Rocky IV (1985)
As the release of Rocky III ramped up, writer-director-star Sylvester Stallone would regularly get asked if this was the end or if there would be a Rocky IV. Generally, he would say that III was the last...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 15, 2006 · Last modified December 21, 2024
As the release of Rocky III ramped up, writer-director-star Sylvester Stallone would regularly get asked if this was the end or if there would be a Rocky IV. Generally, he would say that III was the last...
Plans for a third Rocky film to round out the trilogy were underway during Rocky II‘s post-production. Stallone wanted to begin filming within 18 months so he wouldn’t appear too old. Bill Conti began...
The seed of inspiration for Rocky was planted on March 24, 1975. Sylvester Stallone attended a closed-circuit Los Angeles movie theater presentation of Chuck Wepner fighting Muhammad Ali. Severe underdog Wepner wasn’t expected to...
As Sylvester Stallone approached closer to completing production on Rocky, he conceived that he would like to make it a trilogy, if it proved successful. It was too difficult to relate the full story...
There are many that tout the second chapter in the Corleone saga as superior to the original, and while I can definitely understand why I’m not necessarily inclined to agree from a personal taste...
The Godfather is a tough film to review, as it’s almost hallowed ground to some fans out there, and many others who might argue that it’s the greatest film of all time. I’m not even...
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