InRocky, budgetary constraints prohibited hiring the number of extras needed to fill the stadium for the final fight scene. Clever photography and stock footage gave the impression it was a packed house. Oh how far we’ve come! The fight scenes between Tommy Gunn and Union Cane were shot at...
Rocky III: Directed by Sylvester Stallone. With Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers. Rocky faces the ultimate challenge from a powerful new contender, and must turn to a former rival to help regain his throne as the undisputed figh
For a film of this age, things are remarkably sharp here from facial details to individual beats of sweat in the fight scene. You gotta love it! But on the flip side, there are moments of softness here too. Depth: Obviously the three-dimensional pop is hard to achieve on a picture of...
Rocky striving to go the distance in the training scene, the final fight, and the closing moments of the film are so emotional and inspiring that they perfectly demonstrate the human spirit and can bring out the will to win in anybody. Add to this an excellent music score and you have a...
absolute low point for Rocky. The brawl has no build-up, with it being a spur-of-the-moment street fight, and it has absolutely no stakes. Rocky's involvement in the fight is entirely out of character, with him afterward assaulting a boxing promoter, making the entire scene even more ...
Can you imagine this final scene without the preceding bedside speech? Believe it or not, the “go the distance” speech was almost scrapped amidst the intense shooting schedule of 28 days and a mere $1 million budget.(E)When Avildsen decided to go ahead and shoot it, Stallone’s perform...
1.Rocky convincing Mickey to train him one more time for the first Clubber fight.Come on, Mick. One more.I loved that scene. 2.The final training sequence, when Rocky finally regains the "Eye of the Tiger." 3.Clubber saying to Rocky before the second fight, "I'm gonna bust you up...
change then everybody can change" . Other famous lines : "If he dies, he dies" , "Hit the one in the middle" , "I will break you". The "hit the one in the middle" exchange, actually did happen in real life fight during the Max Baer-Max Schmeling heavyweight fight in June 1933...
she suffers another stroke and passes away. The scene is heartbreaking, but she and Adonis shared a strong relationship. Though there were some tense moments, including one inCreed IIIwhere Adonis learns his mother hid from his letters from Damien, the two always loved and appreciated each othe...
During the scene in which Rocky takes Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino skating on Thanksgiving, he tells her, "Yeah – My ol' man who was never the sharpest told me – I weren't born with much brain so I better use my body." This encouraged him to take up boxing. He trained very hard ...