Rocky
Rocky is a 1976 american sports drama film directed by john g.
Rocky. Rocky balboa sylvester stallone is a small time boxer who seems to be going nowhere in life as he works day in and day out as a collector for a loan shark and fights in sleazy clubs for low pay rewards for which rocky is mocked and told that he s nothing but a bum especially by gym trainer mickey goldmill burgess meredith. The former world heavyweight champion rocky balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to adonis johnson the son of his late friend and former rival apollo creed. When heavyweight champion apollo creed visits philadelphia his managers want to set up an exhibition match between creed and a struggling boxer touting the fight as a chance for a nobody to become a somebody. Rocky is a 1976 film written by and starring sylvester stallone and directed by john g.
Avildsen written by and starring sylvester stallone. Rocky feels up to the challenge. It tells the rags to riches american dream story of rocky balboa an uneducated but good hearted debt collector for a loan shark in philadelphia. 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.
1 186 imdb 8 1 1h 59min 2018 x ray pg rocky balboa is a struggling philadelphia boxer. It tells the rags to riches american dream story of rocky balboa an uneducated kind hearted working class italian american boxer working as a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of philadelphia rocky a small time club fighter gets a shot at the world heavyweight. Fighter apollo creed creates a gimmick of touting a fight as the chance for a nobody to become a somebody while planning to easily win the bout himself.