Over at Today at NineMSN.com, they take a look at the all time Top Sporting Movies [“Rocky”, “Chariots of Fire”, “The Longest Yard”, “A League of Their Own” and “Jerry Maguire“]. Here’s what they had to say about “Rocky”:
Rocky is a 1976 film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G. Avildsen.
It’s a rags-to-riches story about Rocky Balboa pursuing his American dream – an uneducated but good-hearted debt collector, who is also a club fighter, gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship when the contender breaks his hand.
Rocky was made for only $1.1 million and it made over US$117.2 million, the highest grossing film of 1976 for US.
Who could forget the famous scene of Rocky running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art?
Academy Awards:
- Best Picture (Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler) (won)
- Best Director (John G. Avildsen) (won)
- Film Editing (Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad) (won)
- Best Original Screenplay (Sylvester Stallone)
- Best Actor (Sylvester Stallone)
- Best Actress (Talia Shire)
- Best Supporting Actor (Burt Young)
- Best Supporting Actor (Burgess Meredith)
- Best Music, Original Song (Bill Conti, Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins for “Gonna Fly Now”)
- Best Sound (Harry W. Tetrick, William L. McCaughey, Lyle J. Burbridge and Bud Alper)