Rocky (1976)
A dimwitted boxer fights to prove he can go the distance against a glamorous champ.
Dir: John G. Avildsen. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Carl Weathers. TV-PG. 4:00 PM EST. TCM.
The quintessential sports movie and a quintessential American movie that still hits the right notes. To my mind even the parts that are or should be dated — are so iconic — that they still work. It’s both a product of its time and a universal story. Also on tomorrow are prior CPODs 2001: A Space Odyssey (1:30 PM), King Solomon’s Mines (6:15 PM), Soylent Green (12:00 AM), Rebel Without a Cause (2:00 AM), and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? deep in the night (4:00 AM).
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? is also available on Netflix Streaming.
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For a long time the awfulness of the sequels made people forget how truly great the original was. But I think people are appreciating it again.
I guess somebody has to say it… “yo Adrian!!!”
Ahhhh, so mentally irregular, Andrew.
Caught a recent two hour Biography Channel special on the Rocky Saga. With so many key figures interviewed — Stallone, Weathers, Chartoff, etc. — well worth checking out their repeat schedule.
mentally irregular! Nice. That’s a great euphemism for possibly a great many things.
I thought for years Pauly was saying “Mentally erect” in Rocky III. Yay, subtitles … or not.
Mentally erect! I guess that’s better than having a brain-on?
Only with full frontal lobe.
Talia Shire is the sister of Francis Ford Coppola? http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/talia-shire/
Uh, duh. She’s also Jason “Rushmore” Schwartzman’s mom and Nicolas Cage’s aunt. One big happy Italian family those Coppolas.
This is the first you have heard this? Come on out from under your rock, Magnus, the 21st century is just fine.
Great movie. Supposedly Stallone’s original script had him taking a dive. There are some scenes in here that seem consistent with that theme. His meetings with his “former” employer and the scene when he can’t sleep and wanders the city, including the arena, and comes back and tells Adrian he can’t win.