Rocky | 
 enlarge | Actors: Bill Baldwin, Simmy Bow, Tony Burton, Deforest Covan, Thayer David
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  212 reviews
Sales Rank: 5676
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 120
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: M108739
UPC: 027616915139
EAN: 0027616915139
ASIN: B0006GAO5Y
Theatrical Release Date: 1976
Release Date: February 8, 2005
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The only remaining evidence that Sylvester Stallone might have had a respectable career, this 1976 Oscar winner (for Best Picture, Director, and Editing) is still the quintessential ode to an underdog and one of the best boxing movies ever made. After writing the script about a two-bit boxer who gets a "million-to-one shot" against the world heavyweight champion, Stallone insisted that he star in the title role, and his equally unknown status helped to catapult him (and this rousing film) to overnight success. The story is familiar, but it has been handled with such vitality and emotional honesty that you can't help but leap and cheer for Rocky Balboa, the chump turned champ (despite his valiant defeat in the ring) who stuns the boxing world with the support of his timid girlfriend, Adrian (Talia Shire), and grizzled trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith). Oscar nominations went to all the lead actors (including Burt Young as Adrian's hot-tempered brother), but four sequels could never top the universal appeal of this low-budget crowd pleaser. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
Nominated* for 10 Academy Awards and winner for Best Picture it's the film that inspired a nation! Audiences and critics alike cheered this American success story of an "everyman" triumphing over all odds. Featuring a dynamic musical score a thrilling fight sequence and four Oscar - nominated* performances this rousing crowd-pleaser will send spirits soaring. Fighting for love glory and self-respect Rocky scores an exultant knockout!Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) 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!*1976: Actor (Stallone) Actress (Talia Shire) Supporting Actor (Burgess Meredith Burt Young) Director (won) Original Screenplay Original Song Editing (won) SoundSystem Requirements: Running Time 120 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG UPC: 027616915139 Manufacturer No: M108739
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 This movie has heart. September 20, 2008
This movie has heart: it has the look and feel of inner-city or working class Philadelphia. The characters are rich in texture. As I watched the movie, I felt for all of them. They are the kind of people that I grew up with: uneducated, loud-mouthed, prone to emotional outbursts-but each has a secret tragedy underneath their blaring exterior. The acting is, in that regard, brilliant; from the lead players (Rocky and Adrian) to the supporting characters like Paulie, Mickey, even the antagonist Apollo Creed. The writing is not overdone; not too obvious. Compared to this poignant melodrama the other Rocky movies seem contrived and the characters in those other movies are more one-dimensional.
This movie also has a certain "tone"; not the blockbuster "Rocky saves the day" tone of the other Rocky movies. In this original Rocky, he is a man against himself. The tone is low-key, slower, and it is more about interesting characters than "Rocky vs. the Evil Clubber Lang" or "Rocky vs. the Evil Russian". In the original Rocky, he is not a superstar, but rather a talented amateur with the heart to go the distance of someone truly out of his league.
There is also powerful message here; concerning the love Rocky and his girlfriend Adrian have for each other.
 Great film, bad cover September 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's happening again. I'm watching movies in completely the wrong order. I watched Back To The Future in the wrong order (three, two and then one!), and now I'm watching the Rocky movies in the wrong order. The first one I saw was Rocky Balboa, and then the one with Dolph Lundgren. And now I've seen the first one.
In my current workplace, we have these talking keychains, tacky stuff that insist on charging a fortune for, and they feature lines from popular films. We've had Dirty Dancing, Scarface, Star Wars, Rocky and a couple of others. Customers press the buttons (constantly), but the one I seem to constantly hear is "Yo Adrian! It's me, Rocky!" So I smiled whenever I heard one of the six lines that features on the keychain.
The story's pretty simplistic, but effective, so I won't repeat what millions of other reviewers have said before me. What was astonishing is that it was written by Mr Stallone himself. That I was surprised at. Congratulations to him, he's made a good franchise out of it (except for part five apparently - I originally thought Rocky Balboa was part five!)
I really didn't like the cover to this blu ray edition. Yes, we know that Rocky is a movie about boxing, but do we really need to see a bruised and bloodied Stallone on the cover? I said that as soon as I saw the cover, I just don't like it.
Apart from all the boxing scenes, there's a genuine love story going on too. I went all gooey when I saw the scenes between Stallone and Talia Shire, who played the afore mentioned Adrian. The scenes where Rocky is trying to get the shy girl to talk to him and trying to impress her, was excellent, and made me really go all soft and gooey inside. And the gradual change in Adrian's character was brilliant too. But she literally does not talk much throughout the movie.
Stallone was really good in this. His body is not as pumped up as it is in later movies (obviously before he really got into the whole body building scene), and it looks a lot more natural. More preferable in my opinion. He's still hubba hubba. And the sad puppydog eyes are still there. I always feel shockingly maternal when I watch Stallone movies - I just want to protect him.
The blu ray looks fantastic, it's still grainy which gives the film a certain edge, and obviously there's so much that can be done in high definition to a film that's meant to look grainy. Who wants clean and shiny movies all the time? The boxing scenes (choreographed by Stallone himself) are frighteningly realistic, bloody and will make the viewer wince at every hit. The fight scene was filmed in reverse order apparently, starting with the fifteenth round, and lots of makeup, and gradually moving the makeup with each scene until it was back to round one. Rocky actually won an Oscar for film editing because of this.
The Rocky movies are always brilliant to watch, and I do really like watching them. Maybe it's something about Sylvester, because the whole boxing thing really does scare me. Yes, lets beat each other to a bloody pulp for money. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. No thanks. But I'll still watch the movies.
Rocky August 23, 2008
Good picture. How can you make Rocky bad? Probably should have waited for the box set, but good movie.
ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME May 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rocky has got to be my favorite movie of all time. A true inspirational story and a very well written screen play by Sylvester Stallone. Totally recommended.
 Are you kidding me???? April 23, 2008
0 out of 14 found this review helpful
I bought this because of the fact that the DVD cover said " Nominated for 10 acadamy awards!" This movie is aweful! 1 star is giving it too much credit. I love Sly Stallone but his acting was too painful to watch. I went to bed after suffering through the first hour. My wife informed me that it didn't get any better. If this movie were to be released in this day and age, it wouldn't have a chance!
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