It was released in several formats for its home media release, and DVD sales have exceeded $34 million. The film was released on December 20, 2006, 30 years after the release of Rocky (1976), by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios, and exceeded box office expectations with a mainly positive critical reaction. The film also contains many references to characters and objects from previous installments in the series, especially the first.
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It also features 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 first opponent that Rocky is shown fighting in the original film. Milo Ventimiglia plays Rocky's son Robert, now an adult. Boxing promoter Lou DiBella plays himself in the movie and acts as Dixon's promoter in the film. 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 heavyweight division champion in the film. Stallone also mentioned that the storyline of Rocky Balboa parallels his own struggles and triumphs in recent times. The film portrays an aging Balboa in retirement, a widower living in Philadelphia, and the owner and operator of a local Italian restaurant called "Adrian's," named after his late wife.Īccording to Stallone, he was "negligent" in the production of Rocky V, leaving him and many of the fans disappointed with the presumed end of the series. The film, which features Stallone as underdog boxer Rocky Balboa, is the sequel to the 1990 film Rocky V, and the sixth installment in the Rocky franchise that began with the Academy Award-winning Rocky thirty years earlier in 1976. Excludes: Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Germany, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan Republic, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Yemen, Mexico, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Albania, American Samoa, Anguilla, Barbados, Belarus, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Republic of, Cuba, Republic of, Cyprus, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), French Polynesia, Guam, Guernsey, Guyana, Jamaica, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Jersey, Kiribati, Latvia, Lithuania, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Nicaragua, Norway, Korea, North, Palau, Peru, San Marino, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Virgin Islands (U.S.Rocky Balboa is a 2006 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone.