Rocky III (1982)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Sylvester Stallone

Guionista:

Sylvester Stallone (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

28 mayo 1982 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Deporte

Frase comercial:

His life is happy, his fights have seemed easy. Now a young upstart is going to make him prove just how far he can still go...

Plot:

When Rocky is defeated by a brutal challenger, Apollo Creed offers to retrain him in order to regain his fighting spirit.

Plot Keywords:

Champion | Rematch | Death | Boxing | Charity

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Be nice, it ain't that bad.....

Reparto

Sylvester Stallone	...	Rocky Balboa
Talia Shire	...	Adrianna 'Adrian' Pennino Balboa
Burt Young	...	Paulie
Carl Weathers	...	Apollo Creed
Burgess Meredith	...	Mickey Goldmill
Tony Burton	...	Duke
Mr. T	...	Clubber Lang
Hulk Hogan	...	Thunderlips
Ian Fried	...	Rocky Junior
Al Silvani	...	Al
Wally Taylor	...	Clubber Lang's manager
Jim Hill	...	Sportscaster
Don Sherman	...	Andy
Dennis James	...	Wrestling commentator
Jim Healy	...	Wrestling commentator

También conocida como:

Rocky III (Argentina) (Peru) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

99 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby | 70 mm 6-Track

Clasificación:

Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Alberta) (re-rating) (1999) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Iceland:16 | Mexico:A | South Korea:12 | Brazil:12 | Peru:14 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:18 (1982) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Chartoff-Winkler Productions

Trivialidades:

Because Rocky's life is so different in this film from the first two films, director Sylvester Stallone wanted this film to look different from the first new so as to reflect the changes in the character's life. Stallone felt that one of the biggest prices of fame is a loss of privacy, and the intrusion of the media into every aspect of a celebrity's life. He felt that people get to know celebrities primarily through news and documentary footage, so he wanted the film to feel that way - as if the camera was 'secretly' filming Balboa, who had given up all rights to privacy. This is why there is so much hand-held material in the film.

Errores:

Continuidad: At the beginning of the final fight between Rocky and Clubber, we see Rocky take his robe off in a close-up shot and he has a towel around his neck. We then see a distant shot and the towel is gone. Then we come to a slightly closer shot and the towel is back again.

Citas:

Interviewer: Do you hate Rocky?
Clubber Lang: No, I don't hate Balboa. I pity the fool, and I will destroy any man who tries to take what I got!

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Witless Protection (2008)

Banda de Sonido:

Take You Back

Be nice, it ain't that bad.....

Clearly the most entertaining of the Rocky films due to its perfect pacing and well-choreographed matches. Stallone is at his best when playing Rocky--it is his vision and his creation--and, despite what Hollywood wants us to think, he is not a bad director either.

What he masters are "subtleties" (my term): certain facial expressions or small actions/reactions at perhaps less-than-pivotal moments which reveal his skill. They need to be really looked for to be seen, which is why only those who without the ability to look deeper than the surface find him so mediocre.

I don't want to give them all away, but here's one example of a subtlety that shows just how human he can make his characters (especially Rocky): in this film, in the break between the end of Round 2 and the beginning of Round 3, he is sitting in his corner getting a mouthful from Apollo. An assistant starts to spray something in his face (probably something to coagulate the blood, I don't know), but Rocky, who is focused intently on Apollo's furious coaching, opens his mouth as if he is expecting water to be sprayed in. He suddenly flinches in disgust as the spray goes in his mouth and stings his face. It's just a tiny tiny humorous moment that speaks loudly about attention to detail.

Or how about in Rocky 2, at the beginning of the match when they meet in the center of the ring and Apollo starts making his bravado-laden threats, we see Rocky just sort of nod and half-smile at him politely, then next you see a side-on shot of him turning to walk back to his corner, and the look on his face says "What a prick." Priceless.

I'm not a fan of boxing, or the first Rocky movie (too slow), or the last Rocky movie (huh?), but this one is extremely enjoyable for me to watch as a human being who faces challenges just like anyone else, and who needs that occasional inspiration to give me a dose of determination to overcome them.