Rocky

Name: Rocky
Director: John G. Avildsen
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 7.793

His whole life was a million-to-one shot.

1976·Directed by John G. Avildsen·4·2h 0m

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Drama United States of America

When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark. Rocky teams up with trainer Mickey Goldmill to make the most of this once in a lifetime break.

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“Rocky one — it feels ridiculous to have to qualify Rocky with a '1,' but the subsequent sequels have smokescreened the truth that the original Rocky won the Oscar, is a monumental humanitarian story, and most importantly… Rocky does not win the final fight with Apollo.”

Jay Duplass

Director

“I love all of them, but I can't say all of them, right? You asking me for four? Yeah, four, all right, so I'm going to go with the first one.”

Busta Rhymes

Musician, Actor

“Rocky was probably my favorite movie at that time period when I was a kid. Stallone's whole story was very inspirational to me — I always felt that I would have to do what Stallone did. I would have to write it myself.”