Rocky Balboa (2006)

Director:

Sylvester Stallone

Writers (WGA):

Sylvester Stallone (written by)
Sylvester Stallone (characters)

Release Date:

20 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

It ain't over 'til it's over.

Plot:

Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement to step into the ring for the last time and face the heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon.

Plot Keywords:

Coming Out Of Retirement | Writer Director | Father Son Relationship | Meatpacking | Fistfight

Cast

Sylvester Stallone	...	Rocky Balboa
Burt Young	...	Paulie Panina
Antonio Tarver	...	Mason 'The Line' Dixon
Geraldine Hughes	...	Marie
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Robert Balboa Jr.
Tony Burton	...	Duke
A.J. Benza	...	L.C.
James Francis Kelly III	...	Steps
Talia Shire	...	Adrian (archive footage)
Lou DiBella	...	Himself
Mike Tyson	...	Himself
Henry G. Sanders	...	Martin
Pedro Lovell	...	Spider Rico
Ana Gerena	...	Isabel
Angela Boyd	...	Angie

Also Known As:

Rocky VI (USA) (working title)
Rocky VI: Puncher's Chance (USA) (working title)
Rocky Balboa (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Rocky Balboa (Brazil) [pt]
Rocky Balboa (Canada: French title) [fr]
Rocky Balboa (Italy) [it]
Rocky Balboa (Greece) [el]
Rocky Balboa (Finland) [fi]
Rocky Balboa (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Rocky: The Final (Japan: English title) [en]

MPAA:

Rated PG for boxing violence and some language.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:PG | USA:PG | UK:12A | Sweden:11 | Malaysia:U | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12 | Canada:G (British Columbia) | Mexico:A | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-11 | New Zealand:M | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Hong Kong:IIA

Filming Locations:

1818 East Tusculum Street, Kensington, North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Carl Weathers refused to allow his image to be used in the film. A stand-in was used to recreate the archive footage of Rocky fighting Apollo Creed.

Goofs:

Continuity: A gold chain around Marie's neck appears and disappears several times during a long exchange between her and Rocky outside of her row house.

Quotes:

[first lines]
HBO Commentator: Yet another quick knockout for Mason Dixon, almost perfunctory; the fans let him know how they feel about it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007)

Soundtrack:

Gonna Fly Now

A fitting and heartwarming conclusion

Sylvester Stallone completes his Rocky Epic with a stirring conclusion. I saw a special sneak preview in Detroit at a Kronk Boxing Gym benefit. Although the first 45 minutes kind of dragged, and at times the dialog made me cringe, its at least as worthy of Rocky II or the original Rocky. A lot of flashbacks, but it definitely wraps up the series a lot better than Rocky V did. It won't win best picture, or any great acting awards, but the cinematography was better than I've seen in a lot of the previous 5. As far as the big question in the blogs, does Rocky die in this one, you'll have to wait till Christmas and see for yourself. The music was great, the final scenes were great, and Paulie was great! It was also interesting to reintroduce the characters of Little Marie and Spider Rico from the first movie.