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List Price: $62.96Price: $37.95 You Save: $25.01 (40%)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Fabric Type: 9780792849315
Graphics Memory Size: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Legal Disclaimer: 0792849310
Maximum Color Depth: MGM (Video & DVD)
Maximum Focal Length: EnglishUnknownDolby Digital 5.1EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1
Metal Type: MGM (Video & DVD)
Processor Count: 5
Total Firewire Ports: MGM (Video & DVD)
Total Metal Weight: 1
Total Parallel Ports: April 24, 2001
Total S Video Out Ports: 538 minutes
MGM (Video & DVD)
November 16, 1990
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Americans love the underdog. Anytime someone is beating the odds, fighting his or her way to the top, like the Little Engine That Could, it resonates well with U.S. audiences; it's in their nature. Sylvester Stallone knew that in 1976, when Rocky was a monstrous hit and established itself in the American cultural lexicon. His low-budget tale of a young boxer who came from the slums of Philadelphia and worked his way to the championship recalls Capra characters such as Mr. Smith or John Doe as he worked his way to fame and self-respect. Like Capra's films from 30 years before, Rocky pushed emotional buttons with audiences, but in a somewhat less maudlin, obvious way; it's possible to enjoy Rocky without feeling embarrassed about it, even in the cynical, postironic '90s. It ranks respectably among the best boxing pictures, such as The Set-Up or Somebody Up There Likes Me. The story paralleled Stallone's own, from a relative unknown to a star with one breakthrough picture. Rocky II (1979) carries on the story line, playing on the rivalry between Rocky Balboa and nemesis Apollo Creed, while Balboa's wife fights for her life. Mainly, though, the sequel seems like a link between the first film and Rocky III, in which an aging Rocky takes on big, bad Clubber Lang (the near-forgotten Mr. T). While playing on the same emotional capital as the first movie, Rocky III is the high-water mark of the sequels; by the next movie, Stallone had turned into a near-self-parody of the original character. Rocky IV finds the underdog taking on an oversized, blond Russian boxer (Dolph Lundgren) in a cold war scenario (Rocky literally wraps himself in the American flag). The series mercifully played out by 1990, as embarrassingly punch-drunk as the Rocky character himself by that point. Given the way the American pop-culture continuum seems to work, it's probably due time for the later sequels to be plucked from the compost heap of '80s flotsam and revived as high camp; the Reagan-era hyperpatriotism of Rocky IV is as dated as in junk like Red Dawn or the dreadful Invasion U.S.A. Still, the first three films pack a satisfying emotional wallop without giving the viewer the urge to crawl under the couch. The last two... well, use your judgment. They will soon be good for an '80s nostalgia party. --Jerry Renshaw
Description:
"Rocky" (1976, 119 min.) - Rocky Balboa, club fighter from the mean streets of Philadelphia, gets an unlikely shot at the heavyweight championship by taking on Apollo Creed. "Rocky II" (1979, 119 min.) - After his fight with Apollo Creed, the embarrassed champ insistently provokes Rocky to accept a challenge for a rematch. "Rocky III" (1982, 99 min.) - When Rocky is dethroned by the brutal Clubber Lang, Apollo Creed offers to retrain him in order to regain his fighting spirit. "Rocky IV" (1985, 91 min.) - When Apollo Creed is killed in a bout against a powerful Soviet boxer, Rocky challenges the Soviet boxer himself in a personal fight for country and for his friend. "Rocky V" (1990, 104 min.) - Due to permanent injuries caused in his fight with Ivan Drago, Rocky Balboa is forced to retire. He comes home, his wealth and fame now gone, and begins to coach ungrateful up-and-coming fighter Tommy Gunn.
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Received this item in excellent condition.
I am very satisfied, especially since these disks are used!
Thanks again
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No movie collection is complete without the Rocky series. This was a gift for my dad but also for my whole family to enjoy over and over again because we grew up with Rocky and it's actually some of our favorite movies, not to mention a plethure of movie quotes.
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Great product as described. No tracking information provided and shipping time was a little longer than I would have expected as compared to other sellers (still within sellers estimated shipping window). Overall great transaction and product as described.
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Box set containing all 5 of the original rocky movies (minus the newest, sixth, movie releasted in 2006). This set is great if you just want to sit back and enjoy the movies themselves. These movies were produced in the 70s and 80s so like many other DVDs of movies of this time frame, the discs are not packed with special features or lots of extra like newer movies.
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The Rocky DVD set was in perfect condition as described by the seller. I am very pleased and look forward to doing business with this seller in the future!
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