Rocky

Rocky

Director: John G. Avildsen, Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Cast: Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
, Talia Shire
Talia Shire
John G. Avildsen
Rocky

Rocky

Director: John G. Avildsen, Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Cast: Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
, Talia Shire
Talia Shire
John G. Avildsen

DVD (Wide Screen / Repackaged)

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Overview

"Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a Philadelphia boxer, is but one step removed from total bum-hood. A once promising pugilist, Rocky is now taking nickel-and-dime bouts and running strongarm errands for local loan sharks to survive. Even his supportive trainer Mickey (Burgess Meredith) has given up on Rocky. All this changes thanks to Muhammad Ali-like super-boxer Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). With the bicentennial celebration coming up, Creed must find a ""Cinderella"" opponent for the big July 4th bout -- some unknown whom Creed can ""glorify"" for a few minutes before knocking him cold. Rocky Balboa was not the only ""Cinderella"" involved here: Writer/director Sylvester Stallone, himself a virtual unknown, managed to sell his Rocky script (one of many that he'd written over the years) on the proviso that he be given the starring role. Since the film was to be made on a shoestring and marketed on a low-level basis, the risk factor to United Artists was small. For Stallone, this was a make-or-break opportunity -- just like Rocky's million-to-one shot with Apollo Creed. Costing under a million dollars, Rocky managed to register with audiences everywhere, earning back 60 times its cost. The film won several Academy Awards, including Best Picture."

Product Details

Release Date: 02/08/2005
UPC: 0027616915139
Original Release: 1976
Rating: PG
Source: Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:00:00
Sales rank: 1,092

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Sylvester Stallone Rocky Balboa,Actor,Actor,Composer
Talia Shire Adrian
Burt Young Paulie
Carl Weathers Apollo Creed
Burgess Meredith Mickey
Thayer David Jergens
Joe Spinell Gazzo
Jimmy Gambina Actor,Mike
Tony Burton Apollo's Trainer
Lloyd Kaufman Drunk
Joe Frazier Himself
Bill Baldwin Fight Announcer
Al Silvani Cut Man
George Memmoli Ice Rink Attendant
Jodi Letizia Marie
Diana Lewis TV Commentator
George O'Hanlon TV Commentator
Larry Carroll TV Interviewer
Stan Shaw Dipper
Don Sherman Bartender
Billy Sands Club Fight Announcer
Pedro Lovell Actor
DeForest Covan Apollo's Corner
Simmy Bow Club Cornerman
Hank Rolike Apollo Cornerman
Shirley O'Hara Actor
Kathleen Parker Paulie's Date
Jane Marla Robbins Gloria, Pet Shop Owner
Jack Hollander Fats
Joe Sorbello Actor
Christopher Avildsen Actor
Frankie Van Club Fight Referee
Lou Filippo Championship Fight Announcer
Frank Stallone Jr. A Street Corner Singer
Robert L. Tangrea Actor
Peter Glassberg Actor
William E. Ring Actor
Joseph C. Giambelluca Actor
Bill Baldwin Sr. Actor
Chino Williams Actor
Arthur Tovey Actor
Lavelle Roby Actor
John Pleshette Actor
Frank Pesce Actor
Stu Nahan Actor
Jeri McBride Actor
Robert Lehrer Actor
Daniel King Actor
Arnold Johnson Actor
Bobby Cassidy Actor
George O'Hanlon Jr. TV Commentator
Frank McRae Actor
David Thayer Actor
Caro Jones Actor
Michael McLean Actor
Shirley O'Hara Krims Jergens' Secretary
Bill Conti Composer

Technical Credits
John G. Avildsen Director
Garrett Brown Special Effects
Robert Chartoff Producer,Director
Gene Kirkwood Executive Producer,Producer
Jim Nickerson Stunts
Irwin Winkler Producer,Director
Sylvester Stallone Screenwriter
Harry Warren Tetrick Sound/Sound Designer,Sound/Sound Designer
William McCaughey Sound/Sound Designer
Lyle Burbridge Sound/Sound Designer
Bud Alper Sound/Sound Designer
Bennie Moore Stunts
Donald C. Rogers Sound Effects
Caro Jones Casting
Lyle J. Burbridge Sound/Sound Designer
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