Rocky (1976) is an iconic American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by Sylvester Stallone. The film follows the story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but kind-hearted debt collector from Philadelphia, who is given the chance to fight
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Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky film series and also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), a poor small-time club fighter and loanshark debt collector from Philadelphia, gets an unlikely once in a lifetime shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers).