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“An alien vision of an alien world”: Rocky reviewed in 1977

As both the 4K restoration of Rocky (1976) and the new biopic I Play Rocky hit cinemas, we return to our original review of the picture that made Sylvester Stallone a star.

By Tom Milne

“An alien vision of an alien world”: Rocky reviewed in 1977
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