TV Guide: Rocky

Video: Rocky - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:39:13 -0400

An unknown and untested boxer (Sylvester Stallone) from Philadelphia gets a chance at a high profile boxing match in Rocky (1976).

Video: 'Rocky Anthology' - Trailer No. 1

AOL Moviefone — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:59:04 -0400

The classic underdog film follows the rise of Philadelphia regular-guy boxer Rocky Balboa who, with the help of his trainer (Burgess Meredith), comes out of nowhere to beat the heavyweight champion of the world (Carl Weathers). The breakout film for star (and screenwriter) Sylvester Stallone and winner of Best Picture. -

Video: Rocky Trailer

TV Land — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:52:09 -0400

Opened: 01/04/2002

Video: Rocky

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:43:48 -0400

A small time boxer gets a once in a lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

Video: Rocky

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:47:37 -0400

A small time boxer gets a once in a lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

Video: Rocky

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:57:28 -0400

Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a Philadelphia boxer, is but one step removed from total bum-hood. A once-promising pugilist, Rocky is now taking nickel-and-dime bouts and running strongarm errands for local loan sharks to survive. Even his supportive trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), has given up on Rocky. All this changes thanks to Muhammad Ali-like super-boxer Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). With the Bicentennial celebration coming up, Creed must find a Cinderella opponent for the big July 4th bout -- some unknown whom Creed can glorify for a few minutes before knocking him cold. Rocky Balboa was not the only Cinderella involved here: writer/director Sylvester Stallone, himself a virtual unknown, managed to sell his Rocky script (one of 35 that he'd written over the years) on the proviso that he be given the starring role. Since the film was to be made on a shoestring and marketed on a low-level basis, the risk factor to United Artists was small. For Stallone, this was a make-or-break opportunity -- jus

Video: Rocky

iTunes — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:28:39 -0400

Rocky Balboa is a struggling Philadelphia boxer who is scorned by his gym's owner, patronized by a loan shark and rebuffed by a shy 'plain-Jane', whose butcher brother keeps engineering a romantic match. Rocky would have remained in this rut had not heavyweight champion Apollo Creed come up with the Bicentennial gimmick to give a chance for a 'nobody' to become a 'somebody'. The "Italian Stallion" trains earnestly and goes the distance...against all odds!