Rocky II
1979
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Academy Award Directing 1977 · Winner
Academy Award Best Picture 1977 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama 1977 · Winner
Academy Award Film Editing 1977 · Winner
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Actor 1978 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Film 1978 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Screenplay 1978 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Film Editing 1978 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Direction 1978 · Nominated
Academy Award Actor in a Supporting Role 1977 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 1977 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama 1977 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Original Score - Motion Picture 1977 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture 1977 · Nominated
Academy Award Actor in a Leading Role 1977 · Nominated
Academy Award Actress in a Leading Role 1977 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1977 · Nominated
Academy Award Sound 1977 · Nominated
Academy Award Writing (Screenplay Written Directly 1977 · Nominated
Academy Award Music (Original Song) 1977 · Nominated
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Rocky. Jump to. 22 wins & 23 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1977 Winner Oscar. Best Picture. Irwin Winkler. Robert Chartoff. 1977 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role.
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Rocky, American boxing film, released in 1976, that was the highest-grossing movie of that year, earning more than $117 million at the box office. It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won three, including best picture, and made its writer and lead actor, Sylvester Stallone, a star.
(Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.)
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Rocky opens on a club boxing match taking place in Philadelphia on November 25, 1975, where Rocky Balboa (Stallone) defeats his opponent and then returns to his dingy apartment. The next morning, he visits a pet shop and tries to sweet-talk the shy clerk, Adrian (Talia Shire), before heading to the docks to collect a debt from a dockworker who owes money to the loan shark, Tony Gazzo (Joe Spinell), for whom he works. At a boxing gym, Rocky learns that he has lost his locker to a fighter whom the gym manager, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), considers to be more promising. He then goes to a bar, where he talks with Adrian’s brother, Paulie (Burt Young), who invites Rocky to the home he shares with Adrian for Thanksgiving dinner.
(Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
•Studio: Chartoff-Winkler Productions
•Director: John G. Avildsen
•Writer: Sylvester Stallone
•Music: Bill Conti
•Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa)
•Talia Shire (Adrian)
•Burt Young (Paulie)
•Burgess Meredith (Mickey)
•Joe Spinell (Gazzo)
•Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed)
•Picture*
•Lead actor (Sylvester Stallone)
•Lead actress (Talia Shire)
•Supporting actor (Burgess Meredith)
•Supporting actor (Burt Young)
•Direction*
- Pat Bauer
The film received critical acclaim for Stallone's writing, as well as the film's performances, direction, musical score, cinematography and editing; among other accolades, it received ten Academy Award nominations and won three, including Best Picture.
Music (Original Song) - Gonna Fly Now in "Rocky" Music by Bill Conti; Lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins Sound - Harry Warren Tetrick, William McCaughey, Lyle Burbridge, Bud Alper Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen--based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced) - Sylvester Stallone
At the 49th Academy Awards, Rocky was nominated for ten Academy Awards. Sylvester Stallone was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay, with Talia Shire also being nominated for Best Actress, and both Burgess Meredith and Burt Young being nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Dec 3, 1976 · With Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers. A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
Nov 21, 2018 · The Awardist. Oscars. Oscar Flashback: Was Rocky really the Best Picture of 1976? By. Chris Nashawaty. and. Leah Greenblatt. Published on November 21, 2018 05:15PM EST. Photo: Everett Collection....
