Rocky
December 3, 1976 in theaters
Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!
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QUOTE
"You're gonna eat lightning and you're gonna crap thunder."
DID YOU KNOW?
Stallone refused to sell the script unless he could star in the film -- studios wanted Ryan O'Neal or James Caan.
THE VERDICT
Synthesized from published reviews
The film that defined a modern template -- the underdog, the training montage, the against-all-odds fight -- and executed it with such emotional sincerity that the template never felt like a formula. Sylvester Stallone wrote it and starred in it, and the commitment to Rocky Balboa as a person rather than a symbol gives the film a warmth that outlasted every sequel. The final fight is won on terms that have nothing to do with the scoreboard. A genuine American original.
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