{"id":16283,"date":"2016-09-04T20:10:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T00:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=16283"},"modified":"2020-07-24T13:04:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T17:04:25","slug":"rocky-1976-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=16283","title":{"rendered":"Rocky (1976) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Rocky (1976)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director: John G. Avildsen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay: Sylvester Stallone<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Tony Burton, Joe Spinell, Thayer David, Frank Stallone<\/strong> and Stan Shaw<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Pitch: “Hey, the screenwriter wouldn’t sell without starring in it, but for a million bucks we should be able to make a small profit.”<\/p>\n

Tagline:  “His whole life was a million to one shot.”<\/p>\n

The Overview:  Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/p>\n

Rocky Balboa<\/strong> [Stallone] is a collector for a neighborhood loan shark [Spinell] and a small-time boxer.  Rocky<\/strong> has a thing for Adrian<\/strong> [Shire], the sister of his best friend Paulie<\/strong> [Young] but she’s so shy, he’s getting nowhere fast.<\/p>\n

When the Heavyweight Champion of the World, Apollo Creed<\/strong> [Weathers] learns that his scheduled opponent won’t be able to fight him in Philadelphia and no other top contenders are ready to take the fight on short notice, Creed<\/strong> comes up with a gimmick.  He’ll give a local fighter a shot at the title.  Because Creed<\/strong> likes Balboa’s<\/strong> Italian Stallion<\/em> moniker, he decides to give Rocky<\/strong> the title shot.<\/p>\n

Rocky<\/strong> reluctantly takes the fight — no one has ever gone the distance with Creed<\/strong> — and feels even if loses but is standing at the end, then he’ll have proved he isn’t just another bum from the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

On the surface Rocky<\/em><\/strong> is a boxing movie but at the heart is a love story, a tale of relationships and a man’s desire to prove his worth.<\/p>\n

Rocky<\/strong><\/em> premiered at the perfect time for me.  I was 17 years old and had followed Stallone’s <\/strong>career since Lords of Flatbush<\/strong><\/em>.  To see Sly<\/strong> getting his shot (after turning down a huge payday for the screenplay and not starring in the film), and to see the film be the perfect combination of cast, director, editing and score resonated with me.  Rocky<\/strong> <\/em>became my all-time favorite movie on the first viewing and has remained so.<\/p>\n

Often when reviewing or rating Stallone<\/strong> films I have to qualify my rating because of Stallone<\/strong> being my favorite actor.  I don’t have to do that with Rocky<\/strong><\/em>.  Rocky<\/strong><\/em> is that great of a movie winning the Academy Award<\/strong> for  Best Picture of the Year <\/strong>as well as many other awards and nominations<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rating:<\/strong>
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