IN 1975 SYLVESTER STALLONE HAPPENED TO CATCH A FIGHT IN WHICH AN UNKNOWN BOXER NAMED CHUCK WEPNER WENT 15 ROUNDS WITH MUHAMMED ALI, ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST FAMOUS BOXERS OF ALL TIME! THIS FIGHT GAVE SYLVESTER STALLONE AN IDEA FOR A MOVIE. IT TOOK HIM ONLY 3 DAYS TO WRITE THE SCRIPT FOR ROCKY, BUT A LOT LONGER TO GET THE MOVIE MADE.
ALL THE MOVIE PRODUCERS LOVED THE STORY AND THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN BUT NONE WANTED SYLVESTER STALLONE TO PLAY ROCKY THEY ALL WANTED THE LATEST 'LEO DICAPRIO'S OF THE 1970'S' THAT WAS UNTIL ROBERT CHARTOFF AND IRWIN WINKLER CAME ALONG, SAW THE SCRIPT AND SAW SYLVESTER AS ROCKY!
THEN ROCKY BEGAN! SHOT IN ONLY 1 MONTH ON A LOW BUDGET ROCKY WENT ON TO MAKE 60 TIMES THE COST TO BE MADE IN THE BOX OFFICE ALONE! ROCKY WAS THE HIT OF 1976 AND HAD 2 OSCARS, FOR BEST PICTURE AND BEST DIRECTOR AND MANY ACTING NOMINATIONS FOR BOTH SYLVESTER STALLONE AND TALIA SHIRE, HIS CO-STAR!
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