Movie: 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

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Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone

Narrator/Self (archive footage)

John G. Avildsen
John G. Avildsen

Self (archive footage)

Carl Weathers
Carl Weathers

Self (archive footage)

Talia Shire
Talia Shire

Self (archive footage)

Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith

Self (archive footage)

Burt Young
Burt Young

Self (archive footage)

Joe Spinell
Joe Spinell

Self (archive footage)

Thayer David
Thayer David

Self (archive footage)

Tony Burton
Tony Burton

Self (archive footage)

Bill Conti
Bill Conti

Self (archive footage)

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