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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   38,526 votes
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Director:
Sylvester Stallone
Writer:
Sylvester Stallone (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 November 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Sport more
Tagline:
He's facing the ultimate challenge. And fighting for his life. [UK] more
Plot:
When Apollo Creed is killed in a match against a powerful Soviet boxer, Rocky decides to challenge him himself. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
7 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(43 articles)
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User Comments:
Forget the politics and this is one of the most entertaining films ever made more (258 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Sylvester Stallone ... Rocky Balboa

Talia Shire ... Adrian

Burt Young ... Paulie
Carl Weathers ... Apollo Creed

Brigitte Nielsen ... Ludmilla Vobet Drago
Tony Burton ... Duke
Michael Pataki ... Nicoli Koloff

Dolph Lundgren ... Captain Ivan Drago
Stu Nahan ... Commentator #1

R.J. Adams ... Sports Announcer

Al Bandiero ... American Commentator #2
Dominic Barto ... Russian Government Official
Danial Brown ... Rocky Jr.'s Friend

James Brown ... The Godfather of Soul
Rose Mary Campos ... Maid

Jack Carpenter ... KGB Driver

Mark De Alessandro ... Russian Cornerman
Marty Denkin ... Russian Referee
Lou Fillipo ... Las Vegas Referee (as Lou Filippo)
James 'Cannonball' Green ... Manuel Vega
Dean Hammond ... Interviewer
Rocky Krakoff ... Rocky Jr.
Sergei Levin ... Russian Ring Announcer
Tony Maffatone ... KGB Agent
Sylvia Meals ... Mrs. Creed
Dwayne McGee ... Limo Driver
LeRoy Neiman ... Ring Announcer
George Pipasik ... Caretaker
George Rogan ... Igor Rimsky
Barry Tompkins ... American Commentator #1
Warner Wolf ... Commentator #2 in Las Vegas
Robert Doornick ... Sico the Robot (voice)
Richard Blum ... Reporter

Gerald Berns ... Reporter
Ray Glanzmann ... Reporter
Julie Inouye ... Reporter
Patrick Pankhurst ... Reporter
Jean Thoreau ... Reporter
Jim Bullock ... Reporter
Frank D'Annibale ... Reporter
Rose Dursey ... Reporter

Richard Kelley ... Reporter (as Rick Kelley)
Craig Schaefer ... Reporter

Jeff Austin ... Reporter
Leslie Morris ... Reporter
Bob Giovane ... Reporter
Julio Herzer ... Reporter
George Spaventa ... Reporter
Rolf Williams ... Reporter
Jim Hodge ... Reporter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Lloyd Austin ... Soviet Leader (uncredited)

Gabriel Campisi ... Extra (uncredited)

Douglas Kidd ... Russian Reveller (uncredited)
Bobby Mardis ... Reporter (uncredited)
Garth Shaw ... Betacam Operator (uncredited)
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Directed by
Sylvester Stallone 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Sylvester Stallone  written by

Produced by
James D. Brubaker .... executive producer
Robert Chartoff .... producer
Arthur Chobanian .... executive producer
Irwin Winkler .... producer
 
Original Music by
Vince DiCola 
 
Cinematography by
Bill Butler 
 
Film Editing by
John W. Wheeler 
Don Zimmerman 
 
Production Design by
Bill Kenney 
 
Art Direction by
William Ladd Skinner 
 
Costume Design by
Tom Bronson 
 
Makeup Department
Stephen Abrums .... makeup artist
Donna Bis .... hair department head
Leonard Engelman .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
JoAnn May-Pavey .... unit production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Duncan Henderson .... assistant director
Janet G. Knutsen .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Gary Clark .... head paint foreman
Stan Cockerell .... assistant property master
David Fischer .... art director: Canada
Rick Gentz .... set designer
Bill Iiams .... general foreman
Fred Lucky .... storyboard illustrator
William S. Maxwell III .... lead man
Wayne McLaughlin .... property master: Canada
 
Sound Department
Steve Bartlett .... sound
David Behle .... sound recordist
Marty Church .... adr mixer
David B. Cohn .... sound editor
Ken Dufva .... foley artist
Andrew Patterson .... supervising adr editor
Donald C. Rogers .... sound (as Don Rogers)
Charles M. Wilborn .... sound mixer
 
Special Effects by
Michael Clifford .... special effects assistant
Howard Jensen .... special effects
 
Visual Effects by
Ron Lambert .... optical color timer
 
Stunts
Mark De Alessandro .... stunt coordinator
Gene LeBell .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Colin J. Campbell .... gaffer
John J. Connor .... camera operator
Roberto W. Contreras D. .... assistant camera: Canada
Roberto Contreras .... second assistant camera: Canada
Dave Friedman .... still photographer
Joseph Lederer .... still photographer (as Joe Lederer)
Paul Murphey .... video assist operator
Peter F. Woeste .... assistant camera
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Haleen K. Holt .... costume illustrator
 
Editorial Department
Tim Board .... additional editor
Gregory M. Gerlich .... assistant editor
James R. Symons .... montage editor
 
Music Department
Vince DiCola .... score produced and arranged by
Ed Fruge .... score produced and arranged by
Jeremy Lubbock .... conductor
Jeremy Lubbock .... orchestrations arranged by
Terry 'Doc' Mahady .... additional orchestrations
Mark Torien .... musician
Casey Young .... musical sound designer
James D. Young .... music editor (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Howard Blank .... production assistant
Mady Manson Burza .... first assistant accountant (as Madalyn Burza)
William Chartoff .... assistant location manager
Wayne Fitzgerald .... title designer
Michael Kehoe .... production assistant
Susan Persily .... assistant: Sylvester Stallone
Michael Roberts .... location auditor
Ken Weikel .... production accountant
Gabriel Campisi .... production assistant (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Jane Oliver .... dedicatee
 

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Additional Details

Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Russian
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:12 | Brazil:14 | Mexico:A | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1988) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1986) | France:U | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:16
Filming Locations:
Grand Teton National Park, Moose, Wyoming, USA more
Company:
Chartoff-Winkler Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This is the only Rocky film where the music is not composed by Bill Conti. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the final fight, several shots show a wall perhaps ten rows away from the ring, revealing how small the room was that the fight was shot in. more
Quotes:
Rocky: [to Rocky Jr] Yo, can you turn your robot down, please? more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Family Guy: Brian Goes Back to College (#4.15)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Eye of the Tiger more

FAQ

What does Drago say to Rocky prior to the beginning of the 15th round?
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User Comments

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85 out of 104 people found the following comment useful.
Forget the politics and this is one of the most entertaining films ever made, 22 September 1999
Author: Dan Grant (dan.grant@bell.ca) from Toronto, Ontario

In 1976, a phenom was born. By now we are all aware of the story of how Stallone wrote the screenplay for Rocky in three days after watching a fight between an extreme underdog and a highly favoured champ. Stallone was a nobody back then yet he still stood his ground and didn't sell out to the producers until they promised him the title role. The rest they say is history. Well 9 years later, after three Rocky films, in my opinion comes the best one. I realize that Rocky was all story and then a climatic boxing match and that is what won the film the Oscar. And even though I can admit that this film is not as concerned with character developement as it is with training montages and bulging muscles, it is by far and away the most entertaining film of the 5. And that is what I enjoy about the film. I love that Rocky IV has some of the best training montages ever filmed. I love that it has the heart of a lion when it shows Rocky scaling a mountain that you know damn well he shouldn't be able to. And I absolutely love the boxing match at the end of the film. This was completely choreographed by Stallone and he and Dolph Lundgren boxed for real for about 75% of the match. Stallone felt that it needed some authenticity so that was the way to do it. And if you think Robert De Niro is an impressive method actor, try this fact on for size. When filming the boxing match, some of the scenes were so real that Stallone was rushed to hospital because his heart was actually pushed up and his ribcage was slightly shattered. So when you watch that match at the end, just know that what you are seeing is not exactly choreography and trick camera work. They did the best job they could to keep the look of the fight as real as possible. And I think this is the best boxing match ever filmed, with all due respect to Raging Bull.

Stallone was in the shape of his life in this year as he filmed Rocky and Rambo back to back and it shows. I have never seen a more sculpted man in the movies than he was here. And I think that added to his superman persona. If you notice in all the Rocky films, he grows a little each time. And that also adds to the enjoyment of the film.

Rocky IV is different than Rocky, there is no doubt. And as much as I love the first one, it doesn't come close to entertaining me as much as this one does. Rocky IV starts fast and it ends hard and in between we are blessed with a great soundtrack and a beautiful montage of all the Rocky films to Robert Tepper's "There's No Easy Way Out" And it is here that even though some will say that Stallone has substituted real human emotion with an MTV ersatz video, I think it works well. There is nothing about this film that I didn't enjoy and if you forget what the experience of watching this one is like, I suggest that you rent it now and take a look at it. And try to remember what it was like when you first saw this film back in the winter of 85. I remember I was in Kokomo Indiana visiting family for Christmas. My mom and I walked into a packed theater and you want to talk about a place erupting like a volcano, then this was the place. When Rocky finally hits Drago to cut him over the eye and Duke yells " he's cut, he's cut! " the crowd went into a frenzy. And you can look no further than that as to why the Rocky films were so popular. It doesn't matter if you are Canadian, American, Portuguese, Polish or Dutch or whatever, Rocky appeals to all of us. Because all of us have been the underdog at some time in our lives and we love to watch him and perhaps live vicariously through him. That is the beauty of Rocky. If Rocky can do it then dammit so can I!

When the movie ended on that cold night back in 1985, and people were filtering out to their cars for the drive home, I swear I could hear the crowd chanting his name, as did the millions..... and millions of the Rock's fans.

" Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!"

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