The longest string of speech comes after the apollo fight. The soviets learned that there are motifs in humanity that echo in all of our interactions. It doesnt matter if the towel was thrown in or not. Find the exact moment in a tv show, movie, or music video you want to share. Overall, the book and the film dont feel like american propaganda or anti russian sentiment, which some people feel the movie displayed. The internet had some hilarious responses to a question about fighting. I highly recommend both the film and book, especially for fight fans. Creed ii is a sequel to creed, rocky iv and rocky balboa. Rocky iv is a 1985 american sports film written and directed by sylvester stallone, who also starred in the film.
Rocky iv gives you an abridged version of all the rocky. Rocky 4 the ref tried to stop the creeddrago fight, but. Those fight sequences are legendary, but they apparently came at a cost. Rocky balboa is fighting spider rico in a local boxing ring called the cambria fight club. It is the fourth and most financially successful entry in the rocky franchise. How to train your dragon 2010 yarn is the best way to find video clips by quote. During the creeddrago fight, the referee tries to stop the fight and then gets shoved back by drago. Then rock went with the cheap shot and got a double leg takedown at the end of the round i would love to see the. Rocky was more reluctant to fight tommy, despite instigating the fight, only because he still cares for the guy.
Its time for everyone to collectively admit this fact. Robert rocky balboa is the title character of the rocky film series. Various rocky iv original motion picture soundtrack. Rocky iv is a cold warthemed fairy tale, with a hero who overcomes monumental trials and defeats evil monsters so that we can all live happily ever after. What happened to ivan drago after he lost to rocky. Brubaker, robert chartoff, arthur chobanian, irwin winkler. Rocky is pitted against russian superathlete ivan drago in a. Tony duke evers is a fictional character from the rocky films, initially portrayed as the managertrainer to apollo creed before eventually becoming the manager to rocky balboa. Creed is presented as the undisputed heavyweight world champion in rocky, he was undefeated and had cleared out his division of challengers prior to his fight with rocky balboa, following his split. I originally had the rocky iv soundtrack on cassette back in 1985. He was portrayed by tony burton and is one of only four characters along with rocky, paulie pennino, and stu nahan to have been featured in the original six rocky films. He appears as the main antagonist of both the 1985 film rocky iv, and the 2018 film creed ii.
Depiction of cold war in rocky iv uk essays ukessays. Everything wrong with rocky iv in some minutes youtube. Christianity today book of the year awards, and paper tiger. Rocky iv is a 1985 american sports drama film written, directed by, and starring sylvester. Sure, the film came out in 1976, before he reached the white house, likewise rocky ii. Unless youre dipping your toe in the more contemporary entries rocky balboa and the new creed movies youre only ever going to want to watch rocky iv. I used to workout to it all the time playing it on my boom box at the gym. I mean, you didnt see drago rushing to stop rocky during his. I guess what im trying to say, is that if i can change, and you can change, everybody can change.
How dolph lundgren almost killed sylvester stallone during rocky iv. Like after the fight where he totally wins over a room full of hostile russians despite the fact that he just beat up their national hero. In the climax of rocky iv, an uppercut by rocky balboa left ivan drago on the canvas after 15 rounds of fighting. Rocky 4 the ref tried to stop the creeddrago fight, but drago shoved the ref away and continued hitting creed, violating the rules of the sport. Apollo creed august 17, 1942 august 31, 1985 was the former heavyweight champion, who was introduced as an antagonist, before transitioning into a deuteragonist later in the rocky franchise. Directed and written by stallone, the movie is about the titular character, rocky balboa, coming out of retirement to avenge apollo creeds death during a fight against upandcoming soviet boxer ivan drago. Drago continues to pummel him in the second round, and despite duke begging rocky to throw in the towel, he reluctantly honors apollos wish. Ive never been terribly familiar with the rocky movies. Rocky iv was the highest grossing sports movie for 24 years, before it was overtaken by the blind side. Buy rocky iv media tie in by sylvester stallone isbn.
Rating is available when the video has been rented. Eventually, drago lands a final punch that knocks apollo to the ground, killing him. Rocky iv original motion picture score by vince dicola. I watched rocky iv for the first time right before i started reading this masterpiece. The ref didnt even give rocky a standing 8 count despite the arse beating he was getting and the 2nd round may have been worse until rocky got in a lucky shot and cut drago. In the film, rocky balboa planned to retire from boxing after regaining his title from clubber lang in rocky iii but an emerging amateur boxer from the soviet union, ivan drago played by dolph lundgren, makes a bold bid to. Rocky iv 1012 movie clip to the end 1985 hd youtube. Rocky iv is a cold war montage with a robotic heart. Why wasnt drago immediately arrested for manslaughter. Following the fight, rocky and apollo become best friends who remain in each others corners for the rest of their lives. Rocky balboa is a littleknown boxer who was given a shot at the heavyweight champ, apollo creed. I highly recommend both the film and book, especially for fight. Enraged, rocky decides to fight drago in the soviet union to avenge the death of. It was one of the most inspirational movie soundtracks of the 80s.
Unfortunately, rocky becomes embarrassed when failing to complete an advert and ends up working in a meat packing company. During this fight, ive seen a lot of changing, in the way you feel about me, and in the way i feel about you. Unable to respond to the referees count, drago was handed a loss by knockout in. In a scene from 2006s rocky balboa, rocky has a hearttoheart with his nowadult son robert milo ventimiglia about the core lesson hes taken away from a life in the ring. Rocky balboa, heavyweight champion of the world, is the trainer for apollo creed in an exhibition match against ivan drago, a superman boxer from the soviet union. Rocky 4 final match rocky balboa vs captain ivan drago. How dolph lundgren almost killed sylvester stallone during. Rocky soundtrack no easy way out by championanthony. He has a lovely wife, adrian, had a successful fight with apollo creed and is able to enjoy the money he earned from the fight and a new endorsement deal.
The horror stories of injuries from the set of rocky movies. Im here to fight, promise me youre not gonna stop this fight. Needless to say i wore that cassette out and purchased the cd shortly after. The film costars dolph lundgren, burt young, talia shire, carl weathers, tony burton, brigitte nielsen and michael pataki. It is the fourth and most financially successful entry in the rocky. Many felt rocky balboa was crazy to take this fight in moscow, myself. Even the climactic fight scene isnt as exciting as it should be, maybe because we know with a certainty born of long experience how it will turn out. Rocky iv is a 1985 american film written by, directed by, and starring sylvester stallone. During the dinner scene when rocky and apollo are discussing apollos possible fight with the russian, adrian advises against the idea, claiming apollo had been retired for nearly five years. He and drago were toetotoe, silently assaulting each other with psychological weapons. Yeah, the liberal media assumes he means he wants to fight rocky, but he. At the end of the fight, rocky makes his speech, then says hello to his kid at home who should be sleeping and seen in the background of the house is a window that is black due to night time. Compubox counted all of rocky balboas statsthe results. Rocky iv is a 1985 american action film starring sylvester stallone and dolph lundgren.
One athletes journey to the underbelly of pro football. And so while rocky is blamed for not stopping the fight something mentioned by. Drago then abandoned his role as the fist of russia to fight for his own pride, as the audience was shown how quickly pride wanes in the presence of displays of the indomitable human spirit and mutual racism as rocky pushed forward. A novelization was published by ballantine books in 1985. Rocky iv is a 1985 american sports drama film written, directed by, and starring sylvester stallone. The movieclips channel is the largest collection of. Track 04 eye of the tiger rocky iv 1985 by shane mulrooney.
Instead, rocky becomes a soldier who fights a cultural war for the. Ivan drago in rocky iv, the dreaded drago somehow managed to find balboas face andor body on. Rocky iv, dolph lundgren the original rocky was a scrappy tale of a. Having done much better than anyone expected, creed demands a rematch, embarrassed by his inability to dominate the amateur balboa. No way should that fight have made it past the 1st round. Rocky iv the fourth installment of the rocky series that released in 1985, is a movie that showcases not only good drama that satisfies the audiences expectation of action and adventure, but also subtly depicts the cold war and the idea of the us against them, that is, the united states against the u. Easily move forward or backward to get to the perfect spot. The film costars dolph lundgren and its the fourth entry in the rocky film series. Secondly, rocky gets satisfying revenge from the first showdown, which ended in a draw. In reality, ivan and apollos fight would have been stopped very quickly. We assume rocky iv happens about 1985, that would put apollos retire year, according to what adrian said, somewhere about 1980, or maybe slightly previous, say in 1979. He mumbled something to you, after suffering severe head trauma, about not stopping the fight. But the real reason the harrowing bout between the two equally matched titans is so great is what transpires outside of the ring. He was a former soviet military captain and amateur boxing champion bent on defeating rocky balboa.
In the book, mickeys gym was renovated so that rocky could train for drago, rocky decided to get away from the publicity by training in russia. There are two big boxing matches during rocky iv, one set at the mgm grand hotel in las vegas this is an mgmua movie and the other in the soviet union. Listen to your favorite songs from rocky iv original motion picture score by vince dicola now. After rocky gives tommy quite a beat down, he offers him his hand, where tommy practically accepted his defeat and ended the fight on good terms with rocky. I ll tell you in one word why i have never watched rocky. Sylvester stallone will tell you hes qualified to decide which rocky fight is the best. In here, there were two guys killing each other, but i guess thats better than twenty million. Boy ill tell ya that was a pulverizing round for the exchampion. Rocky iv relive the most spectacular plays at home with this dvd featuring the complete, unedited broadcast from game 4 of the 2007 world seriesae. By the end of the first round, rocky and apollos trainer duke burton plead with him to give up, but apollo refuses, gravely telling rocky not to stop the fight. When apollo is killed in the ring by the brutal drago, balboa blames himself and promises to avenge his friends death in the ring.
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