Masterfully photographed, tightly edited, and well acted, this ROCKY for democratic socialists details the impassioned comeback of 44-year-old distance runner Wes Holman (Bruce Dern), banned from racing 20 years previously for financial indiscretion as an amateur, but determined now to win
the grueling Cielo-Sea race over Mill Valley's Mount Tamalpais to the ocean. Training under his old coach (John Marley), Wes pushes himself to the limit, while trying to come to an understanding with his unreconstructed radical leftist father (wonderfully essayed by Bill Bailey, lifelong union
organizer and Spanish Civil War veteran), who has never understood Wes's compulsion to ...
Released:
1985
Rated:
NR
Length:
92 mins