Rocky – Gold Edition
Nominated for 10 Academy Awards and winner for Best Picture, it's the film that inspired a nation! Audiences and critics alike cheered this American success story of an “everyman” triumphing over all odds.
Featuring a dynamic musical score, a thrilling fight sequence and four Oscar-nominated performances, this rousing crowd-pleaser will send spirits soaring. Fighting for love, glory and self-respect, Rocky scores an exultant knockout!
Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time – a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!
1976: Actor (Stallone), Actress (Talia Shire), Supporting Actor (Burgess Meredith, Burt Young), Director (won), Original Screenplay, Original Song, Editing (won), Sound
Special Features:
- Rocky Featurettes:
- Behind The Scenes With Director Jonh Avildsen
- Tribute to Burgess Meredith
- Tribute to James Crabe
- Trailers (5)
- Rocky TV Spots – “Critical Acclaim”, “Introducing Sylvester Stallone”, “Critical Acclaim”
- Audio Commentary with Director, Producers and Cast
- Sylvester Stallone Video Commentary
Critic Reviews:
- " In addition to a heart-warming script, Stallone has created on the screen a character of enormous appeal and charm – half-articulate but funny, gruff but good-hearted. " – Arthur Knight
- " Sylvester Stallone [is] as likable as a basset hound. " – Gene Siskel
- " Sly's best pic winner sets underdog-hero standard. " – Nell Minow