Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.

Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, Burt Young
MGM/UA; Directed by John G. Avildsen
Rated PG; 119 minutes; 1976

In 1976, when ROCKY, a low-budget film with an unknown actor named Sylvester Stallone, won the Academy Award® for Best Picture, it was as emotional a finale as the film itself. A two-bit boxer gets a second chance in life by being offered an impossible shot at the heavyweight title. The story of how Rocky goes the distance is one of the warmest, most exciting and stirring movies of all time.