B000059H99

027616860361

1976

1976-12-03

120

2h

Top rated movie #211 , Won 3 Oscars, 20 wins & 22 nominations total

John G. Avildsen

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young

Robert Chartoff, Gene Kirkwood, Irwin Winkler

Bill Conti

James Crabe

Scott Conrad, Richard Halsey

Caro Jones

William J. Cassidy

James H. Spencer

Ray Molyneaux

Michael Westmore

Hal W. Polaire, Ted Swanson

Fred T. Gallo, Steve Perry, Charles Ziarko

Mike Miner, David Nichols

Ray Alba, Gene Ashbrook, John Farrell, Bert Schoenfeld, Harry W. Tetrick, Bud Alper, Lyle J. Burbridge, Ken Dufva, William L. McCaughey, Donald C. Rogers

Jimmy Nickerson, Glory Fioramonti, Bob Herron, Gray Johnson, Gene LeBell, Bennie Moore

Garrett Brown, Richard J. Edesa, Gene Kearney, Ross A. Maehl, Elliott Marks, Jack Willoughby, Ralf D. Bode, Mike Chevalier, Donald L. Hartley, Calvin Maehl, Aristides Pappidas, Serge Poupis, Kit Whitmore

Mark F. Hill

Robert Cambel, Joanne Hutchinson

Scott Conrad, Janice Hampton, Geoffrey Rowland

Dale Benson, Marge Rowland

Craig Huxley, London Symphony Orchestra, Joe Tuley, Bill Conti, Ami Hadani, The Hollywood Studio Symphony, Malcolm McNab

Bonnie Prendergast

Mike Grover

Joan Arnold, Janet Crosby, Jimmy Gambina, Gloria Gonzales, Lloyd Kaufman, David Kramer, Joseph Letizia, Carol Rosenstein, Sylvester Stallone, Boyce R. Doyle, Jeff Kanew, Steve Sayre, Gabe Sumner

Jane Oliver

Drama, Sport

Chartoff-Winkler Productions

USA

English

PG

8.1

570091

70

Rocky is a 1976 American drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky franchise. It also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. 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).

Rocky entered development in March 1975, after Stallone wrote the screenplay in three days. 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. Principal photography began in January 1976, with filming primarily held in Philadelphia; several locations featured in the film, such as the Rocky Steps, are now considered cultural landmarks. With an estimated production budget of under $1 million, Rocky popularized the rags to riches and American Dream themes of sports dramas which preceded the film.

Rocky was premiered in New York City on November 21, 1976, and was theatrically released in the United States by United Artists on December 3. The film received critical acclaim; among other accolades, it received ten Academy Award nominations and won three, including Best Picture. Stallone s performance was also widely praised, and began his rise as a major film star. A sleeper hit, it grossed $225 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 1976. Considered one of the greatest sports films ever made, Rocky was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being culturally, historically or aesthetically significant . The sequel, Rocky II, was released in 1979.

$960,000 (estimated)

$117,235,147

$117,250,402

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