His whole life was a million-to-one shot.
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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Character
Earnest, classical in form, resolved and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Sylvester StalloneRobert 'Rocky' Balboa
- Talia ShireAdrianna 'Adrian' Pennino
- Burt YoungPaulie Pennino
- Carl WeathersApollo Creed
- Burgess MeredithMickey Goldmill
- Thayer DavidGeorge 'Miles' Jergens
- Joe SpinellTony Gazzo
- Jimmy GambinaMike
- Bill BaldwinFight Announcer
- Al SilvaniCut Man
Crew
- John G. AvildsenDirector
- Sylvester StalloneWriter
- James CrabeDirector of Photography
- Bill ContiOriginal Music Composer
- Scott ConradEditor
- Richard HalseyEditor
- Robert ChartoffProducer
- Irwin WinklerProducer
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Pairings
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House of Guinness 202571% alikeSeries · Both earnest, classical in form, grave.
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