Rocky (series)
| Rocky | |
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Rocky Anthology DVD set containing the first five films
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| Directed by |
John G. Avildsen (Rocky & Rocky V) Sylvester Stallone (Rocky II–IV & Rocky Balboa) Ryan Coogler (Creed) |
| Produced by |
Robert Chartoff Irwin Winkler |
| Written by | Sylvester Stallone (Rocky–Rocky Balboa) Ryan Coogler Aaron Covington (Creed) |
| Starring |
Sylvester Stallone Talia Shire Burt Young Burgess Meredith Carl Weathers Tony Burton Michael B. Jordan |
| Music by |
Bill Conti (Rocky I–III & V–Balboa) Vince DiCola (Rocky IV) Ludwig Göransson (Creed) |
| Cinematography | James Crabe (Rocky) Bill Butler (Rocky II–IV) Steven B. Poster (Rocky V) J. Clark Mathis (Rocky Balboa) Maryse Alberti (Creed) |
| Edited by |
Richard Halsey (Rocky) Scott Conrad (Rocky) Stanford C. Allen (Rocky II) Janice Hampton (Rocky II) Don Zimmerman (Rocky III–IV) Mark Warner (Rocky III) John W. Wheeler (Rocky IV) John G. Avildsen (Rocky V) Robert A. Ferretti (Rocky V) Michael N. Knue (Rocky V) Sean Albertson (Rocky Balboa) Claudia Castello (Creed) Michael P. Shawver (Creed) |
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Production
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United Artists
(Rocky I–V) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Rocky Balboa & Creed) Columbia Pictures Revolution Studios (Rocky Balboa) Warner Bros. New Line Cinema (Creed) |
| Distributed by |
United Artists United International Pictures (Rocky I–V) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Rocky Balboa & Creed) Columbia Pictures (Rocky Balboa) Warner Bros. (Creed) |
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Release date
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1976–present |
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Running time
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639 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $154.08 million |
| Box office | $1.407 billion |
Rocky is a series of boxing films based on the eponymous, fictional character Rocky Balboa, played in each film by Sylvester Stallone. The films by order of release date are: Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), Rocky V (1990), Rocky Balboa (2006) and Creed (2015). The film series has grossed more than US$1 billion at the worldwide box office.
All of the films were written by Stallone except for Creed, which was written by Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington. The original film and the fifth installment were directed by John G. Avildsen, Creed was directed by Coogler, and Stallone directed the others.
Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is a small-time boxer who seems to be going nowhere in life, as he works day-in and day-out as a collector for a loan shark and fights in sleazy clubs for low-paid reward, to which Rocky is mocked and told that he's nothing but a 'bum,' especially by gym trainer Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith). At the same time, Rocky successfully courts Adrian Pennino (Talia Shire), a painfully shy woman with an alcoholic brother, Paulie (Burt Young). But when heavyweight champion of the world Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) chooses Rocky at random as his opponent in a title fight, Rocky realizes he now has the chance to prove he is not worthless. With Adrian's support and Mickey becoming his trainer and manager, Rocky fights for his self-respect.
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