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Jun 9, 2024 · Rocky, American boxing film, released in 1976, that was the highest-grossing movie of that year, earning more than $117 million at the box office. It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won three, including best picture, and made its writer and lead actor, Sylvester Stallone, a star. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.)
Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky franchise and also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), a poor small-time club fighter and loanshark debt collector ...
Aug 1, 2017 · John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs: Directed by Derek Wayne Johnson. With Matthew McConaughey, Sylvester Stallone, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Scorsese. An examination of the Oscar-winning director who brought to life some of cinema's most beloved motion pictures.
John Guilbert Avildsen (December 21, 1935 – June 16, 2017) was an American movie director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1977 for Rocky. Other movie he directed include Joe, Save the Tiger, Fore Play, The Formula, Neighbors, For Keeps, Lean on Me, The Power of One, 8 Seconds, Inferno, Rocky V and the first three Karate Kid movies.
Jun 16, 2017 · June 16, 2017 3:55 PM PT. Oscar-winning director John G. Avildsen, whose “Rocky” sent a shot of adrenaline through movie theaters and turned Sylvester Stallone into one of cinema’s most ...
Jun 16, 2017 · John G. Avildsen, who won an Oscar for directing the original Rocky (1976), starring Sylvester Stallone, and also directed all three of the original Karate Kid films, has died in Los Angeles.
Jun 17, 2017 · 0:44. LOS ANGELES — John G. Avildsen, who directed Rocky and The Karate Kid — two dark-horse, underdog favorites that went on to become Hollywood franchises — died Friday at age 81. His son ...
