''Rocky II'' is a 1979 American
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drama film
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written, directed by, and starring
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Enzio Stallone (; born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, ) is an American actor and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, h ...
.
It is the sequel to ''
Rocky
''Rocky'' is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise and stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burge ...
'' (1976) and is the second installment in the
''Rocky'' franchise. It also stars
Talia Shire
Talia Rose Shire ( née Coppola; born April 25, 1946) is an American actress who played roles as Connie Corleone in ''The Godfather'' films and Adrian Balboa in the ''Rocky'' series. For her work in ''The Godfather Part II'' and ''Rocky'', Shir ...
,
Burt Young
Gerald Tommaso DeLouise (born April 30, 1940), known professionally as Burt Young, is an American actor, author and painter. He played Rocky Balboa's brother-in-law and best friend Paulie Pennino in the '' Rocky'' film series. He was nominated f ...
,
Carl Weathers
Carl Weathers (born January 14, 1948) is an American actor and former professional football player. He is known for his roles as boxer Apollo Creed in the first four ''Rocky'' films (1976–85), George Dillon in '' Predator'' (1987), Action Ja ...
, and
Burgess Meredith
Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed theater, film, and television.
Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "on ...
. In the film,
Rocky Balboa
Robert "Rocky" Balboa (also known by his ring name The Italian Stallion), is a fictional title character and the protagonist of the ''Rocky'' film series. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who has also portrayed him in all eigh ...
(Stallone), struggling to adjust to family life, finds himself in a rematch fiercely demanded by
Apollo Creed
Apollo Creed is a fictional character from the ''Rocky'' films, played by Carl Weathers.
He serves as the main antagonist in ''Rocky'' and '' Rocky II'' and also appears in ''Rocky III'' and ''Rocky IV''. He is a tough but agile boxer w ...
(Weathers).
Development of ''Rocky II'' began in 1977, after Stallone completed the screenplay.
United Artists
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were reluctant to allow Stallone to direct after
John G. Avildsen
John Guilbert Avildsen (December 21, 1935 – June 16, 2017) was an American film director. He is perhaps best known for directing ''Rocky'' (1976), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Director, and the first three ''The Karate Kid'' fil ...
, the director of the first film, was unable to return. Stallone was eventually hired after disallowing the film to be made without him as director, and the returns of the rest of the cast was secured soon thereafter.
Principal photography
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Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...
commenced in 1978, with filming held primarily on location in
Philadelphia
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, during which, Stallone sustained several injuries.
''Rocky II'' was theatrically released in the United States by United Artists on June 15, 1979. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for its characterization, finale, and Stallone's performance. It grossed $200 million worldwide and $85 million in North America, making it the third
highest-grossing film of 1979 domestically. The sequel, ''
Rocky III
''Rocky III'' is a 1982 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the sequel to '' Rocky II'' (1979) and is the third installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise. Along with Stallone reprising the title r ...
'', was released in 1982.
Plot
On New Year's Day in 1976, world heavyweight boxing champion
Apollo Creed
Apollo Creed is a fictional character from the ''Rocky'' films, played by Carl Weathers.
He serves as the main antagonist in ''Rocky'' and '' Rocky II'' and also appears in ''Rocky III'' and ''Rocky IV''. He is a tough but agile boxer w ...
has successfully defended his title in a split decision against challenger
Rocky Balboa
Robert "Rocky" Balboa (also known by his ring name The Italian Stallion), is a fictional title character and the protagonist of the ''Rocky'' film series. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who has also portrayed him in all eigh ...
. He and Rocky are taken to the same hospital. Despite their mutual agreement not to seek a rematch, Apollo challenges Rocky again to prove that Rocky going the distance with him was a fluke, but Rocky declines and retires from
professional boxing
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. Balboa's girlfriend, Adrian, supports his choice as do his doctors who go on to reveal that Rocky will require surgery for a
detached retina
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, a condition that could lead to permanent blindness. In a private moment, Rocky goes to see a recuperating Apollo, and wants a truthful response to his question of whether Apollo gave his all in the fight; Creed confirms that he did. After Rocky is released from the hospital, he enjoys the benefits of his newfound celebrity status. An agent sees Rocky as a potential endorsement and sponsorship goldmine and his sudden wealth encourages him to propose to Adrian. She happily accepts and they marry in a small ceremony. Soon after Adrian reveals that she is pregnant.
Meanwhile, fuelled by hate mail claiming he fixed the fight in order to protect his reign as champ, Apollo becomes obsessed with the idea that a rematch is the only way to prove that Rocky's performance was simply a fluke. Determined to rectify his boxing career's only blemish Apollo demands his team do whatever necessary to goad Rocky out of retirement, despite the pleas of his friends and family that Rocky's ability to absorb punishment is too dangerous for his chances to successfully defend the title a second time.
Rocky at first seems unaffected by Apollo's smear campaign, but his inexperience with money causes him to run into financial problems. After several unsuccessful attempts to find employment, Rocky visits Mickey Goldmill, his trainer and manager, at his gym to talk about the possibility of fighting again. Mickey declines out of concern for Rocky's health, but he changes his mind after Apollo publicly insults Rocky. Adrian confronts Rocky about the danger of returning to boxing and reminds him of the risk to his eyesight. Rocky insists that he knows nothing else so this is the only way he can provide for them. Adrian, disappointed at the fact that Rocky broke his promise, refuses to support him.
Rocky and Mickey begin training but Rocky is unfocused due to Adrian's disapproval. Adrian's brother, Paulie, confronts his sister about not supporting her husband. Adrian faints during the confrontation and is rushed to the hospital where she goes into labor. Despite being born premature the baby is healthy, but Adrian falls into a coma. Rocky blames himself for what happened and refuses to leave her bedside until she wakes up, and will not go to see his new baby until the baby can be together with his mother. When Adrian comes out of her coma she finds Rocky by her bedside, and the couple are soon shown their new baby, a boy, which they name Robert "Rocky Jr". Adrian gives her blessing to the rematch and Rocky quickly gets into shape for the fight.
On Thanksgiving, the night of the match, Apollo makes a public goal of beating Rocky in no more than two rounds to prove the first match going the distance was a fluke. In order to protect his vulnerable eye Rocky opts to fight right-handed rather than his natural
southpaw. The change leaves him at a major disadvantage, and as a result he is knocked down twice by Creed and outclassed for much of the fight. Going into the fifteenth and final round Creed is well ahead on points and only needs to stay away from Balboa to win the fight by decision. However Creed wants to win by knock-out in order to erase any doubts about his superiority and ignores his trainer's pleas to stay back. In the final round Rocky switches back to his natural stance and, in dramatic fashion, unleashes a series of counter punches on Creed, and begins to turn the tide. Both men, exhausted, trade punches until Rocky is able to gain the upper hand and knocks Creed down. The blow causes Rocky to also lose his balance and fall at the same time. As both men struggle to regain their feet, Rocky is able to will himself up at the count of 9 while Apollo collapses from exhaustion, giving Rocky the win by knockout and making him the new heavyweight champion. Rocky then gives an impassioned speech to the crowd and holds the belt over his head with a message for his wife, who is watching the fight on TV: "Yo, Adrian, I did it!"
Cast
*
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Enzio Stallone (; born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, ) is an American actor and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, h ...
as
Robert "Rocky" Balboa, "The Italian Stallion": the underdog who was given one chance at winning the heavyweight championship from Apollo Creed in the first film. Due to the public's belief that it was very possible that Rocky could have won, he gets a second shot at the title in this film.
*
Talia Shire
Talia Rose Shire ( née Coppola; born April 25, 1946) is an American actress who played roles as Connie Corleone in ''The Godfather'' films and Adrian Balboa in the ''Rocky'' series. For her work in ''The Godfather Part II'' and ''Rocky'', Shir ...
as
Adrian Balboa
Adrianna Pennino-Balboa is a fictional character from the ''Rocky'' series, played by Talia Shire.
Shire was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Adrian in ''Rocky''. The final scene in '' Rocky II'', in which Ro ...
: Rocky's love interest-turned-wife. During labor, with their first son, she enters a coma for a large portion of the film.
*
Burt Young
Gerald Tommaso DeLouise (born April 30, 1940), known professionally as Burt Young, is an American actor, author and painter. He played Rocky Balboa's brother-in-law and best friend Paulie Pennino in the '' Rocky'' film series. He was nominated f ...
as
Paulie Pennino
This is a list of characters from the ''Rocky'' film series, consisting of ''Rocky'' (1976), ''Rocky II'' (1979), ''Rocky III'' (1982), ''Rocky IV'' (1985), '' Rocky V'' (1990), ''Rocky Balboa'' (2006), ''Creed'' (2015), ''Creed II'' (2018) and ...
: Rocky's best-friend-turned-brother-in-law
*
Carl Weathers
Carl Weathers (born January 14, 1948) is an American actor and former professional football player. He is known for his roles as boxer Apollo Creed in the first four ''Rocky'' films (1976–85), George Dillon in '' Predator'' (1987), Action Ja ...
as
Apollo Creed
Apollo Creed is a fictional character from the ''Rocky'' films, played by Carl Weathers.
He serves as the main antagonist in ''Rocky'' and '' Rocky II'' and also appears in ''Rocky III'' and ''Rocky IV''. He is a tough but agile boxer w ...
: The current world heavyweight champion who gave Rocky a shot at the title in the first film, during which he won by split-decision. Because of the close outcome of the fight the general public believes that Apollo did not necessarily win, and thus he gives Rocky a second chance in a rematch.
*
Burgess Meredith
Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed theater, film, and television.
Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "on ...
as
Michael "Mickey" Goldmill: Rocky's friend, manager and trainer; a former
bantamweight
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The name for the class is derived from bantam chickens. B ...
fighter from the 1920s and the owner of the local boxing gym.
*
Tony Burton
Anthony Mabron Burton (March 23, 1937 – February 25, 2016) was an American actor and boxer. He was known for his role as Tony "Duke" Evers in the Rocky (film series), ''Rocky'' films.
Early life
Burton was born in Flint, Michigan. He had a y ...
as
Tony "Duke" Evers
This is a list of characters from the ''Rocky'' film series, consisting of ''Rocky'' (1976), '' Rocky II'' (1979), ''Rocky III'' (1982), ''Rocky IV'' (1985), ''Rocky V'' (1990), '' Rocky Balboa'' (2006), '' Creed'' (2015), ''Creed II'' (2018) a ...
: Apollo's father-figure, friend, trainer, and manager.
* Sylvia Meals as
Mary Anne Creed: Apollo Creed's wife.
* Seargeoh Stallone as
Robert "Rocky" Balboa, Jr.: Rocky and Adrian's newborn child. Seargeoh appeared in the film uncredited.
*
Joe Spinell
Joe Spinell (born Joseph Spagnuolo; October 28, 1936 – January 13, 1989) was an American character actor who appeared in films in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as various stage productions on and off Broadway. He played supporting roles in ''The ...
as
Tony Gazzo: Loan shark and Rocky's former employer.
* Paul J. Micale as
Father Carmine: Rocky's priest.
*
Frank McRae
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Early life
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as meat foreman.
Jeff Temkin portrays the ring announcer. Appearing as themselves are referee
Lou Filippo and commentators
Brent Musburger,
Stu Nahan
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and Bill Baldwin.
LeRoy Neiman
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Early life
Neiman was ...
makes an uncredited non-speaking cameo appearance during the training scenes in the film; he is shown drawing a picture of Apollo while he is training.
Production
Development and writing
After the enormous success of the first ''
Rocky
''Rocky'' is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise and stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burge ...
'', the producers were anxious to make a sequel. Stallone again wrote the script, originally titled ''Rocky II: Redemption'', but John G. Avildsen declined to direct again because he was busy with pre-production on ''
Saturday Night Fever''. Stallone wanted the job and waged as big a campaign as he had for the lead role in the previous film. United Artists executives were reluctant to give the actor the directing reins because, while he had previously directed the drama ''
Paradise Alley
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'', it was not a success. However, producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff understood how much of the success of the first ''Rocky'' had come from Stallone's enormous input and lobbied hard to get him the job.
Filming
The story development of involving Rocky surprising Creed by switching to fighting right-handed was not in the original script and only came about because of an accident onset. While getting in shape for the film, Stallone experienced an almost complete tear on his right pectoralis major muscle while trying to bench press 100 kg with bodybuilder
Franco Columbu
Francesco Maria Columbu (August 7, 1941 – August 30, 2019) was an Italian bodybuilder, powerlifter, actor, author, producer, and a licensed chiropractor.
Originally a boxer, Columbu won the Mr. Olympia in 1976 and 1981, and competed in the i ...
and underwent a partially successful surgery in order to try to reattach the muscle. Therefore, he could not fight with his right hand.
The film's ending fight sequence also posed a challenge because at the time Talia Shire was busy making the drama ''
Old Boyfriends'' and couldn't be on the set. So Stallone came up with the idea of having her watch the fight from home because of the new baby. Adrian's scenes were actually filmed some months later, toward the end of the shoot.
An estimated 800 school children were used as
extras in the scene in which Rocky runs through Philadelphia and climbs the
Rocky Steps
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at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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.
Music
Soundtrack
Just as in the previous installment,
Bill Conti
William Conti (born April 13, 1942) is an American composer and conductor, best known for his film scores, including ''Rocky'' (and four of its sequels), ''The Karate Kid'' (and all of its sequels), '' For Your Eyes Only'', ''Dynasty'' (and its ...
composed the film's music. A soundtrack album containing Conti's score was released on August 25, 1979, and charted on the
''Billboard'' 200 for five consecutive weeks.
# "Redemption" – 2:34
# "
Gonna Fly Now
"Gonna Fly Now", also known as "Theme from ''Rocky''", is the theme song from the movie ''Rocky'', composed by Bill Conti with lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins, and performed by DeEtta West and Nelson Pigford. Released in 1976 with ''Rocky ...
" – 2:35
# "Conquest" – 4:42
# "Vigil" – 6:31
# "All of My Life" – 3:56
# "Overture" – 8:38
# "Two Kinds of Love" – 2:37
# "All of My Life" – 2:27
;Personnel
* Bill Conti – piano (1)
* Mike Lang – piano (8)
* David Duke – horn solo (4)
* Frank Stallone – vocals (7)
* DeEtta Little, Nelson Pigford – vocals (5)
Chart positions
Reception
Box office
''Rocky II'' opened in 805 theatres and grossed $11 million in its first week. It finished in the top three highest-grossing films of 1979, in both the
North American market and
worldwide
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. In the United States and Canada, the film grossed $6,390,537 during its opening weekend,
and in four days. It went on to gross $85,182,160 at the North American box office, and $200,182,160 worldwide.
''Rocky II'' returned to UA 75% of ''Rockys rentals in the United States and Canada ($42 million vs. $56 million) when the rule of thumb at the time was that a sequel would only do 30% to 40% of the business of its predecessor.
Critical response
''Rocky II'' holds a 72% approval rating on the review aggregation website
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; out of 32 reviews, the average rating is 6.8/10. The site's consensus reads: "''Rocky II'' is a movie that dares you to root again for the ultimate underdog – and succeeds due to an infectiously powerful climax."
Janet Maslin
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of ''
The New York Times
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'' wrote that the film "has a waxy feeling, and it never comes to life the way its predecessor did." ''
Variety
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'' wrote, "In its boxing and training scenes ''Rocky II'' packs much of the punch the original did, complete with an exciting pugilistic finale that's even better than its predecessor. However, in an attempt to tell the new story—that of Rocky's adjustment to near-success and an attempt to live a non-boxing life—the plot tends to drag and the picture takes on a murky quality."
Gene Siskel
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gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "What is most remarkable about ''Rocky II'' is that it recalls so many scenes from the original film, which is only three years old and was shown on national television last fall, and yet—amazingly—it all works. Almost every bit of it."
Charles Champlin
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Life and career
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of the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' wrote that "''Rocky II'' does not merely exploit the original, it extends it logically and grippingly, preserving all the traits of character (and of movie character) that made ''Rocky I'' work so well—those notions that ordinary people are worth knowing about, that love is the surpassing emotion in our lives and that some things are worth struggling hard for, even if there may only be the honor of the struggle to show in the end." Gary Arnold of ''
The Washington Post
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'' wrote that the film "slavishly repeats the plot of ''Rocky'', achieving differentiation only in dubious forms: soap opera detours, delaying tactics and an ugly new mood of viciousness surrounding a rematch between the boxers."
Accolades
The film won Best Picture at the American Movie Awards and won the
People's Choice Award
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for Favorite Motion Picture. Dre Rivas of
Film.com
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included it in his list of top ten films of 1979.
Other media
Sequel
A sequel titled ''Rocky III'', was released in May 1982.
Novelization
A
novelization
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was published by
Ballantine Books
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in 1979. Sylvester Stallone was credited as the author. The book is a first-person narrative told by Rocky himself.
Video games
In 1987, ''
Rocky
''Rocky'' is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise and stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burge ...
'' was released, based on the first four ''Rocky'' films. In 2002, another ''
Rocky
''Rocky'' is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise and stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burge ...
'' was released, based on the first five ''Rocky'' films. In 2004, ''
Rocky Legends
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'' was released, based on the first four ''Rocky'' films.
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