Adrian's brother and Rocky's best friend, Paulie, helps Rocky get a date with his sister and offers to work as a corner man with him for the fight. Rocky begins to build a romantic relationship with Adrian Pennino, who is working part-time at the J&M Tropical Fish pet shop. Rocky is not willing initially, as Mickey has not shown much interest in helping him before and saw him as a wasted talent, but eventually Rocky accepts the offer. Rocky is later approached by Mickey Goldmill, a former bantamweight fighter who turned trainer and whose gym Rocky frequents, about further training. Rocky undergoes several weeks of unorthodox training, such as using sides of beef as punching bags.
Reluctant at first, Rocky eventually agrees to the fight which will pay him $150,000. Rocky meets with promoter George Jergens assuming that Creed is seeking local sparring partners. With all other potential replacements booked up or otherwise unavailable, Creed decides to spice things up by giving a local contender a chance to challenge him.Ĭreed selects Rocky Balboa, an Italian American journeyman southpaw boxer who fights primarily in small gyms and works as a collector for a loan shark, on the basis of his nickname: The Italian Stallion. However, he is informed five weeks from the fight date that his scheduled opponent is unable to compete due to an injured hand. In 1975, the heavyweight boxing world champion, Apollo Creed, announces plans to hold a title bout in Philadelphia during the upcoming United States Bicentennial. In 2006, the Library of Congress selected Rocky for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Rocky and its theme song have become a pop-cultural phenomenon and an important part of 1970s American popular culture spawning a franchise. It has been ranked by numerous publications as one of the greatest films of all time, as well as one of the most iconic sports films ever made. The film received critical acclaim toward Stallone's writing, performance, the story, as well as the film's direction, score, cinematography and editing among other accolades, it received ten Academy Award nominations and won three, including Best Picture. Rocky became the highest-grossing film of 1976, earning approximately $225 million worldwide. Rocky had its premiere in New York City on November 21, 1976, and was released in the United States on December 3.
With an estimated production budget of under $1 million, Rocky popularized the rags to riches and American Dream themes of sports dramas which preceded the film.
Principal photography began in January 1976, with filming primarily held in Philadelphia several locations featured in the film, such as the Rocky Steps, are now considered cultural landmarks. It entered a complicated production process after Stallone refused to allow the film to be made without him in the lead role United Artists eventually agreed to cast Stallone after he rejected a six figure deal for the film rights. Rocky entered development in March 1975, after Stallone wrote the screenplay in three days. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), living in the slums of Philadelphia, is a poor, working-class, Italian-American small-time club fighter and debt collector for a Mafia loanshark and gets an unlikely shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers). It also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G.
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