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Rocky II (1979)

Actors: Rutanya Alda (actress), Fran Ryan (actress), Sylvester Stallone (actor), Burgess Meredith (actor), Carl Weathers (actor), Burt Young (actor), Frank Stallone (actor), Frank McRae (actor), Bill Baldwin (actor), Tony Burton (actor), Joe Spinell (actor), Grainger Hines (actor), Brent Musburger (actor), Robert Chartoff (producer), Talia Shire (actress),

Plot: Rocky Balboa is a little-known boxer who was given a shot at the heavyweight champ, Apollo Creed. Having done much better than anyone expected, Creed demands a rematch, embarrassed by his inability to dominate the "amateur" Balboa.

Keywords: 1970s, action-hero, african-american, against-the-odds, baby-born, bare-chested-male, beating, birth, birth-of-son, black-american
Genres: Drama, Sport,
Taglines: Rocky shows he's a champ...and wins! This time he's fighting not for glory, not for money, but for love...Once again, the Italian Stallion proves he's got what it takes. Once he fought for a dream. Now he's fighting for love! He was one punch away from the heavyweight championship of the world. Now he's one heartbeat away from losing the woman he loves. There is one fight left. He must win it with his hands...she must win it with her heart. They've come a long way together...a boxer and a dreamer. But there is still one fight left. The Rematch Of The Century The story continues... The Italian Stallion is back!

Quotes:

Interviewer: Do you have a criminal record?::Rocky Balboa: Nothin' worth braggin' about.

Rocky Balboa: It's Apollo.::Mickey: Who were you expecting?::Rocky Balboa: I was hoping he wouldn't show

Gazo: How's about investing in condominiums? It's safe.::Rocky Balboa: Condominiums?::Gazo: Yeah, condominiums.::Rocky Balboa: I never use 'em.

[to Apollo, about a rematch with Rocky]::Duke: He's all wrong for us, baby. I saw you beat that man like I never saw no man get beat before, and the man kept coming after you. Now we don't need no man like that in our lives.

[Mickey has Rocky chase after a chicken as part of his training]::Rocky Balboa: I feel like a Kentucky Fried idiot.

[During Rocky's retraining]::Mickey: You're gonna eat lightnin'; you're gonna crap thunder.

Rocky Balboa: I just got one thing to say... to my wife at home: Yo, Adrian! I DID IT!

[Rocky, completely tired, exhausted, and in tears of happiness, makes a victory speech to the whole world]::Rocky Balboa: Excuse me. I can't believe this has happened. I can't. And I just wanna say thanks to Apollo for fighting me. Apollo. I wanna thank Mickey, for training me.::Fan from the Arena: We love ya, Rock!::Rocky Balboa: Yea, I love yous too. I just also wanna thank God. Except for my kid bein' born, this is the greatest night in the history of my life. I just wanna say one thing to my wife who's home: YO, ADRIAN! I DID IT!::Adrian: [crying in happiness] I love you. I love you.

[an exhausted Rocky lands a knockout punch at Apollo but sends them both falling onto the ring]::Adrian: [shocked] Oh!::Referee: One! Two!::Bill Baldwin: If he gets up, Creed will regain the title! If neither of them gets up, it's a draw and Creed will win the title automatically! The count...::Referee: Four...::Duke: [calling to Apollo] Get up, my Man!::Mickey: GET ON YOUR FEET!::Adrian: [whispers] Get up.::Referee: [Pandemonium in the stadium grows] Six! Seven!::Paulie: [Screams] Get up!::Referee: Eight!::Mary Anne Creed: GET UP!::Referee: Nine...::[Finally admitting that Rocky deserves the championship, Apollo collapses; Mary Anne moans]::Referee: [Rocky at the last second stands up] TEN! YOU'RE OUT!::[Paulie and Adrian screams in happiness; Mickey yells]::Bill Baldwin: He made it at the last second! Rocky Balboa has shocked the world! He is the new heavyweight champion of the world!

Mickey: This guy don't just want to win, you know. He wants to bury you, he wants to humiliate you, he wants to prove to the whole world that you was nothing but some kind of a... a freak the first time out.

Rocky (1976)

Actors: Burt Young (actor), Sylvester Stallone (actor), Carl Weathers (actor), Arthur Tovey (actor), Tony Burton (actor), Frank Stallone (actor), Joe Spinell (actor), Michael Dorn (actor), Bill Baldwin (actor), Burgess Meredith (actor), Frank Pesce (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), George O'Hanlon (actor), Robert Chartoff (producer), Talia Shire (actress),

Plot: Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only shot at the big time.

Keywords: 1970s, action-hero, african-american, arena, bar, beating, blacks-versus-italians, blockbuster, blood, blood-splatter
Genres: Drama, Sport,
Taglines: You have a ringside seat for the bloodiest bicentennial in history! Meet the "Italian Stallion": a small-time guy with big-time guts who yearns to be a hero...just once! He's a has-been battler with one dream left...and one last chance. A Philadelphia fighter who never made the big time...He showed he could take on a challenge...and won something bigger than a championship bout. His whole life was a million-to-one shot.

Quotes:

Rocky: I just want to say hi to my girlfriend, OK? Yo, Adrian! It's me, Rocky.

Adrian: [just before the big fight] I'll be here waiting for you.::Rocky: How 'bout I stay here and you fight?

Adrian: Is this you?::Rocky: Yeah, that's me when I was eight years old, that's the Italian Stallion when he was a baby.

Rocky: I been comin' here for six years, and for six years ya been stickin' it to me, an' I wanna know how come!::Mickey: Ya don't wanna know!::Rocky: I wanna know how come!::Mickey: Ya wanna know?::Rocky: I WANNA KNOW HOW!::Mickey: OK, I'm gonna tell ya! You had the talent to become a good fighter, but instead of that, you become a legbreaker to some cheap, second rate loanshark!::Rocky: It's a living.::Mickey: IT'S A WASTE OF LIFE!

Rocky: Hey... you know how I said that stuff on TV didn't bother me none?::Adrian: Yeah?::Rocky: It did.

Mickey: You know what you are?::Rocky: No, what?::Mickey: A tomato.::Rocky: A tomato?::Mickey: Yeah, and I'm running a business here, not a goddamn soup kitchen.

Mickey: Women weaken legs!

Mickey: You're gonna eat lightnin' and you're gonna crap thunder!

Rocky: Well, ya see, sir I understand you're lookin' for sparrin' partners for Apollo, and I jus' want ta let ya know that I am very available.

Apollo Creed: Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about sports as a profession. Sports make ya grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker.