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IMDbRocky is one of the classics of Hollywood, which is part of every movie buff's list. This 1976 sports drama opened doors for a unique kind of action that involved showing the story of the underdog making it big in life. The movie is iconic in all definitions of the word. It has music that is referred to in memes today, the scenes are regarded as some of the best ever, and the acting performances including that of Sylvester Stallone are remembered fondly. Indeed if something is timeless, it is Rocky. The classic tale of seeing the underdog man who puts in the hard work required to be make it big in life, and to woo his love, win big is something we all love and get inspired by. If feel good was a movie, it is this one. All scenes will make you feel all the emotions that your body is capable of.
Best Picture | 1977 | Robert
Best Film Editing | 1977 | Richard
Best Director | 1977 | John G.
Best Motion Picture Drama | 1977
Best Foreign Language Film | 1978
Best Foreign Language Film | 1978 | John G.
Best Edited Feature Film | 1977 | Scott
Best Foreign Actor Migliore Attore Straniero | 1977 | Sylvester
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1977 | Steve
Best Supporting Actress | 1977 | Talia
Most Performed Feature Film Standards | 1988 | Bill
Best Foreign Language Film | 1978 | John G.
Best Picture | 1976
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1977 | Burgess
Best Actress in a Leading Role | 1977 | Talia
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 1977 | Sylvester
Best Sound | 1977
Best Music Original Song | 1977 | Bill
Best Writing Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | 1977 | Sylvester
Best Actor in Motion Picture Drama | 1977 | Sylvester
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama | 1977 | Talia
Best Original Score Motion Picture | 1977 | Bill
Best Director Motion Picture | 1977 | John G.
Best Screenplay Motion Picture | 1977 | Sylvester
Best Actor | 1978 | Sylvester
Best Direction | 1978 | John G.
Best Screenplay | 1978 | Sylvester
Best Editing | 1978 | Richard
Best Film | 1978
Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special | 1978 | Bill
Favorite Movie | 1977 | Sylvester
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen | 1977 | Sylvester
Best Film | 1977 | John G.
Best Supporting Actress | 1977 | Talia
Budget 1,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 225,300,000 USD
After producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff became interested in the script, they offered Sylvester Stallone an unprecedented $350,000 for the rights. He had $106 in the bank and no car, and was trying to sell his dog because he couldn't afford to feed him, but he refused to sell unless they agreed to allow him to star in the film. They agreed, on the condition that Stallone continue to work as a writer without a fee, and that he work as an actor for scale. After Winkler and Chartoff purchased the film, they took it to United Artists, who envisioned a budget of $2 million with an established star, particularly Robert Redford, Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Nick Nolte or James Caan. When Winkler and Chartoff told United Artists that they could only get the screenplay if Stallone starred, United Artists cut the budget to $1 million and had Chartoff and Winkler sign agreements that they would be personally liable if the film went over budget. The final cost was $1.1 million. Chartoff and Winkler mortgaged their houses for the last $100,000.
Rocky's dog Butkus was actually Sylvester Stallone's dog in real life.
Most of the scenes of Rocky jogging through Philadelphia were shot guerrilla-style, with no permits, no equipment, and no extras. The shot where he runs past the moored boat for example, the crew were simply driving by the docks, and John G. Avildsen saw the boat, and thought it would make a good visual, so he had Sylvester Stallone simply get out of the van and run along the quays, while Avildsen himself filmed from the side door. A similar story concerns the famous shot of Rocky jogging through the food market. As he runs, the stall keepers and the people on the sidewalks can clearly be seen looking at him in bemusement. While this works in the context of the film to suggest they're looking at Rocky, in reality, they had no idea why this man was running up and down the road being filmed from a van. During this scene, the famous shot where the stall owner throws Rocky an orange was completely improvised by the stall owner, who had no idea that a movie was being filmed and that he would be in it.
The monologue which Rocky delivers after turning down Mickey's (Burgess Meredith) offer to manage him was completely improvised on-set by Sylvester Stallone. He has since explained that he was heavily influenced by the fact that the bathroom of the tiny apartment in which they were shooting really did smell like death.
Sylvester Stallone insisted that the scene where he admits his fears and doubts to Adrian the night before the fight be filmed, even though production was running far behind and the producers wanted to skip it. Stallone had only one take for the scene, despite the fact that he considered it to be the most important scene in the film.
"Adrian: Why do you wanna fight? Rocky: Because I can't sing or dance."
"Adrian: It's Thanksgiving. Rocky: Yeah, to you it's Thanksgiving; to me it's Thursday."