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Rocky IV
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 5
- Movies in this archive
- 7
Rewatchables episodes featuring Tony Burton’s films
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Mentioned in discussions
The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
Buddy the driver
In the discussion (3)
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- Candidates include Marie, Tony Burton, Joe Spinell, Stu Nahan and Bill Baldwin. — Bill Simmons
- Buddy the driver wins as the definition of the award; his license-plate joke became a repeated family joke. — Bill Simmons
- Burgess Meredith is rejected for having too much screen time. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (5)
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- Duke is favored because viewers knew the performer by that character for years.
- Jim Hill is proposed for supplying an authentic Los Angeles sportscaster presence. — Gus Ramsey
- Stu Nahan is recalled from the Rocky films, Spicoli’s dream, and a Globetrotters episode of Gilligan’s Island. — Cousin Sal
- Clubber’s cornerman Eddie Smith had a long career of brief television roles. — Cousin Sal
- Stallone’s wife appears briefly as the groupie who kisses Rocky. — Cousin Sal
Apex Mountain
Stallone’s 1985–86 global stardom; Dolph Lundgren; Warner Wolf; Barry Tompkins; Vince DiCola; movie sit-ups; sports-movie wet-blanket wives; Tony Burton; foreboding synthesizers; 1980s movie montages
In the discussion (14)
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- Rocky IV plus Rambo: First Blood Part II made 1985–86 Stallone’s apex. — Bill Simmons
- Rocky IV was considered a Cold War movie apex candidate, with Red Dawn preferred by one host.
- Dolph Lundgren was treated as an apex case. — Bill Simmons
- Survivor’s apex remained Rocky III because “Eye of the Tiger” was the larger phenomenon. — Bill Simmons
- Warner Wolf’s local influence and “let’s go to the videotape” catchphrase made this an apex case. — Bill Simmons
- Barry Tompkins was treated as being at his announcing apex. — Bill Simmons
- Vince DiCola was treated as an apex case. — Bill Simmons
- The hayloft and fire-lit sit-ups were called an apex for movie sit-ups.
- The Russian anthem lost to The Hunt for Red October and earlier wrestling or game uses.
- Adrian was argued as an apex sports-movie wet-blanket wife.
- Tony Burton was treated as an apex case for Duke’s expanded role.
- The robot lost the 1980s-robot apex to alternatives including Terminator and Johnny 5.
- The film’s foreboding synthesizer music was considered an apex case.
- Rocky IV was selected as the apex for 1980s movie montages.
Half-Assed Internet Research
Research covered real punches and injuries, the Weathers–Lundgren dispute, Italian dubbing, shooting locations, and Tony Burton’s chess strength.
In the discussion (9)
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- Stallone and Lundgren agreed to hit each other for real. — Bill Simmons
- Lundgren’s chest punch caused Stallone’s heart to swell against his breastbone. — Bill Simmons
- Stallone’s blood pressure exceeded 200 and he was airlifted from Canada to a Santa Monica hospital. — Cousin Sal
- Carl Weathers nearly left after Lundgren threw him too hard. — Cousin Sal
- Filming stopped for four days while Stallone brokered a reconciliation. — Bill Simmons
- The Italian “I break you in two” translation became a common phrase. — Bill Simmons
- The Russia training scenes were filmed in Wyoming.
- The Moscow fight was filmed at Vancouver’s PNE Agrodome. — Bill Simmons
- Tony Burton was a strong chess player who reportedly beat Stanley Kubrick on The Shining set. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (2)
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- Tony Burton is identified through Duke in the Rocky films and the Snowcat phone call. — Bill Simmons
- Barry Nelson is added as the hotel proprietor, with a distinction between recognition from this film and from Rocky. — Bill Simmons
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Films in the archive
Rocky
1976
Rocky II
1979
Rocky III
1982
Rocky IV
1985
Rocky V
1990
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
The Shining
1980