Rocky: Well come and get it!
Rocky: You knock him down, why'nt you try knockin' me down now.
George: In the ring! In the ring! Tommy Gunn only fights in the ring!
Rocky: My ring is outside.
Tommy: Yeah? Let's do it.
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| Rocky is forced to retire after having permanent damage inflicted on him in the ring by Russian boxer Ivan Drago. Returning home, Balboa discovers that the fortune that he had acquired as heavyweight champ has been stolen and lost on the stockmarket by his accountant. His boxing days are over. Soon enough, he begins to coach and up and coming fighter named Tommy Gunn. Rocky cannot compete, however, with the high salaries and glittering prizes being offered to Gunn by other managers in town. Soon enough, Rocky enters the ring yet again for a battle to end all battles. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa), Talia Shire (Adrian), Burt Young (Paulie), Sage Stallone (Rocky Balboa Jr.), Burgess Meredith (Mickey), Tommy Morrison (Tommy Gunn), Richard Gant (George W. Duke), Tony Burton (Tony), James Gambina (Jimmy), Delia Sheppard (Karen), Mike Girard Sheehan (Merlin Sheets), Michael Williams (Union Cane), Kevin Connolly (Chickie), Elisebeth Peters (Jewel), Hayes Swope (Chickie's Pal), Nicky Blair (Fight Promoter), Jodi Letizia (Marie), Christopher Avildsen (Druggy), Jonathan Avildsen (Druggy), Lou Fillipo (Referee), Tony Munafo (Drinker), Jennifer, Tracie, Tricia and Julie Flavin (Delivery Girls), | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RELEASE DATE: November 16th, 1990 (USA) | DIRECTOR: John G. Avildsen (Rocky). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE OPENING: $14.0 million (USA) | WRITER: Sylvester Stallone. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRODUCERS: Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE RESULT: $40.9 million (USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Suzanne DeLaurentiis and Tony Munafo. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - Nominated for seven 1991 Razzie Awards for Worst Actor, Worst Actress, Worst Director, Worst Original Song ("The Measure of a Man"), Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay and Worst Supporting Actor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Michael S. Glick. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ORIGINAL MUSIC: Bill Conti and Alan Menken (one song). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DISTRIBUTOR: MGM/UA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tommy: Hey, you don't know me! Nobody does! I want my respect. Rocky: Well come and get it! |
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| "You pays your money, and you gets what you expects in this Stallone screenplay, but seriously, folks, the thrill is gone." -- Leonard Maltin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [Tommy punches Paulie] Rocky: You knock him down, why'nt you try knockin' me down now. George: In the ring! In the ring! Tommy Gunn only fights in the ring! Rocky: My ring is outside. Tommy: Yeah? Let's do it. |
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| "Despite Stallone's bantamweight attempts to insert, like, character into the fifth Rocky, it's the same old fight with the same old round of regulars. It seems silly wasting money on actors when the same could be achieved with Muppets. Rocky has little to do except shuffle around and mutter "cute" Rocky things." -- Desson Howe, Washington Post | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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