![]() ![]() In 2006, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film received many positive reviews and turned Stallone into a major star. The film, made on a budget of just over $1 million and shot in 28 days, was a sleeper hit it earned $225 million in global box office receipts, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1976, and went on to win three Oscars, including Best Picture. The film 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 champion, Apollo Creed. Rocky starts out as a small-time club fighter, and later gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship. ![]() It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but kind-hearted working class Italian-American boxer working as a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of Philadelphia. Avildsen and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G.
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