12/03/2025
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to Sylvester Stallone & !!!
🥊🍿On December 3, 1976 “Rocky” was released in theaters nationwide! Directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. Rocky tells the rags to riches story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated, kind-hearted working class Italian-American boxer, working as a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of Philadelphia. Rocky, a small-time club fighter, gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship. Rocky also stars Talia Shire as Adrian, Burt Young as Adrian's brother Paulie, Burgess Meredith as Rocky’s trainer Mickey Goldmill, and Carl Weathers as the reigning champion, Apollo Creed. Stallone wrote the screenplay for Rocky in three and a half days, shortly after watching the championship match between Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner. Made on a budget of just over $1 million, Rocky earned $225 million in global box office receipts, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1976. Rocky went on to receive 10 Academy Award nominations, winning 3, including Best Picture.🍿🥊