{"id":9060,"date":"2001-02-23T17:46:22","date_gmt":"2001-02-23T21:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=9060"},"modified":"2017-11-25T17:51:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T21:51:21","slug":"rocky-one-of-the-best-of-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2001\/02\/23\/rocky-one-of-the-best-of-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"“Rocky” One of the ‘Best of the Best’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The February 23, 2001 issue of Entertainment Weekly<\/b> has an article titled “The Best of the Best”<\/i> in which EW<\/b> ranks the 72 Best Picture Oscar winners. Here’s what they had to say about Rocky<\/b>:<\/p>\n

43 ROCKY 1976<\/span><\/p>\n

Directed by JOHN G. ALVIDSEN<\/b> Starring SYLVESTER STALLONE<\/b>, TALIA SHIRE<\/b> Nominations 9 Wins 3 Stiffest Competition Taxi Driver<\/b>, Network<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

A likable triumph-of-the-underdog tale, but why this boxing fable and not SCORSESE<\/b>‘s Raging Bull<\/b> four years later?<\/p>\n

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Let me begin by pointing out a small error… did you catch it? The listing says that “Rocky”<\/b> was nominated for 9 Oscars but the right number is 10! I’ve already e-mailed them about the error – so let’s talk about the article…<\/p>\n

Articles like these are written to encourage discussion about the subjective rankings of personal favorites. So let me say that, personally, I feel that “Rocky”<\/b> should be in the Top 10 and without a doubt the Top 20 — I am happy to see that the editors of the piece ranked “Rocky”<\/b> higher than many past winners [even if they didn’t “get it exactly right.”].<\/p>\n

– Craig Zablo<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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