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Rocky IV
Synopsis
The third sequel to Sylvester Stallone's boxing blockbuster combines the ringside sports melodrama of the previous installments with the Cold War patriotism of the star/director's other motion picture series of the 1980s, the Rambo saga. Stallone is back as Rocky Balboa, the heavyweight champion of the world and now good friend of his one-time nemesis, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). Creed is brutally slaughtered in the boxing ring during a lop-sided exhibition match against the superhuman Russian boxer Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), an event that Rocky takes personally. Vowing revenge against Drago in the name of Creed and the United States, Rocky is invited to the Soviet Union for a matchup and hires Creed's former manager (Tony Burton) to get him in shape. While Drago trains using the latest technology, Rocky's ascetic preparations are a low-key affair of carrying logs up hills through knee-deep Russian snow.~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Full Credits
  • Director:
    Sylvester Stallone,
  • Writer:
    Sylvester Stallone,
  • Producer:
    Irwin Winkler, James D. Brubaker, Robert Chartoff,
  • Cinematographer:
    Bill Butler,
  • Editor:
    John W. Wheeler, Don Zimmerman,
  • Executive Producer:
    Arthur Chobanian, James D. Brubaker,
  • Cast:
    Brigitte Nielsen, Dolph Lundgren, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Sylvester Stallone,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Patrick Magee, Barbara Gandolfo-Frady, Martin November, Gregory M. Gerlich,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Duncan Henderson,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Christopher Ryan,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    Janet G. Knutsen,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Frank E. Warner,
  • Camera Operator:
    John J. Connor, Eric D. Andersen, Robert Ennis, Rod Parkhurst, Philip Linzey, Jack Green, Tony Westman, James R. Connell, Brenton Spencer, Michael Genne,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Julie Pitkanen, Candice Field,
  • Boom Operator:
    William Gocke,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Thom Wells, Roger Irvin,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    Johnny Walker, Kenneth Zunder,
  • Location Manager:
    Robert H. Lemer,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Karen Stewart, Chriss Strauss,
  • Property Master:
    Wayne McLaughlin, Louis S. Fleming,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    Victoria Martin, Gary S. Gerlich, Bill Wylie,
  • ADR Editor:
    Andy Patterson, Mary Andrews,
  • Production Design:
    Bill Kenney,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Paul Mindrup, Walt Fraser,
  • Casting:
    Amanda Mackey,
  • Stunt Double:
    Mark De Alessandro,
  • Costumer:
    Murray Lantz, Linda Henrikson, Michael J. Long,
  • Choreographer:
    Michael McKensie Pratt,
  • Editorial Staff:
    Rosemarie Urioste, Markus Schaub, Paul Cichocki, James R. Symons,
  • Color Timer:
    Ron Lambert,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Aaron Rochin, Ray O'Reilly, Michael J. Kohut, Jay M. Harding,
  • Key Grip:
    Ben Rusi, Jim Sheppherd,
  • Production Consultant:
    Bill Wells,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Vince DiCola,
  • Special Effects Coordinator:
    George Erschbamer,
  • Stunts:
    Gene LeBell,
  • Hairstylist:
    Donna Bis, Barbara Lorenz,
  • Set Decoration:
    Rick Gentz, Marti Wright,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Stephen Abrums, Jayne Dancose, Leonard Engelman,
  • Music Supervisor:
    Robin Garb,
  • Still Photographer:
    Dave Friedman,
  • Best Boy Grip:
    Tom D. May,
  • Music Editor:
    James D. Young,
  • Chief Lighting Technician:
    Colin J. Campbell,
  • Production Manager:
    Mary Eilts,
  • Title Designer:
    Wayne Fitzgerald,
  • ADR Voice Casting:
    Barbara Harris,
  • Assistant Location Manager:
    William Chartoff,
  • Additional Editing:
    Tim Board,
  • Wardrobe Master:
    Susan Malloy,
  • Assistant Sound Editor:
    Leslie Gaulin,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    William Ladd Skinner,
  • Costume Design:
    Tom Bronson,
  • Special Effects:
    Howard Jensen,
  • Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
    Robert Jason,
  • Sound Mixer:
    Charles M. Wilborn,
  • Unit Production Manager:
    JoAnn May-Pavey,

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