Rocky

1976
6
2 Std.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

8,1/10

652.649

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

1.004

182

Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire in Rocky (1976)

A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

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Rocky Balbao, ein kleines Licht am Boxerhimmel, erhält plötzlich die einmalige Chance, gegen den Schwergewichtsweltmeister, Apollo Creed, in den Ring zu treten, wo er schließlich versucht, s... Alles lesenRocky Balbao, ein kleines Licht am Boxerhimmel, erhält plötzlich die einmalige Chance, gegen den Schwergewichtsweltmeister, Apollo Creed, in den Ring zu treten, wo er schließlich versucht, seine Selbstachtung zu bewahren und über die volle Distanz zu gehen.Rocky Balbao, ein kleines Licht am Boxerhimmel, erhält plötzlich die einmalige Chance, gegen den Schwergewichtsweltmeister, Apollo Creed, in den Ring zu treten, wo er schließlich versucht, seine Selbstachtung zu bewahren und über die volle Distanz zu gehen.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

8,1/10

652.649

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

1.004

182

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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After producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff became interested in the script, they offered Sylvester Stallone an unprecedented $350,000 for the rights. He had $106 in the bank and no car, and was trying to sell his dog because he couldn't afford to feed him, but he refused to sell unless they agreed to allow him to star in the film. They agreed, on the condition that Stallone continue to work as a writer without a fee, and that he work as an actor for scale. After Winkler and Chartoff purchased the film, they took it to United Artists, who envisioned a budget of $2 million with an established star, particularly Robert Redford, Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Nick Nolte or James Caan. When Winkler and Chartoff told United Artists that they could only get the screenplay if Stallone starred, United Artists cut the budget to $1 million and had Chartoff and Winkler sign agreements that they would be personally liable if the film went over budget. The final cost was $1.1 million. Chartoff and Winkler mortgaged their houses for the last $100,000.

Patzer
During the big fight, the arena is clearly empty at times. This is because only 50 extras could be afforded for the scenes, and despite cinematographer James Crabe's best efforts to hide this fact, occasionally, if one looks hard enough, one can see most of the arena is empty.

Zitate
Rocky: I can't do it.
Adrian: What?
Rocky: I can't beat him.
Adrian: Apollo?
Rocky: Yeah. I been out there walkin' around, thinkin'. I mean, who am I kiddin'? I ain't even in the guy's league.
Adrian: What are we gonna do?
Rocky: I don't know.
Adrian: You worked so hard.
Rocky: Yeah, that don't matter. 'Cause I was nobody before.
Adrian: Don't say that.
Rocky: Ah come on, Adrian, it's true. I was nobody. But that don't matter either, you know? 'Cause I was thinkin', it really don't matter if I lose this fight. It really don't matter if this guy opens my head, either. 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood.

Crazy Credits
Butkus the dog is credited as "Butkus Stallone".

Alternative Versionen
In the DVD, the Dolby Digital & DTS 5.1 tracks omit a short musical cue of Rocky's theme when the bell rings at the end of the 15th round, which is present in the original mono soundtrack.

Verbindungen
Edited into Rocky II (1979)

Soundtracks
Take Me Back
Music & Lyrics by Frank Stallone
Performed by Valentine
[Sung by the the young men on the street corner]

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Ausgewählte Rezension

9/10

Rocky through the ages

For this review, I'd like to go through all the Rocky movies (including the most recent Creed) and talk about their good points and their bad points.

Rocky - The first one is obviously a classic and the best out of the series and made people like Sylvester Stallone a superstar. It takes a simple but touching story of the underdog boxer and rise to have a chance to be a champion.

Rocky II - I felt was kind of the same story and was a little cheesy but it still carried the spirit of the original.

Rocky III - Like the second one, was cheesy but it was entertaining. But I like how Rocky was doing more boxing and had more drama and Mr. T was a good villain even though he talked too much. Also it featured a great song, "Eye of the Tiger".

Rocky IV - Again like the two other sequels, cheesy but still entertaining and it had another great song "No Easy Way Out".

Rocky V - I know this one disappointed a lot of fans but I thought it was okay but I can understand why people didn't like it but I don't think it deserves to be hated.

Rocky Balboa - Was redeeming and I like how it has a lot of references to the first Rocky.

Creed - Finally, this one was another great comeback for Stallone as Rocky and gave Michael B. Jordan his big break as well.

But you can't beat the original because it's the first and a classic, like I said before. But I'm still looking forward to the sequel to Creed next year.

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