Rocky IV: The Italian Stallion’s Adidas Sweatsuit and Lamborghinis

Sylvester Stallone in Rocky IV (1985) Vitals Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa, two-time heavyweight world champion boxer Philadelphia, Fall 1985 Film: Rocky IV Release Date: November 27, 1985 Director: Sylvester Stallone Costume Designer: Tom Bronson WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background Happy 80th birthday to Sylvester Stallone! Born July 6, 1946, the carved his own path to Hollywood success by writing and starring in Rocky as the fictional Philadelphia boxer Rocky Balboa. What started as a simple sports drama with a million-dollar budget has advanced over a half-century to $2 billion-grossing franchise of nine films and counting. The first six films were all entirely written by Stallone who also directed four of the sequels, including Rocky IV (1985), which essentially pits Rocky as a symbol of American greatness against the cold-hearted cruelty of the Soviet Union as embodied by his deadly rival Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren). A brief but memorable scene finds Rocky washing his pair…