Rocky III Movie

Rocky III
Rating:
Run Time: 99 min
MPAA Rating: PG
Released: 1982
Directors: Sylvester Stallone
Genre/Type: Drama
Melodrama
Sports Drama
Producers: Robert Chartoff
Arthur Chobanian
Irwin Winkler
Plot Synopsis by Perry Seibert
Sylvester Stallone returns to the character which made him famous in this wildly successful sequel. Rocky III starts with the Italian Stallion so famous that his likeness is everywhere, including pinball machines. Fame and complacency soon cause Balboa to lose his title to young thug Clubber Lang (Mr. T), who inadvertently causes the death of Rocky's beloved trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), before their first championship bout. After sinking into a depression, Balboa must regain the love and support of his family, as well as the elusive "eye of the tiger," the hungry need to beat the opponent which former foe Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) teaches him during this film's training sequence. In the end, Balboa faces off against Lang for a second time. "Eye of the Tiger," the theme song Stallone commissioned from the band Survivor, became a huge hit single.

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His life is happy, his fights have seemed easy. Now a young upstart is going to make him prove just how far he can still go... more
Mike Tyson would win. Mr 'T' (Clubber Lang) comes at you in a straight line, with no lateral movement. Also he does'nt move his head to slip punches and he backs off in a straight line, instead of stepping to the side. The only problem with...
Well, perhaps that is a "goody," but my all-time vote would still have to go to "The Godfather, Part II."
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Cast

Actors Character Born
Sylvester Stallone Rocky Balboa Jul 6, 1946 in New York City, NY
Carl Weathers Apollo Creed Jan 14, 1948 in New Orleans, LA
Mr. T Clubber Lang May 21, 1952 in Chicago, IL
Talia Shire Adrian Apr 25, 1946 in Lake Success/Jamaica, New York
Burt Young Paulie Apr 30, 1940 in Queens, New York City, NY
Burgess Meredith Mickey Nov 16, 1908 in Cleveland, OH
Ian Fried Rocky, Jr.
Hulk Hogan Thunderlips Aug 11, 1953 in Augusta, GA
Al Silvani Al
Wally Taylor Clubber's manager
Tony Burton Duke
Rex Pierson Challenger
Leroy Neiman Jun 8, 1921 in St. Paul, MN
Gilbert B. Combs Challenger
Fred M. Waugh Police
Frank Stallone Opponent/Singer Jul 30, 1950 in New York City, NY
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Review by Perry Seibert
Rocky has changed. Not just the character, but also the series. The difference can be found in the theme songs. "Gonna Fly Now" (arguably the most famous piece of movie music not written by John Williams or Bernard Herrmann) was a stirring piece of music that communicated the early Rocky's desire to be the best that he could be. "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor is about the need to be the toughest, the meanest, and the best. Stallone was not interested in making the best film he could, he wanted to be the heavyweight champion of Hollywood. There is a warmth and humor in the first half-hour of Rocky III. At this point in the series, these characters are like favorite shoes, and the audience slips into them with comfort and gratitude. The sequence where Rocky "fights" professional wrestler Thunderlips (Hulk Hogan) has more laughs in it than Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot and Rhinestone combined. Stallone proves in this film that he can force the public to cheer for him, ratcheting up the emotional level of the film to near operatic levels. This film works, but it works like storm troopers marching through your emotional village, forcing you to care about Rocky even if you are unable to see many of the traits that made him appealing in the first place.

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Dec 2 , 1:20 PM ET · Rocky III  · Channel 360 · ENCRA · Duration: 105 min.
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