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Rocky III
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6.9Following Rocky Balboa's intense battle with his most powerful adversary yet – the ferocious Clubber Lang – Rocky joins forces with former rival Apollo Creed in an effort to get back his fighting spirit.
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
- Talia Shire as Adrianna 'Adrian' Balboa
- Burt Young as Paulie Pennino
- Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed
- Mr. T as Clubber Lang
- Burgess Meredith as Mickey Goldmill
Themes
- dying and death
- transporter
- sports
- trainer
- boxer
- comeback
- defeat
- training
- world champion
- challenger
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
226,606 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
65%
Metacritic
57/100
- Year
- 1982
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Drama, Sport
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 9 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Sylvester Stallone
- Written by
- Sylvester Stallone
- Produced by
- Irwin Winkler Robert Chartoff
- Starring
- Sylvester Stallone Talia Shire Burt Young Carl Weathers Burgess Meredith
- Cinematography
- Bill Butler
- Edited by
- Don Zimmerman Mark Warner
- Music by
- Bill Conti
- Production companies
- United Artists Chartoff-Winkler Productions
- Distributed by
- MGM/UA Entertainment Co.
- Release date
- May 28, 1982 ( 1982-05-28 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 100 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $17 million
- Box office
- $270 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Rocky III is a 1982 American sports drama film written and directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. The film is the sequel to Rocky II (1979) and the third installment in the Rocky franchise. It also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers and Burgess Meredith. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone) faces stiff competition from Clubber Lang (Mr. T), a powerful new contender, and turns to his old adversary Apollo Creed (Weathers) to help him train.
Development of a third Rocky film began soon after the release of Rocky II. Stallone began a strict diet and workout regimen in preparation. Despite the returns of the original cast being secured quickly, casting for Lang proved difficult, with real boxers Joe Frazier and Ernie Shavers attached to the project at various points. Mr. T was hired in 1981 after appearing on the television series Games People Play, and the film is considered his breakthrough role. Rocky III is the first film in the franchise not solely distributed by United Artists, due to the company's merger with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1981.
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