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Before I Play Rocky: the 1976 film’s creators and three Oscars

Stallone was also nominated for his acting and screenplay.

By PulseNovember 10, 2026
An actor runs on a beach holding a dog’s leash.
Anthony Ippolito as young Stallone in publicity for I Play Rocky, not footage from the 1976 film.

I Play Rocky focuses on Sylvester Stallone’s effort to star in the screenplay he wrote. To place that story, distinguish the 1976 film Rocky from the new biographical drama.

Academy records show Rocky won best picture, directing and film editing. John G. Avildsen won for directing; Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad for editing; and Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff were the winning best-picture producers.

Stallone was also nominated for lead acting and writing. The image from the new biopic shows Anthony Ippolito portraying Stallone.

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MoviesI Play Rocky opens in Brazil on November 19, revisiting Stallone’s fight to play his own creationAnthony Ippolito plays the young Sylvester Stallone in a dramatization of the struggle behind the 1976 film.