Rocky
Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the heavy-weight champion, Apollo Creed, in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
12 September 1919, Gioia del Colle, Puglia, Italy
26 November 1913, Pueblo, Colorado, USA
30 July 1950, New York City, New York, USA
23 June 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
13 February 1932, New York City, New York, USA
2 November 1943, New York City, New York, USA
25 April 1946, Lake Success, Long Island, New York, USA
23 March 1937, Flint, Michigan, USA
14 November 1904, Douglas, Arizona, USA
4 March 1927, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
14 July 1952, Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 March 1910
15 August 1904, New York, USA
1 March 1932, Meramec, Missouri, USA
9 December 1952, Luling, Texas, USA
9 June 1945, Buenos Aires, Argentina
28 October 1936, New York City, New York, USA
1 December 1925, Los Angeles, California, USA
9 September 1917, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 January 1911, Bergen, New York, USA
30 December 1945, New York City, New York, USA
February 11, 2013
A crowning achievement in Sylvester Stallone's career as a writer and a performer...
November 24, 2015
In addition to a heart-warming script, Stallone has created on the screen a character of enormous appeal and charm - half-articulate but funny, gruff but good-hearted.
November 03, 2015
[VIDEO ESSAY] "Rocky" struck a nerve with American audiences at the time because it spoke directly to a '70s era lower middle-class dream of success that has since been exploded into a billion pieces.
August 17, 2011
One of the greatest, if not the greatest, feel good movies of all time.
February 25, 2014
This triple-Oscar-winning boxing drama is shot through with genuine impassioned commitment, born of the fact that Sylvester Stallone realised that this was his best hope of stardom.
February 24, 2016
Like the movies of Frank Capra, Rocky is a glowing tribute to the human spirit - a chin-up reminder that the decent, little guys of the world often accomplish the impossible if only because they try so hard.
July 26, 2011
The story is achingly familiar, and though Stallone has a certain power, he is certainly not the subtlest actor to crawl out from under Marlon's overcoat.
February 19, 2013
It's Sly's droopy-eyed, hangdog/underdog that carries Rocky's tale of transformation. He's no oil painting, no blue-eyed hero. He's not supposed to make it -- and that makes us instantly connect with him.
December 13, 2006
I wanted to like it more than I did, but it'll do.
February 20, 2009
There are occasional flashes that the film may be patronizing the lower end of the blue-collar mentality, as much if not more than the characters who keep putting Rocky down on the screen. However, Avildsen is noted for creating such ambiguities.
