We’ve all seen this film. Or at least some part of it. Perhaps no work of popular culture is more globally associated with our beloved city than Rocky. Written by and starring Philadelphia native Sylvester Stallone, the sleeper hit film launched the actor into the Hollywood celebrity-sphere and forever etched into our collective memory that run up the steps of The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the accompanying score by Bill Conti.

The classic rags-to-riches story of a neighborhood guy—He’s every nobody whoever needed somebody—who gets a shot at the big time has its heart in the right place and this is why it has impacted so many people across the globe. Rocky was nominated for ten and received three Oscars including Best Picture in 1976 as well as a Golden Globe Award. In 2006, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.

Parodied in The Simpsons, The Fresh Prince, The Nutty Professor (1996), and countless other moments in media, that run will live with us forever, and perhaps somewhere in our hearts a piece of Philadelphia legend.

The Philadelphia Film Society presents an opportunity to screen the film—the way it was meant to be seen—in widescreen and in the company of other cheering fans. See it this Wednesday at the Asylum Arena where both the sequel Rocky Balboa (2006) and The Wrestler (2008) were filmed!

Rocky (1976)

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Asylum Arena

7 W. Ritner Street

Tickets: FREE for Philadelphia Film Society members; $5 for Non-members

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Watch the trailer here.