Rocky | |
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Directed by | John G. Avildsen |
Produced by | Robert Chartoff Irwin Winkler |
Written by | Sylvester Stallone |
Starring | Sylvester Stallone Burgess Meredith Talia Shire Burt Young Carl Weathers |
Music by | Bill Conti |
Cinematography | James Crabe |
Edited by | Richard Halsey Scott Conrad |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1 million |
Box office | $225,000,000 |
Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama movie. It was written by, and starred, Sylvester Stallone. The movie is about a man living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who is trying to become a great boxer.
It won three Academy Awards and was ranked #78 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies list. It was followed by 5 sequels, the most recent came out in 2006.
The movie was made on a budget of less than $1 million. It was shot in 28 days. Many people liked the movie. It turned Stallone into a major star.
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