Rocky IV: The American Punch

Rocky IV: The American Punch

Documentary, History | Oct. 11, 2014

Rocky IV is dually symbolic - it embodies both the victory of the American boxer over the Soviet one and the victory of neo-liberalism over a dwindling socialism. Today, Rocky is held up as a model by some and is a subject of derision for others. An emblem of the 1980s, its culture and its heroes, the film will be the subject of an entertaining analysis of popular culture.

Rocky IV: The American Punch

Documentary, History | Oct. 11, 2014

Rocky IV: The American Punch
Rocky IV is dually symbolic - it embodies both the victory of the American boxer over the Soviet one and the victory of neo-liberalism over a dwindling socialism. Today, Rocky is held up as a model by some and is a subject of derision for others. An emblem of the 1980s, its culture and its heroes, the film will be the subject of an entertaining analysis of popular culture.
Producers ARTE France Cinéma
Original title Rocky IV : Le Coup de poing américain
Directors Dimitri Kourtchine
Writers Dimitri Kourtchine

Cast

Peter Biskind

as himself

Robert Chartoff

as himself

Franco Columbu

as himself

Vince DiCola

as himself

Sylvain Dieuaide

as narrator

Irwin Winkler

as himself