Word: avildsen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Directed by John G. Avildsen...
...triumph over what appear to be terminal leg cramps on opening night of her first starring part in a ballet? Can another big crash-bang score by Bill Conti once again drown out a multitude of dramatic sins and carry this picture to the popular heights achieved by Director Avildsen's most recent work, the ineffable Rocky...
...usual in Avildsen's work, the direction is on the nose, with no discomfiting originality to disturb audiences. The veteran Sorvino knows enough to be somewhat hangdog about what he is called upon to do, but Ditchburn is too new to the game to be even slightly humiliated by all this nonsense. They meet somewhere in the middle of mediocrity to form their little ensemble. It is a measure of just how careless the raptures of cynicism are that Avildsen tries to pass off an ancient Newark concert hall as Lincoln Center, which it in no way resembles...
Directed by JOHN AVILDSEN...
...staying on his feet a full 15 rounds with the champion). It is too bad. Rocky was shot very inexpensively, giving hope to all who be lieve that it is possible to make an appealing and potentially highly popular film without spending millions - or even a million. Director John Avildsen shows here a stronger naturalistic gift than Joe or Save the Tiger demonstrated. When it sticks to its natural milieu the picture has simple and engaging strength. Only when it and the title character try to move up in class too quickly do they lose...