Rocky

+ intro by season curator Dr Clive Chijioke Nwonka

This Oscar-winning drama finds a journeyman boxer from Philadelphia with a surprise shot at the heavyweight world championship.

  • Director

    John G. Avildsen

  • With

    Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young

  • USA 1976. 121min

  • Digital 4K

  • Certificate

    12A

Rocky Balboa is a small-time Philly boxer-turned-mob henchman whose life is heading nowhere when he is offered a surprise once-on a-lifetime chance to fight Apollo Creed, the world heavyweight champion. A million-to-one shot, the fight inspires Rocky to seize the day, both in the ring and in his life. As much a film about the pursuit of love and happiness as it is the glory of the sport, 50 years on from its original release Rocky remains one of the definitive films of the genre.

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