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Rocky III (1982)

 -  Drama | Sport  -  28 May 1982 (USA)
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When Rocky is defeated by a brutal challenger, Apollo Creed offers to retrain him in order to regain his fighting spirit.

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Storyline

Boxer Rocky Balboa enjoys the wealth he has as world-champion. He only fights against opponents "hand-picked" by his manager Mickey Goldmill. Then he is challenged by the arrogant Clubber Lang. Rocky accepts the challenge to prove once more that there is only one world-champion. But Lang wins and becomes the new champion. Nobody believes in Rocky anymore, except for one man: former world-champion Apollo Creed. As Creed tries to stimulate his fighting spirit and get Rocky back in top-form, it is now up to Rocky to get his edge back. Will he win ? Written by R. Kessen <rhkessen@cs.vu.nl>

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Plot Keywords:

fight | champion | death | fighting | rematch | See more »

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The legend continues...The Italian Stallion is back!! See more »

Genres:

Drama | Sport

Certificate:

PG | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

28 May 1982 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Rocky, Part 3  »

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$16,015,408 (USA) (4 June 1982)

Gross:

$16,015,408 (USA) (4 June 1982)
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The montage of Rocky's celebratory appearances features a scene of him on The Muppet Show. The footage used is actually a real episode featuring Sylvester Stallone from January 9, 1979. For the movie, Jim Henson dubbed in Rocky's name during Kermit's introduction. Stallone's actual appearance at the 1976 Academy Awards is also seen during the montage. See more »

Goofs

During the final bout, immediately before Rocky knocks out Lang, the position of the two fighters alternates from the middle of the ring (in long shots) to up against the ropes (in close-ups) and back again. See more »

Quotes

Title rematch commentator: Do you have any predictions on this fight? How do you see this fight going?
Apollo Creed: Well, I feel that strength would have to go to the challenger, while experience and the WORLD'S HARDEST HEAD would HAVE to go to Rocky Balboa, and you know I know about that!
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Crazy Credits

"Rocky" is actually displayed on screen three separate times at the start of the film (first scrolling onto the screen from right to left (along with the number III), then spelled out with fireworks, and finally in simple text at the bottom right of the screen (again with III), several minutes later). See more »

Connections

Referenced in Veronica Mars: Hi, Infidelity (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"Pushin"
Music by Bill Conti
Lyrics by Frank Stallone
Performed by Frank Stallone
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Frequently Asked Questions

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You ain't so bad
2 February 2007 | by (Melbourne, Australia) – See all my reviews

This third outing in the "Rocky" series is a lot faster than the first two, but the action is always fun to watch and never over done. Sylvester Stallone returns again as writer, director and actor with all our familiar favourites including Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith and Burt Young.

Rocky fights Clubber Lang (played by "Mr. T" of "The A-Team" fame) and gets brutally beaten, but he fights back hard, in true Rocky style. He's still a lot of fun to root for. Good entertainment from the early eighties that makes good use of a music soundtrack including "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor. You ain't so bad!

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