Where was Rocky filmed?
1976 film directed by John Avildsen
Rocky (1976) was filmed at 2 places in the United States: Philadelphia and Santa Monica. Every place comes from Wikidata.
Part of the Rocky film series
Filming locations
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Towns & cities
Santa Monica
United States
Beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Philadelphia
United States
Largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and seat of Philadelphia County
“In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), a poor small-time club fighter and loanshark debt collector from Philadelphia, gets an unlikely once in a lifetime shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers).” Wikipedia
Also per Wikipedia's article
The Wikipedia article names 4 more places. Each links to the sentence that says so.
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Towns & cities
Los Angeles
United States
Seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Philadelphia Museum of Art
United States
Art museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Streets & squares
Rocky Steps
United States
Construction
“Inventor Garrett Brown's new Steadicam was used to accomplish smooth photography while running alongside Rocky during the film's Philadelphia street training sequences and the run up the Art Museum's flight of stairs, now colloquially known as the Rocky Steps.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Spectrum
United States
Former indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Places whose own article says it was shot there
2 places say on their own Wikipedia pages that this film was shot there. Not on the map: each quote is linked so you can check it.
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Streets & squares
Rocky Steps
United States
Construction
“Rocky creator Sylvester Stallone has recounted that the genesis of the iconic scene occurred when the 1976 film crew for the movie, constrained by a tight budget, identified the steps one night while searching for filming locations around the city.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
United States
Former indoor arena in Los Angeles, California, US
“The heavyweight championship fight scenes between Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed characters in the 1976 Best Picture winner Rocky and its first sequel, Rocky II, were filmed at the arena as a stand-in for the Spectrum in Philadelphia.” Wikipedia
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HeatThriller film1995
Ocean's ElevenCrime film2001
SpeedThriller film1994
The StingCrime film1973
All the President's MenThriller film1976
Training DayCrime film2001
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Set in the same places
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- Duke NukemScience fiction game1991
- 24: The GameShooter game2006
- Mario Kart TourRacing game2019
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- Track & FieldGame1983
- Wasteland 2Science fiction game2014
- Great PretenderAnime2020
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