Rocky IV

host Bill Simmons host Cousin Sal host Kyle Brandt

Sequel or remake: No ten-episode remake

All 17 categories

Who won the movie Ivan Drago / Dolph Lundgren
Overacting Award Carl Weathers

Apex Mountain · 1:17:02

Stallone’s 1985–86 global stardom

Bill Simmons: Rocky IV plus Rambo: First Blood Part II made 1985–86 Stallone’s apex.

Rocky IV was considered a Cold War movie apex candidate, with Red Dawn preferred by one host.

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie · 1:29:05

“Throw the damn towel!”

Bill Simmons: All three hosts selected the same line.

The film

Rocky IV (1985)

Directed by Sylvester Stallone · Sports

91 minutes (theatrical cut)93 minutes (director's cut)

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Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Sylvester Stallone Robert "Rocky" Balboa

Talia Shire Adrian Pennino Balboa

Burt Young Paulie Pennino

Carl Weathers Apollo Creed

Brigitte Nielsen Ludmilla Vobet Drago

Dolph Lundgren Captain Ivan Drago

Tony Burton Tony "Duke" Evers

Michael Pataki Nicolai Koloff

Rocky Krakoff Rocky Balboa Jr.

David Lloyd Austin Mikhail Gorbachev

Everything from the episode

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