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Rocky Balboa (film)
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Rocky Balboa (also known as Rocky VI) is the sixth
and finalinstallment in the Rocky franchise, directed
by and starring Sylvester Stallone. The film, which
was also written by Stallone who plays underdog
boxer Rocky Balboa, is the sixth film in the Rockyseries that began with the Academy Award-winning
Rocky thirty years earlier in 1976. The film portrays
Balboa in retirement, a widower living in
Philadelphia, and the owner and operator of a localItalian restaurant called "Adrian's", named after his
late wife.
Rocky Balboa was produced as another sequel to the
Academy Award-winning Rocky. According to
Stallone, he was "negligent" in theproduction of
Rocky V leaving him and many of the fans
disappointed with the presumed end of the series.
Stallone also mentioned that the storyline of Rocky
Balboa parallels his own struggles andtriumphs in
recent times.[3]
In addition to Stallone, the film stars Burt Young as
Paulie, Rocky's brother-in-law, and real-life boxer
Antonio Tarver as Mason "The Line" Dixon, the
current WorldHeavyweight Champion in the film.
Boxing promoter Lou DiBella plays himself in the
movie and acts as Dixon's promoter in the film. Milo
Ventimiglia plays Rocky's son Robert, now an adult.
It alsofeatures the return of two minor characters
from the original movie into larger roles in this film:
Marie, the young woman that Rocky attempts to
steer away from trouble; and Spider Rico, the firstopponent that Rocky is shown fighting in the
original film. The film also holds many references to
people and objects from previous instalments in the
series, especially the first.
The film wasreleased on December 20, 2006, by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures and
Revolution Studios. It exceeded box office
expectations and critical reaction was positive. The
film was released in...