As boxing’s gold-standard take on the rags-to-riches storyline, the 1976 movie earned $225 million United States in the worldwide box office – the equivalent of $938 million in 2016 dollars – on a thrifty budget of $1.1 million.
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Arnold lent a shoulder to friend Sylvestor Stallone, who lost the Oscar in the Best Supporting Actor category for his film “Creed”. His first movie Rocky received 10 Oscar Nominations at the 1977 Academy awards and bagged the awards for best picture, best director and best film editing.
Stallone was pretty much cast as a brute, Italian thug before breaking out in Rocky and eventually moving into different roles.
The British star who playsKGB agent Rudolf Abel in the film paused, then added, that the director “leads with such love that he’s surrounded by masters in every craft on his film”.
Sylvester Stallone is one of the leading candidates in this year’s Oscars race so I figured it was a great time to go into his historical body of cinematic work. The competition was especially stiff in the supporting actor category, with Rylance edging out Stallone, Christian Bale (The Big Short), Tom Hardy (The Revenant) and Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight).
Despite the compelling storyline and solid performance by Smith, Concussion doesn’t hit as hard as the head shots it chronicles.
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“I don’t know how they separate my acting from your glorious acting and these wonderful films that you’re in”, said Rylance. “It’s been a most memorable year”, he captioned one snap.
