd, along with Marie, starts to chant his name and he rises to Dixon's surprise. Unable to live on the low pay of club fights, and being unable to find work anywhere else, Rocky got a job as a collector for Tony Gazzo, the local loan shark, just to make ends meet. [64][65], In 2008, Rocky was chosen by British film magazine Empire as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. Rocky gives Donnie advice in proposing to Bianca and uses his proposal with Adrian as an example. Rocky Balboa (Stallone) holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago (Dolph Lundgren), a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. Rocky was an all-or-nothing brawler coming into his first bout with Creed; however, under the training of Mickey, he began to develop his boxing skills which he eventually mastered. Rocky visits Adrian's graveside regularly and each year, on the anniversary of her death, takes a tour of the old places, where their relationship began and blossomed: the now-closed J&M Tropical Fish pet shop where Adrian worked, the former site of the ice skating rink where they had their first date and Rocky's old apartment, where they fell in love. But as the fight progressed, this miracle unfolded. In The Nutty Professor, there is a scene where Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy) struggles to, and eventually succeeds at, running up a lengthy flight of steps on his college campus, victoriously throwing punches at the top. Rocky Balboa Robert "Rocky" Balboa (also known by his ring name The Italian Stallion ), is a fictional title character and the protagonist of the Rocky film series. Watch Should Arya Stark Train at Cobra Kai or Miyagi-Do? During the match, Drago gains the upper hand in the early moments, but in the second round, Rocky strikes back against Drago with a haymaker to the eye, cutting him. Rocky wants his eye to be cut due to heavy swelling from Apollo Creed's attack. Rocky Balboa (Stallone) holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago (Dolph Lundgren), a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. Even though the client, Bob, does not have all the money, Rocky does not break his thumbs, despite Gazzo ordering him to do so. Wepner was knocked out in the 15th and final round, almost lasting the distance. In a shocking turn of events, Rocky uses his brawling abilities to punish and humiliate Tommy. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), an uneducated, small-time club fighter and debt collector gets an unlikely shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers). [7] Additionally, he was ranked No. The franchise has been expanded into various films and, with a total worldwide gross of $1.7 billion, is one of the highest-grossing media franchises. Rocky and Tony "Little Duke" Evers (Wood Harris) take Donnie to a decrepit location in the California desert to retrain, describing it as a place where fighters are "reborn". [78][79], Several video games have been produced based on the film. At Adrian's urging, as well as with the doctor's support, Rocky gravely acknowledges that it is time to retire and he reluctantly does so. This evens the playing field and allows Rocky to mount an offense, knocking Dixon down for the first time in the latter's career. He had composed a score for director John G. Avildsen's W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975) that the studio ultimately rejected. This motivates Tommy, with prodding from Duke, to publicly challenge Rocky to a fight. 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". After the match, Rocky gives a passionate 'thank you' speech to the crowd while receiving a standing ovation both from the crowd and the politicians in attendance. Reluctantly retired from fighting, Rocky takes charge of Mickey's gym and agrees to train a young protg who's hungry for success. Rocky, clearly shaken, politely tells Drago to leave. Rocky (1976) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In 2016, Tapinator released a mobile game named ROCKY for the iOS platform, with a planned 2017 release for Google Play and Amazon platforms. Directors---Starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young @goldenglobes.". 1976 | Maturity Rating: PG | 1h 59m | Boxing Movies. Rocky then delivers a vicious barrage of punches, knocking Rico out. Rocky tells Tommy that, even though he admires him, he actually ruined their relationship. But when the world heavyweight champion boxer Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) chooses Rocky at random as his opponent in a title fight, Rocky realizes he now has the chance to prove that he's not worthless. Glimpses of Ivan Drago, his loss to Clubber Lang during his first fight with him and Mickey's burial start to cloud his mind until he hears Mickey's voice, telling him that he is the champion and to get up. Rocky is then caught by a series of punches by Tommy, just as Adrian joins the crowd, but manages to parry Tommy and begins to walk him down with his devastating shots. 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Avildsen Told Stallone to Lose Weight Before Filming Rocky", "Popculturemadness.com list of 1977 number ones, based on Billboards lists", "MGM Preparing Rocky Collection on Blu-ray", "10 Most Profitable Low Budget Movies of All Time", "The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners", British Academy of Film and Television Arts, "AFI Crowns Top 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres", "Mel Gibson's "Braveheart" Voted Worst Oscar Winner", "Recount! Some may feel the scenes in the meat locker to be "gore". However, after helping Adonis conquer Viktor Drago, Rocky decides to visit his son in Vancouver where they finally begin to reconcile and meets his grandson, Logan, who bears a striking resemblance to Adrian. Taking advantage of his overconfidence, Rocky knocks him down in the first roundthe first time that Creed has ever been knocked down. He felt in his mind that Rocky was primarily a feature film, and he did not see it as being translated for cable, so there was a big bone of contention."[4][5]. Rocky (1976) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Top 250 TV Shows Most Popular TV Shows Most Popular Video Games Most Popular Music Videos Most Popular Podcasts. Rocky doesn't join Donnie's celebration, saying that it's "his time," and watches in contentment from outside the ring. Hasbro, who was working on a toy prototype[15] at the time, decided to end negotiations at that point. With Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Sage Stallone. One day, Rocky meets a young ruffian boxer from Oklahoma named Tommy Gunn (Tommy Morrison) and begins training him. [1] After the sixth film, which was envisioned as the conclusion of the franchise, the spin-off and sequel films Creed (2015) and Creed II (2018), starring Michael B. Jordan as boxer Adonis Creed, were released; they were directed by Ryan Coogler and Steven Caple Jr. and also starred Stallone. Rocky starts to walk away from the public challenge, but Paulie decides to let Tommy have a piece of his mind about how Tommy has treated Rocky, and Tommy proceeds to punch Paulie. Rockys best pal and brother-in-law Paulie Pennino was played by actor Burt Young. On my 29th birthday, I had $106 in the bank. [27] Conversely, Stallone has said he was indeed supposed to wear red shorts with a white stripe as Rocky, but changed to the opposite colors "at the last moment". With Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Sage Stallone. Rocky Balboa was named the 7th greatest movie hero by the American Film Institute on their 100 Years 100 Heroes and Villains list. Three years later, Rocky is visited at Adrian's by Donnie Creed (Michael B. Jordan) Apollo's illegitimate son, who grew up serving time at a juvenile detention center in Los Angeles. 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