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Best Actor in a Leading Role. Sylvester Stallone. Sylvester Stallone becomes the third person to be nominated for both acting and writing in the same year, following Charles Chaplin for The Great Dictator (1940) and Orson Welles for Citizen Kane (1941). 1977 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Rocky: Nominated 1978 F.I.S.T. and Paradise Alley: Nominated 1979 Rocky II: Nominated 1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV: Won
YearCategoryNominated WorkResult2024Worst Supporting ActorWon2023Worst ActorNominated2020Worst Screenplay (shared with Matthew ...Nominated2020Worst Screen Combo (shared with "his ...NominatedBest Actor in a Leading Role. Rocky. Sylvester Stallone becomes the third person to be nominated for both acting and writing in the same year, following Charles Chaplin for The Great Dictator (1940) and Orson Welles for Citizen Kane (1941). 1977 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
- July 6, 1946
The Directors Guild of America awarded Rocky its annual award for best film of the year in 1976, and in 2006, Sylvester Stallone's original screenplay for Rocky was selected by the Writers Guild of America as the 78th best screenplay of all time.
- $225 million
- Bill Conti
- $960,000
Dec 3, 1976 · Although the latest efforts of Stallone have been pitiful, the movie that made his career is the 1977 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, `Rocky'. On top of that, `Rocky' also earned two more Academy Awards for Best Film-Editing and Best Director (John G. Avildsen).
- John G. Avildsen
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- 3 min
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.
Actor in a Leading Role - Sylvester Stallone Actor in a Supporting Role - Burgess Meredith, Burt Young Actress in a Leading Role - Talia Shire Music (Original Song) - Gonna Fly Now in "Rocky" Music by Bill Conti; Lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins
