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Author: Antony Rotunno

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Episode 44: Rocky III (1982) Part 2 of 2
Wednesday, 8 April, 2026

We round off our look at Rocky III by going through theremaining scenes of the film. Without issuing too many spoilers, Rocky comes a cropper and his life goes seriously south, motivation all but gone. However, just as Clarence the Angel came to rescue George Bailey in our very first filmreview on this show, Rocky’s old rival Apollo Creed swoops in with a two-word plan that could be said to be slightly Beatle-esque (a little something for Glass Onion fans there). Mr T continues to shine as the menacing Clubber Lang, but thesecond half of the film certainly belongs to the burgeoning bromance between Rocky and Apollo. Adrian also plays her part with a stirring speech on the beach, and Burt Young’s Paulie emerges as wonderful comic relief. Will Rocky ultimately prevail? Well, probably… At some point in the conversation, Antony and Scott also takea tangential look at the movies of 1982 in general. We were truly spoiled in the days when films as incredible as ‘The Thing’ and ‘Blade Runner’ could drop on the same day! Enjoy! 'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms. Feedback to contrafib2001@gmail.com Facebook⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/filmgoldpod⁠⁠⁠ Twitter⁠⁠https://twitter.com/FilmGold75⁠ Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts) ⁠⁠⁠https://www.antonyrotunno.com⁠ Antony’s John Lennon/Beatles and Psychology/Alt. Mediapodcasts⁠⁠⁠https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com⁠⁠https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com⁠ Support Antony’s podcast work (Film Gold, Glass Onion: OnJohn Lennon and Life And Life Only) at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OR⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scott’s podcast ‘The Stinking Pause’https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause episode linksRocky III film pages and official trailerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_IIIhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084602/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7vbDPUMWDc ‘Rummy’s Corner’ on the Rocky sequels (guess which one helooks best)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_XcXWhtFT8 The start of a fine bromance!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXykRUEIchY Adrian to the rescue (+ training montage)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIXia5HP9RI ‘The Rocky Saga’ documentaryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLlupHLXgvU Tony Burton speech in ‘Rocky Balboa’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtjGvBnAxVE Tony in ‘The Shining’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVo_LfK3B0k&t=1s ‘Shining’ recut trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmkVWuP_sO0 Travis is looking for love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Avkk_Wxs0