The Clark partners with Images Cinema to present a film series that captures the explosion of creativity, critical acclaim, and box office success that Hollywood directors found after the fall of the studio system.

The series continues with Rocky (1976). If Bonnie and Clyde signaled the arrival of New Hollywood, Rocky offers a glimpse into how the fall of the old Hollywood studio system created new opportunities. During that chaotic moment, Sylvester Stallone wrote the script for Rocky, eventually taking a deal that gave him the starring role. By the 1980s, New Hollywood had given way to a more formulaic approach, but in 1976 Stallone could write and star in a film that played to his strengths and toned-down the sentimentality and stereotypes, just enough. Is it any wonder that the Rocky franchise does well when the dominant mode of the movie industry is faltering, whether it is 1976 or 2015 (the year Creed came out)? (Run time: 1 hour, 59 minutes)

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Image: Rocky, John G. Avildsen, 1976