Rocky has been voted the greatest ever sports movie by Digital Spy readers. The poll - run to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics - saw thousands cast their vote in a poll to find their favourite sports film. Sylvester Stallone's 1976 boxing classic secured first place with 18.7% of the votes, ahead of recent documentary Senna and bobsled comedy Cool Runnings.
Rocky, which picked up 3 Academy Awards in 1977, was directed by John G Avildsen and written by its star Stallone. The film centres on a loan shark leg-breaker and semi-pro boxer who's given the chance to fight for the heavyweight title against Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). Stallone went on to star in five further Rocky movies, the most recent of which was 2006's Rocky Balboa. Ayrton Senna documentary Senna ran Rocky close (more)...
Rocky, which picked up 3 Academy Awards in 1977, was directed by John G Avildsen and written by its star Stallone. The film centres on a loan shark leg-breaker and semi-pro boxer who's given the chance to fight for the heavyweight title against Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). Stallone went on to star in five further Rocky movies, the most recent of which was 2006's Rocky Balboa. Ayrton Senna documentary Senna ran Rocky close (more)...
- 7/27/2012
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
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