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Rocky is a 1976 American drama and action film written by Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G. Avildsen. The cast includes Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, and Burgess Meredith. Produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, the film was distributed by United Artists and later Netflix. It was filmed in Santa Monica and Philadelphia, with Bill Conti composing the score and Scott Conrad serving as film editor.
The movie has a runtime of 119 or 120 minutes and is part of the Rocky series. It received the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing, along with a National Board of Review Top Ten Films recognition. Additional nominations included Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. The film holds an IMDb rating of 8.1 and a TMDb vote average of 7.796.
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Film · TMDB
7.8Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
- Talia Shire as Adrianna 'Adrian' Pennino
- Burt Young as Paulie Pennino
- Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed
- Burgess Meredith as Mickey Goldmill
- Thayer David as George 'Miles' Jergens
Themes
- underdog
- philadelphia, pennsylvania
- transporter
- love of one's life
- italian american
- sports
- fight
- independence
- publicity
- boxer
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Rocky
- Film.image
- Rocky poster.jpg
- Film.alt
- In a black-and-white poster, Rocky in his boxing outfit is holding hands with another person. The tagline above the film's title reads "His whole life was a million-to-one shot." The film's credits are printed below the poster.
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- John G. Avildsen
- Film.writer
- Sylvester Stallone
- Film.music
- Bill Conti
- Film.cinematography
- James Crabe
- Film.studio
- Chartoff-Winkler Productions
- Film.distributor
- United Artists
- Film.runtime
- 119 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $960,000
- Film.gross
- $225 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Rocky
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- John G. Avildsen
- Screenwriter
- Sylvester Stallone
- Composer
- Bill Conti
- Producer
- Irwin Winkler
- Production company
- United Artists
- Cinematographer
- James Crabe
- Narrative location
- Pennsylvania
- Filming location
- Philadelphia
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 192554
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- bit.ly/RockyHeavyweightCollection
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- publication date
- 1976-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Rocky (franchise)
- film editor
- Scott Conrad
- title
- Rocky
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- Rocky (franchise)
- derivative work
- Rocky the Musical
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 70/100
- capital cost
- 1000000
- topic has template
- Template:Rocky
- box office
- 225000000
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