Nobody can ever hate a film which beat Scorsese’s Taxi Driver for the best picture at the Academy Awards. Film critics compared Stallone to Brando while Mohammad Ali compared him to Jesus and Tarzan. Hollywood legend Billy Wilder sent him a typewriter after watching the film. Charlie Chaplin compared the film to his Little Tramp, and invited Stallone to visit.Creed (2015)The latest release of the franchise features Stallone as the trainer who trains a longshot contender Michael B Jordan by chasing chickens and shadowboxing, just as his trainer Mickey did for him.
Michael Jordan and its co-writer and director Ryan Coogler proved with this film that Fruitvale Station was no fluke, and Stallone was nominated again for the best supporting actor at the Academy Awards.Rocky Balboa (2006) Although nobody expected a Rocky re-launch, Stallone interestingly went back to the sensitive side he showed in the first picture, Rocky. From the film, the training montage and bout in Vegas is unabashedly familiar territory, but Stallone has learned a thing or two about directing through the years. He delivers a respectful and tonally perfect conclusion to Rocky’s cinematic journey.Rocky II (1979) Stallone took over the directing of this one, and it really showed his knack for the job. It is more involved and more operatic than the previous boxer picture. When Muhammad Ali saw Carl Weathers’ trash-talking Apollo Creed, he said “That’s me, all right.”Back in the 1970s, a freelance actor named Sylvester Stallone tried his luck for a big break, refusing to trade his screenplay unless he was appointed to play the lead role. After a struggle, John G Avildsen agreed to direct the film with Stallone playing the lead, and the film was a huge success. It won the best picture at the Academy Awards, along with the best director for Avildsen, and both Stallone and Talia Shire were nominated for acting accolades.
The production studio, United Artists, decided to continue the story with Stallone helming the next.
Here is a look at the franchise’ top titles.Rocky (1976)
Nobody can ever hate a film which beat Scorsese’s Taxi Driver for the best picture at the Academy Awards. Film critics compared Stallone to Brando while Mohammad Ali compared him to Jesus and Tarzan. Hollywood legend Billy Wilder sent him a typewriter after watching the film. Charlie Chaplin compared the film to his Little Tramp, and invited Stallone to visit.Creed (2015)The latest release of the franchise features Stallone as the trainer who trains a longshot contender Michael B Jordan by chasing chickens and shadowboxing, just as his trainer Mickey did for him.
Michael Jordan and its co-writer and director Ryan Coogler proved with this film that Fruitvale Station was no fluke, and Stallone was nominated again for the best supporting actor at the Academy Awards.Rocky Balboa (2006) Although nobody expected a Rocky re-launch, Stallone interestingly went back to the sensitive side he showed in the first picture, Rocky. From the film, the training montage and bout in Vegas is unabashedly familiar territory, but Stallone has learned a thing or two about directing through the years. He delivers a respectful and tonally perfect conclusion to Rocky’s cinematic journey.Rocky II (1979) Stallone took over the directing of this one, and it really showed his knack for the job. It is more involved and more operatic than the previous boxer picture. When Muhammad Ali saw Carl Weathers’ trash-talking Apollo Creed, he said “That’s me, all right.”
Nobody can ever hate a film which beat Scorsese’s Taxi Driver for the best picture at the Academy Awards. Film critics compared Stallone to Brando while Mohammad Ali compared him to Jesus and Tarzan. Hollywood legend Billy Wilder sent him a typewriter after watching the film. Charlie Chaplin compared the film to his Little Tramp, and invited Stallone to visit.Creed (2015)The latest release of the franchise features Stallone as the trainer who trains a longshot contender Michael B Jordan by chasing chickens and shadowboxing, just as his trainer Mickey did for him.
Michael Jordan and its co-writer and director Ryan Coogler proved with this film that Fruitvale Station was no fluke, and Stallone was nominated again for the best supporting actor at the Academy Awards.Rocky Balboa (2006) Although nobody expected a Rocky re-launch, Stallone interestingly went back to the sensitive side he showed in the first picture, Rocky. From the film, the training montage and bout in Vegas is unabashedly familiar territory, but Stallone has learned a thing or two about directing through the years. He delivers a respectful and tonally perfect conclusion to Rocky’s cinematic journey.Rocky II (1979) Stallone took over the directing of this one, and it really showed his knack for the job. It is more involved and more operatic than the previous boxer picture. When Muhammad Ali saw Carl Weathers’ trash-talking Apollo Creed, he said “That’s me, all right.”