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In 1976, Written and starring Sylvester Stallone, Rocky grossed $117 million at the box office and won nine nominations at the 49th Academy Awards, winning three awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Editing. The film tells the story of Rocky Balboa, a boxer in Philadelphia's lower neighborhood, who is thirty years old and destitute, and is despised for living by playing amateur boxing tournaments and helping people to get loan sharks. Professional boxing champion Apollo Quiddi plans to host the 200th anniversary of the founding of the United States, to find a small character to walk through the stage, and it is expected that the game will end in two rounds. Rocky was chosen for his nickname as "Italian Stallion", and he regained his confidence with the help of his girlfriend, friends and veteran coach. On the field, Rocky struggled for 15 innings to the ground, and when both sides were exhausted and fought with instinct, the final bell sounded. Rocky lost because of the points, but the audience cheered for the uncrowned king.
Stills from the movie Rocky (1976).
The story of the film is concise, the emotions are sincere, and the enthusiasm of dreams is hidden in the plainness. The portrayal of the kind and simple, cold and hot personality and emotion of the lower-class men is particularly moving. Rocky was a rough and clumsy poor man, always wearing an old leather coat and keeping a few turtles in a broken apartment. He doesn't want to hurt debtors, and the woman who falls in love with the pet store won't express it. When he seized the opportunity of the turn of fate and rose from depression, the people around him were driven and changed by him, cheering for him. He trained in the simplest way, beat frozen beef, drank raw eggs, ran through the poor streets and alleys in the cold morning, and raised his fists in a drumbeat, at this moment, no audience would not have a warm current in their hearts, rekindling the hope of life. Before the game, Rocky said: "Anyway, I'm a nameless person, it doesn't matter if I lose, no one can get to the end under Apollo's fist." As long as I can prove it, I will never be a waste in this life again. "Rocky's success does not depend on strength, but on will, winning or losing is no longer important, he has won dignity, beyond himself.
Starring Stallone's life is a realistic version of Rocky, born in the slums of New York, he was born with a nerve damage to his head, and since then his expression has been stiff, his accent is ambiguous, and he has been laughed at. Dreaming of becoming an actor but being rejected by Hollywood Studios 1885 times, sleeping in a car when he was in difficulty, and at the age of 30, he saw the unknown boxer Chuck Wipner compete with the boxing king Ali, and was touched to write the script of "Rocky". Apollo is based on Ali, and the protagonist Lodge takes his name from another legendary Italian boxer, Rocky Marciano. After finding the investment, Stallone trained according to the standards of a professional boxer for 7 months, during which the knuckle bones were smoothed. Filming the final championship battle during a sprained hip, he insisted on finishing the film like Rocky. After the release of the film, it was a great success, the audience was fascinated by the lack of watching, and Stallone also became famous and became an action superstar.
Philadelphia, where the story takes place, is the place where the Declaration of Independence was published in 1776, and "Lodge" in this most American place rewrites the American dream of small people who have succeeded by their own efforts, giving a shot in the arm to the depressed and decadent American society that experienced the Vietnam War and the "Watergate Incident". In the late 1970s, the fierce black civil rights movement greatly promoted the status of blacks, but also undermined the established interests of whites. In the film, the black boxer Apollo is as high as the sun god, he is a boxing giant with fame and fortune, wearing Star-Spangled Boxing shorts when he appears, dressed as the father of the country, George Washington, as if he is the spokesman of the United States. Rocky's victory proved the superiority of whites, and he played the role of "white hope" against black domination.
Stills from the movie Rocky 2
The film kicked off a series of 6 boxing films, a rare film in film history. In 1979's Rocky 2, Rocky made money, moved into a big house, got married, and had children. Apollo was upset because of the damage to his reputation and wanted to compete with Rocky again. Rocky initially hesitated because of his wife and children, but soon strengthened his confidence, trained under the guidance of his old coach Mickey, and finally won the game, becoming a veritable boxing champion with a gold belt in his hand. In 1982's Rocky 3, Rocky successfully defended his title six times and moved into a large villa with a swimming pool, where the mayor unveiled his statue, "Philadelphia pays tribute to his beloved people." Just as he was about to become famous and retreat, the young black boxer Traud challenged him, and Rocky, who had lost his fighting spirit in comfort, was defeated. Old coach Mickey dies, and former rival Apollo becomes Rocky's coach, taking Rocky to his dirty little boxing gym, allowing him to start over in a difficult environment and reclaim the king of boxing.
Stills from the movie Rocky 4
Stills from the movie Rocky 6: Forever Boxer
Rocky 4 (1985) conceived of a boxing match as a battle between the East and the West, beginning with a clash of boxing gloves painted with the flags of the United States and the Soviet Union. Soviet boxer Ivan Drago, played by Swedish action star Duf Lungel, challenges the American boxing scene, Apollo is killed in battle, and Rocky goes to the Soviet Union to avenge his friends. As he prepares for the race, Ivan trains with the help of scientific instruments, and suspicious drugs are injected into him like a controlled biochemical machine. Rocky trains in the snow, carries logs, climbs mountains, and is natural and free. At the end of the Cold War, Rocky said, "I can change, you can too" after knocking Ivan down in the finale, and the Soviet audience was conquered by him and cheered him on, and even the prime minister applauded him. In 1990's "Rocky 5", Rocky, who returned to China, said goodbye to the boxing ring due to illness, his wife's brother Poly failed to invest in his property, and the family moved back to the original small house after bankruptcy. After retiring from the army, Rocky carefully cultivated his apprentice Tommy, hoping that he would inherit his own wishes, but Tommy switched to the sports businessman for the sake of profit, and Rocky's efforts were in vain. The film has more thinking about the fate of boxers, although rocky ends with a street boxing lesson to the disciples and black-hearted businessmen, but the audience does not want to see the poor and sick, aging, dreams of the hero. The film received numerous worst nominations at the Golden Plum Awards and failed miserably at the box office, resulting in the suspension of the Lodge series for more than a decade.