Top cast:Manuel,Georges Méliès
Director:Brian De Palma
Genre:Action
Region:Sweden
Year:2010
Storyline:Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The third film in the original five-film series.With a production budget of $2.5 million, and box-office gross receipts of $12 million (domestic).BackgroundElmer Gantry(1960) is an entertaining melodrama with memorable performances, from writer/director Richard Brooks." Apollo died in Rocky""s arms in the ring.Rocky and Drago locked eyes.The scene dissolved to Apollo""s funeral, where sunglasses-wearing Rocky delivered a eulogy for his ex-opponent, trainer, and friend: "I guess what matters is what he stood for, what he lived for, and what he died for.Now like your Mark Twain once said, ""Virtue has never been as respectable as money.""...Simply put, you""re the Great White Hope." They temptingly offered to get Rocky licensed to fight internationally if he would fight Cane, and Rocky was almost convinced: "We could use one more payday." (The fight""s outcome was fixed by the Mafia.) La Motta refuses to leave he ring and pandemonium reigns in the arena.An angry fracas breaks out in the crowd over La Motta""s controversial first defeat - chairs are thrown and one female spectator is trampled.She looks down at the gun - at first repulsed, but then erotically fascinated, hypnotized and aroused by his assertive show of banditry and dangerousness.