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Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but kind-hearted debt collector for a loan shark in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rocky starts out as a club fighter who later gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship. It also stars Talia Shire as Adrian, Burt Young as Adrian's brother Paulie, Burgess Meredith as Rocky's trainer Mickey Goldmill, and Carl Weathers as the champion, Apollo Creed.
The film, made on a budget of less than $1 million and shot in 28 days, was a sleeper hit; it made over $225 million the highest grossing film of 1976, and won three Oscars, including Best Picture. The film received many positive reviews and turned Stallone into a major star. It spawned five sequels: Rocky II, III, IV, V and Rocky Balboa.
On November 25, 1975, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is introduced as a small-time boxer and collector for Anthony Gazzo (Joe Spinell), a loan shark, living in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. The World Heavyweight Championship bout is scheduled for New Year's Day 1976, the year of the United States Bicentennial. When the opponent of undefeated heavyweight champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) is injured, Creed comes up with the idea of giving a local underdog a shot at the title and, because he likes Rocky's nickname, "The Italian Stallion", he selects the relatively unknown fighter. He puts it in lights by proclaiming "Apollo Creed meets 'The Italian Stallion'". The fight promoter says the decision is "very American", but Creed adds it is also "very smart".
Actors: Beat Schlatter (actor), Philippe Reinhardt (actor), Patrick Frey (actor), Jörg Reichlin (actor), Peter Hottinger (actor), Alexander Albrecht (actor), Viola von Scarpatetti (actor), Alex E. Kleinberger (producer), Mathis Künzler (actor), Peter Niklaus Steiner (actor), Alex E. Kleinberger (actor), Alex E. Kleinberger (director), Chris Santiago (producer), Rolf Strub (actor), Martin Ostermeier (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Claire Viroulaud (miscellaneous crew), Cliff Curtis (producer), Craig Hall (actor), Taika Waititi (director), Taika Waititi (writer), Taika Waititi (actor), Chris Plummer (editor), Chris Plummer (actor), Merata Mita (producer), Veronique Lawrence (miscellaneous crew), Emanuel Michael (producer), Harry Harrison (miscellaneous crew), Cohen Holloway (actor), Caroline Girdlestone (miscellaneous crew), Marc Tyron (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king-even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy's father, Alamein, appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version-an incompetent hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years before. This is where the goat enters.
Keywords: 11-year-old, 1980s, absent-father, brother-brother-relationship, child's-point-of-view, children, classroom, family-relationships, farm, father-son-relationshipActors: Hrishitaa Bhatt (actress), Daboo Malik (composer), Devang Dholakia (director), Devang Dholakia (producer), Deepak Naidu (editor), Ryan Semelha (producer), Anuj Sahani (actor), Sameer Aftab (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Vishwajeet Pradhan (actor), Tej Sapru (actor), T.L.V. Prasad (director), T.L.V. Prasad (writer), Pankaj Berry (actor), Payal Rohatgi (actress), Camila Bordonaba (actress), Mridula Baruah (actress), Farid Amiri (actor), Hu Xin (actress), Arun Daga (composer),
Genres: Romance,Actors: Richard Riehle (actor), Steve Schirripa (actor), Don Rickles (actor), Joe Pesci (actor), Alan King (actor), Bob Pepper (actor), Robert De Niro (actor), Kevin Pollak (actor), Carl Ciarfalio (actor), Paul Herman (actor), Steve Allen (actor), Frankie Avalon (actor), L.Q. Jones (actor), Vinny Vella (actor), Dick Smothers (actor),
Plot: This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas--it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970's and '80's are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw--Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence.
Keywords: 1970s, 1980s, abusive-mother, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, adultery, alcohol-abuse, anti-semitic-slur, ballpoint-pen, baseball-bat, based-on-bookActors: Frank Welker (actor), Frank Welker (actor), Henry Corden (actor), Brad Garrett (actor), Frank Welker (actor), Charles Adler (actor), John Stephenson (actor), Michael Bell (actor), Don Messick (actor), Don Messick (actor), Don Messick (actor), Mark Hamill (actor), Howard Morris (actor), Ronnie Schell (actor), Ruth Buzzi (actress),
Plot: Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, now married, soon become blessed: Pebbles is pregnant, so the Flintstones and the Rubbles go to Hollyrock and stay with them. Fred's rented a new RV for the occasion. Wilma, Betty and Fred fuss over poor pregnant Pebbles, and won't give her a moment's peace. The excitement of being grandparents is strong, also along is old lady Pearl Slaghoople, Wilma's mom and the new Great Grandmother to Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm's kids.
Keywords: 1,000,000-b.c., alternate-history, anachronism, baby, caveman, dinosaur-as-dog, extended-family, frustrated-mother-to-be, grandparent, husband-wife-relationshipActors: Patti Rhodes-Lincoln (director), Leslie Winston (actress), Patti Rhodes-Lincoln (writer), Buck Adams (actor), Billy Dee (actor), John Holmes (actor), Kimberly Carson (actress), Melissa Melendez (actress), Summer Rose (actress), Tess Ferre (actress), Bill Amerson (producer), Sean 'Duke' Amerson (actor),
Genres: Adult,Actors: Raimondo Crociani (editor), Manuel De Sica (composer), Carlo Vanzina (director), Edwige Fenech (actress), Vittorio Cecchi Gori (producer), Enrico Vanzina (writer), Mario Cecchi Gori (producer), Claudio Amendola (actor), Jimmy il Fenomeno (actor), Gianmarco Tognazzi (actor), Jerry Calà (actor), Christian De Sica (actor), Carlo Vanzina (writer), Enrico Lucherini (miscellaneous crew), Maurizio Pastrovich (producer),
Plot: A group of students from the San Crispino school for boys take a holiday in the United States, traveling from New York trough Utah all the way to Los Angeles. Young Father Don Buro (Christian De Sica) has great difficulty controlling the youngsters, especially with trouble making ex-student Peo (Jerry Calà) along for the trip, and finds himself distracted by the attractive single mother of one of the boys (Edwige Fenech).
Keywords: christmas, cinepanettone, italian-abroad, mother