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Rocky (DVD 1976 Best Picture) SPECIAL EDITION RARE CLASSIC Sylvester Stallone

Description: PROMOTION: Get 1 FREE (lower value) when buying any 3 items (No S/H). DVDs.,CDs., 45 rpm., LPs., Laserdiscs included. Send me a message and I will include it with your order. Rocky (DVD 1976 Best Picture) SPECIAL EDITION RARE CLASSIC Sylvester Stallone Written by SYLVESTER STALLONE NOTES: After producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff became interested in the script, they offered Sylvester Stallone an unprecedented $350,000 for the rights. He had $106 in the bank and no car, and was trying to sell his dog because he couldn't afford to feed him, but he refused to sell unless they agreed to allow him to star in the film. They agreed, on the condition that Stallone continue to work as a writer without a fee, and that he work as an actor for scale. After Winkler and Chartoff purchased the film, they took it to United Artists, who envisioned a budget of $2 million with an established star, particularly Robert Redford, Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds or James Caan. When Winkler and Chartoff told United Artists that they could only get the screenplay if Stallone starred, United Artists cut the budget to $1 million and had Chartoff and Winkler sign agreements that they would be personally liable if the film went over budget. The final cost was $1.1 million. Chartoff and Winkler mortgaged their houses for the last $100,000. SINOPSIS: Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only shot at the big time. Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but kind-hearted working class Italian-American boxer working in a meat warehouse and as a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of Philadelphia. Rocky starts out as a small-time club fighter, and later gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship. The film also stars Talia Shire as Adrian, Burt Young as Adrian's brother Paulie, Burgess Meredith as Rocky's trainer Mickey Goldmill, and Carl Weathers as the champion, Apollo Creed. The film, made on a budget of just over $1 million and shot in 28 days, was a sleeper hit; it earned $225 million in global box office receipts, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1976, and went on to win three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film received many positive reviews and turned Stallone into a major star. In 2006, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Rocky is considered to be one of the greatest sports films ever made and was ranked as the second-best in the genre, after Raging Bull, by the American Film Institute in 2008 DOLBY DIGITAL - Languages: English, French, Spanish - Subtitles: Spanish, French - Captioned - Widescreen, Dolby, Color - 1 Hr 59 mins. I ship same day (Mon-Fri) from Florida USA if paid before 1 PM Eastern Click here> Visit store for more bargains and unusual items and save $$$$$$$

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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

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Features: Commentary, Video Commentary by Sylvester Stallone

California Prop 65 Warning: n/a

Custom Bundle: No

Rating: PG

Format: DVD

Run Time: 1 hr 59 mins

Music Artist: Bill Conti

Producer: Irwin Winkler, Robeert Chartoff

Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)

Season: 1

Former Rental: No

Region: 1

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Edition: Special Edition

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Director: John G. Avildsen

Language: English, French, Spanish

Actor: Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone

Studio: MGM Home Entertainment

Release Year: 1976

Movie/TV Title: Rocky

Genre: Drama

Subtitle Language: French, Spanish

Sub-Genre: Boxing

Type: Movie

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