Editing Rocky (section)

=== Documentaries ===
''Rocky'' is featured in the 2017 documentary ''John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs'' about Academy Award-winning ''Rocky'' director John G. Avildsen, directed and produced by [[Derek Wayne Johnson]].<ref>Kreps, Daniel. [https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/john-g-avildsen-rocky-the-karate-kid-director-dead-at-81-199305/ "John G. Avildsen, 'Rocky,' 'The Karate Kid' Director, Dead at 81"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415050025/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/john-g-avildsen-rocky-the-karate-kid-director-dead-at-81-199305/ |date=April 15, 2019 }}, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', San Francisco, CA, June 17, 2017. Retrieved on August 21, 2018.</ref>

Stallone later hand-picked Johnson to direct and produce a [[Documentary film|documentary]] on the making of the original ''Rocky'', entitled ''[[40 Years of Rocky|40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic]]'', which was released in 2020. The documentary features Stallone narrating behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the film.<ref>Drown, Michelle. [http://www.independent.com/news/2017/jan/26/john-avildsen-king-underdogs/ "John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs Director Derek Wayne Johnson"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718030602/http://www.independent.com/news/2017/jan/26/john-avildsen-king-underdogs/ |date=July 18, 2018 }}, ''[[The Santa Barbara Independent]]'', Santa Barbara, CA, January 26, 2017. Retrieved on February 16, 2017.</ref>