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1976 · 1h 59m · PG · Drama
Rotten Tomatoes 91%Metacritic 70/100TMDB 7.8/10 (8,779 votes)
Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky film series and also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), a poor small-time club fighter and loanshark debt collector from Philadelphia, gets an unlikely once in a lifetime shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers).
Directed by John G. Avildsen
Box office $117M worldwide
Common Sense Media calls it a Best Picture-winning underdog boxing tale that led to many sequels, suitable with drinking noted.[1]
Representation: The main characters are working-class Italian Americans. Rocky's opponent, Apollo Creed, is African American.[1]
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Cast & crew political lean — 1 of 22 researched: 0 left · 0 center · 0 right · 1 no public record. Based only on cited public statements, endorsements, and documented donations.