Rocky faces the ultimate challenge from a powerful new contender, and must turn to a former rival to help regain his throne as the undisputed fighting champion.Rocky faces the ultimate challenge from a powerful new contender, and must turn to a former rival to help regain his throne as the undisputed fighting champion.Rocky faces the ultimate challenge from a powerful new contender, and must turn to a former rival to help regain his throne as the undisputed fighting champion.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 9 nominations total
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- GoofsAt Micky's funeral, there are only 4 people present (Rocky, Adrian, Paulie and Al the Cutman. In order for a Jewish service/prayer to take place, there must be a minimum of 10 men (Minyan). If there is not a Minyan then the prayers have no validity and therefore strangers are often invited to the prayers ensuring there are 10 or more men.
- Quotes
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!
- Crazy creditsFor the first time in the series, Tony Burton's character is credited (and referred to on screen for the first time) as Duke.
- Alternate versionsSeveral scenes were added for the European Theatrical Release:
- During the Thunderlips charity fight, there are several glances between Rocky and Clubber Lang (Mr. T).
- A romantic scene between Rocky and Adrian before the Statue unveiling.
- A funeral march for Mickey (Burgess Meredith).
- The dialogue between Apollo ('Carl Weathers') and Rocky in Mick's Gym is longer.
- ConnectionsEdited from Rocky II (1979)
- SoundtracksEye of the Tiger
Composed and Produced by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan
Performed by Survivor
Survivor appears by courtesy of Scotti Brothers Records
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Oddly enough, my favorite Rocky movie.
This Rocky movie is a rather quick flowing film compared to the first movies and features a bit more comedy while still having drama and inspirational scenes that were pivotal in the first two movies. The fights are different here too, as in this film we do not have the 15 round beat downs of the first films, but rather three rounds of pure hard hitting. In this one we start out with a strange charity match as Rocky the heavyweight champion of boxing goes against the heavyweight champion of wrestling, Thunderlipps (Hulk Hogan in his only decent appearance in a movie, then again it is not really a stretch). This match is rather entertaining and funny, but soon Rocky must face a new challenger to his belt, the very tough Clubber Lang played by a very tough Mr. T. Mickey does not want Rocky to fight this guy as Mickey has seen that Rocky has lost the fire in his eyes that got him the title and would most likely lose to this determined if a bit arrogant new fighter. Well they do end up fighting and Rocky loses and gets hit even worse by the passing of his mentor. Apollo having witnessed the fight and not liking Clubber Lang at all offers to help Rocky train and thus a new friendship is born. The training is nice to watch and I like how Rocky does different strategies against Clubber in the final fight. Sure this movie is a bit more over the top than the previous Rocky movies, it to me is still my favorite.
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- Also known as
- Rocky, Part 3
- Filming locations
- Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, California, USA(running scenes)
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Box office
- Budget
- $17,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $125,049,125
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,431,486
- May 30, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $125,052,898
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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