Rocky V - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Rocky V or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Rocky V

[nicholas]

Michael Anthony Williams and Tommy Morrison were real-life boxers. They were due to have a real-life match about a month after this movie was released, hyped as "The Real Cane vs. Gunn Match". It had to be canceled when Williams was hurt.

[darrell]

This is the first movie where Rocky's real name, Robert, is used. When Rocky first meets Tommy Gunn, as George Washington Duke pulls up in his limo, Duke says "Mr. Robert 'Rocky' Balboa!"

[ivan]

Rocky V (1990), Creed (2015) and Creed II (2018) are the only three movies in the "Rocky" saga to receive PG-13 ratings. This is also the only movie to receive a 15 certificate in Ireland (solely due to the final street fight, as revealed in an Irish Times article).

[wesley]

Originally, the scene where Rocky is knocked out, during his fight with Tommy Gunn, had Rocky remembering the fight with Clubber Lang and afterward, he sees Mickey as a hallucination on top of the subway tracks telling him not to give up. This scene didn't make the final cut.

[melinda]

According to director John G. Avildsen, Rocky was originally going to die after the street fight with Tommy Gunn. The studio ordered them to change the ending, saying iconic characters like Rocky Balboa shouldn't die.

[cassandra]

Sylvester Stallone rewrote the ending, saying Rocky was supposed to be about perseverance and redemption, and having him die in a street brawl would go against the roots of the series.

[terry]

According to Sylvester Stallone, Tommy Gunn later became a third-rate wrestler.

[frederick]

In a 2010 interview with The Sun, Sylvester Stallone said that he made the film out of greed.

[jim]

Along with The Godfather: Part III (1990), this is one of two 1990 sequels to a Best Picture Academy Award winner to star Talia Shire (Adrian Balboa).

[ella]

This is the only film in the "Rocky" saga to have lost money at the box-office.

[jesse]

Sylvester Stallone originally toyed with the idea of killing Rocky off at the end of the film. The plan was that Rocky would die in an ambulance on its way to the hospital with Adrian by his side. At the hospital, she would have announced to the world of his passing and his spirit would live on with a final flashback of the famous scene of him running up the steps. Stallone ultimately abandoned this concept and rewrote the ending.

[violet]

Only film of the series where the climactic fight doesn't conclude with Bill Conti's "Final Bell" theme.

[jessie]

Stu Nahan and Leroy Neiman who were frequently featured in previous Rocky Films (Leroy Neiman as an artist and Stu Nahan as a commentator), are both among the press that are grilling Tommy Gunn for his lack of heart, inability to face tougher opponents, and his betrayal of Rocky.

[lena]

The character George Washington Duke is based on Don King. He even uses King's catchphrase "Only in America".

[terry]

Sylvester Stallone's son Sage Stallone played Robert Balboa, Jr. His younger brother Seargeoh Stallone previously played the newborn Robert in Rocky II (1979).

[stephanie]

Sylvester Stallone's salary for the first Rocky film was $23,000. His salary for Rocky V (1990) was $15 million dollars, a 65,217% pay raise. It's one of the largest pay raises in Hollywood history for any actor.

[jamie]

The speech Mickey gives to Rocky in the flashback sequence is based on an interview with Cus D'Amato given in 1985, shortly after Mike Tyson's first professional victory.