August 18, 2026
CHINATOWN (1975) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring a script and production design by AFI Honorary Degree recipients Robert Towne and Richard Sylbert, respectively, as well as performances from two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – Jack Nicholson and John Huston – CHINATOWN (1974) appears across a number of the American Film Institute’s lists celebrating the best of the art form. The...
November 27, 2025
ROCKY (1976) – AFI Movie Club
Though the studio was initially interested in proven stars such as James Caan, Burt Reynolds and Ryan O’Neal – and in fact offered writer Sylvester Stallone $275,000 for the rights to his script if he’d walk away – the young up-and-comer was adamant that he play the title role in ROCKY (1976), and the rest...
May 21, 2020
AFI Movie Club: ROCKY
ROCKY is ranked on both AFI’s original and 10th anniversary lists of the greatest American films of all time! Rocky Balboa punches his way to #7 in the pantheon of AFI’s greatest screen heroes, and the film lands at #4 as one of the most inspiring movies ever. And the ROCKY theme song – “Gonna Fly…
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