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Rocky Balbo Issue Changing Self
„« 10th March 2006
„« Rocky (PG)
„« Running time= 115 Minutes
„« Year Made= 1976
„« Author= Unknown
„« Director= John G Avildsen
„« Producer= Irwin Winkler

ROCKY- Sylvester Stallone
MICKEY- Burgess Meredith
APOLLO- Carl Weathers

Plot Summary:
Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere in his boxing career and even his life. As fate would have it, Rocky is chosen by The Heavyweight Champion of the World, Apollo Creed to fight for the World title. Rocky realizes that this is an opportunity to change from a ¡¥nobody¡¦ to a ¡¥somebody¡¦. Rocky is determined and goes into hard training and is managed by Mickey

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Rocky is a boxer who

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