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Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a Philadelphia boxer, is but one step removed from total bum-hood. A once-promising pugilist, Rocky is now taking nickel-and-dime bouts and running strongarm errands for local loan sharks to survive. Even his supportive trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), has given up on Rocky. All this changes thanks to Muhammad Ali-like super-boxer Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). With the Bicentennial celebration coming up, Creed must find a "Cinderella" opponent for the big July 4th bout -- some unknown whom Creed can "glorify" for a few minutes before knocking him cold. Rocky Balboa was not the only Cinderella involved here: writer/director Sylvester Stallone, himself a virtual unknown, managed to sell his Rocky script (one of 35 that he'd written over the years) on the proviso that he be given the starring role. Since the film was to be made on a shoestring and marketed on a low-level basis, the risk factor to United Artists was small. For Stallone, this was a make-or-break opportunity -- just like Rocky's million-to-one shot with Apollo Creed. Costing under a million dollars, Rocky managed to register with audiences everywhere, earning back 60 times its cost. The film won several Academy Awards, including Best Picture. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Disc #1 -- Rocky
1. Opening Credits/Fight [7:15]
2. Turtle Food [4:29]
3. Break His Thumb [4:34]
4. "Ain't Your Locker No More" [5:53]
5. "Giving Me the Shoulder" [3:44]
6. Advice [6:55]
7. The Italian Stallion [1:01]
8. "She's Very Excited" [6:13]
9. Ice-Skating [7:22]
10. "I Want to Kiss You" [7:22]
11. The Proposition [2:26]
12. The Stuff On TV [5:14]
13. "You Wanna Help Me Out?" [8:03]
14. Morning Run [6:53]
15. "He's Awful Pushy" [1:39]
16. Women Weaken Legs [2:48]
17. Exposure [3:19]
18. Christmastime [3:52]
19. In Training [5:02]
20. "I Can't Beat Him" [5:05]
21. The Main Event [7:45]
22. Round 1 [1:23]
23. The Battles [6:05]
24. The Final Round/Credits [4:54]
Art Director - James Spencer
Casting - Caro Jones
Cinematographer - James A. Crabe
Composer (Music Score) - Bill Conti
Composer (Music Score) - Frank Stallone
Consultant/advisor - James Gambina
Costume Designer - Robert Cambell
Costume Designer - Joanne Hutchinson
Executive Producer - Gene Kirkwood
Fights Choreographer - Sylvester Stallone
First Assistant Director - Fred T. Gallo
Makeup - Michael Westmore
Production Designer - William J. Cassidy
Production Manager - Ted Adams Swanson
Songwriter - Carol Connors
Songwriter - Bill Conti
Songwriter - Ayn Robbins
Songwriter - Frank Stollone, Jr.
Sound/Sound Designer - Wiliam L. McCaughey
Sound/Sound Designer - Harry W. Tetrick
Sound/Sound Designer - Lyle J. Burbridge
Steadicam Operator - Garrett Brown
Stunts - Jim Nickerson
Rocky is an unashamed feel-good movie. It is essentially a reworking of Paddy Chayefsky's "Marty", only instead of a shy butcher in a grocery, the protagonist is a shy butcher for a local loan shark. The real-life tale is now legendary -- how the struggling young writer Sylvester Stallone was in the audience for Muhammad Ali's boxing match with (reputed) mob enforcer and all-around tough guy Chuck Wepner, only to wonder if it wouldn't make a better story if the underdog weren't beaten into a senseless pulp by the mercurial champion. Later, Stallone, still unsuccessful and very broke, would refuse an offer for his screenplay, insisting that the deal include his playing the title role. Much like the character in his screenplay, Stallone would get his unlikely chance at success and prevail in Rocky-like fashion. At the heart of the film is Rocky's reluctant romance with the similarly shy Adrian (Talia Shire). Director John G. Avildsen expertly stretched his meager budget with skillfully selected Philadelphia location shots, most notably Rocky's training montage, which ends at the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. With Network and TAXI DRIVER as the primary competition, the Academy opted for the upbeat Rocky, giving it three Oscars, including Best Picture. ~ Richard Gilliam, Rovi
John G. Avildsen : Best Picture - British Academy of Film and Televisio, 1977
John G. Avildsen : Best Director - Directors Guild of America, 1976
Bill Conti : Best Original Score - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1976
Sylvester Stallone : Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1976
Talia Shire : Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1976
Sylvester Stallone : Best Screenplay - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1976
Talia Shire : Best Supporting Actress - National Board of Review, 1976
Talia Shire : Best Supporting Actress - New York Film Critics Circle, 1976
Sylvester Stallone : Best Actor - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Talia Shire : Best Actress - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
John G. Avildsen : Best Director - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Scott Conrad : Best Editing - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Richard Halsey : Best Editing - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Sylvester Stallone : Best Original Screenplay - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Robert Chartoff : Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Irwin Winkler : Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Carol Connors : Best Song - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Bill Conti : Best Song - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Ayn Robbins : Best Song - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Bud Alper : Best Sound - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Wiliam L. McCaughey : Best Sound - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Harry w. Tetrick : Best Sound - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Lyle J. Burbridge : Best Sound - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Burt Young : Best Supporting Actor - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
Burgess Meredith : Best Supporting Actor - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1976
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