{"id":49655,"date":"2016-11-21T11:50:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T16:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49655"},"modified":"2016-11-21T11:51:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T16:51:27","slug":"movie-trailer-of-the-day-rocky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49655","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Celebrates 40 Years of Fighting The Cinematic Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3VUblDwa648\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>As we mentioned in this week&#8217;s poll, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/rocky-40th-anniversary-edition\/883904343400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rocky<\/a><\/em> turns 40 today. Naturally, it was the perfect choice to featured as today&#8217;s Movie Trailer of the Day. This rousing underdog tale from writer\/star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Sylvester%20Stallone%7C766606&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sylvester Stallone<\/a> and director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=John%20G.%20Avildsen%7C259235&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John G. Avildsen<\/a> struck a chord with audiences around the world and won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. When flamboyant heavyweight champ Apollo Creed (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Carl%20Weathers%7C522528&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Carl Weathers<\/a>) announces a Bicentennial bout in Philadelphia, local pug boxer Rocky Balboa (Stallone) gets a dream shot at taking the title. With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Talia%20Shire%7C656409&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Talia Shire<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Burt%20Young%7C145369&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Burt Young<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Burgess%20Meredith%7C145229&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Burgess Meredith<\/a>. The film&#8217;s rich, relatable script and across the board fantastic performances made <em>Rocky<\/em> one of the biggest phenomenons of the 1970s &#8212; resulting in five sequels and last year&#8217;s spin-off film, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/creed\/883929484317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creed<\/a><\/em>, which found Rocky in the mentor role of a young boxer. Yet it all began all those years ago with the simple story of a boxer who found the inner strength to chase his dream despite the odds. 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