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Rocky Special: Burning Youth

Rocky Special: Burning Youth

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Rocky Special: Burning Youth

1990

0h 14m

7.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

A recap of the first four films in the Rocky franchise produced for Japanese theaters.

Links & Resources

Social & External

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

United Artists

The people behind it

Cast & crew

8 featured cast members

Starring

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone

Rocky Balboa (archive footage)

Talia Shire

Talia Shire

Adrian Pennino (archive footage)

Burt Young

Burt Young

Paulie Pennino (archive footage)

Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers

Apollo Creed (archive footage)

Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

Mickey Goldmill (archive footage)

Mr. T

Mr. T

Clubber Lang (archive footage)

Dolph Lundgren

Dolph Lundgren

Ivan Drago (archive footage)

Brigitte Nielsen

Brigitte Nielsen

Ludmilla Vobet Drago (archive footage)

Creative team

Directed by: John G. Avildsen
Sylvester Stallone
Written by: Sylvester Stallone

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