Rocky Resources
Websites
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The fansite Total Rocky can't help you train for a championship fight, but it can help you deck out your movie room with Mickey posters and other Rocky artwork for a total Rocky experience.
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Rocky may not be the star of the Rocky franchise anymore, but Sly Stallone's website still keeps you updated on news of the Rockyverse.
Book or TV Adaptations
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Back before you could watch and re-watch movies on VHS tape, you had to settle for re-reading it in book form. The novelization of Rocky is a must-read for Rocky fans.
Articles and Interviews
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Stallone actually had two turtles named Cuff and Link around the time of Rocky II. He talks about that, and the outlandish idea for Rocky III, in this 1979 interview.
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The Centrum multivitamin must not have been around in 1976, when Stallone took 113 vitamins daily to stay in shape for Rocky.
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Talia Shire thinks Rocky and Adrian's first date would make a perfect ice ballet. We agree.
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Speaking of ballet, the entire final fight had to be choreographed, like a bloody dance. Stallone took inspiration from Muhammad Ali and other great fighters of the era.
Video
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Stallone walks in his own footsteps, telling the story of Rocky on CBS Sunday Morning.
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Stallone is the brains behind the brawn, and he talks his way through his creative process in this video.
Audio
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Rocky's religious sub-text became text-text with the 2006 Rocky Balboa.
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"Gonna Fly Now," the theme from Rocky, is a must-have on every workout mix.
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This Best Buy commercial uses the final song from Rocky, "The Final Bell." If you punch someone out on Black Friday, remember to hum this after.
Images
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This poster reminds us that no staircase will ever be a match for us.
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Rocky's wax figure looks a little melted.