14 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Rocky’

It was the first sports movie to win an Oscar for Best Picture, it put Sylvester Stallone on the map, and it made the stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art a must-see icon. Despite initial mixed reviews, "Rocky," the rags-to-riches story about a demure debt collector-turned-boxer given a shot at a world championship , stands as one of the most memorable films in sports-cinema history, more than 30 years since its 1976 debut. While Stallone is currently showing off those famous muscles in "The Expendables 3,"we’re looking back at his first big hit (pun intended).