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There’s nothing terribly unique about the underdog storyline. All great movies in their own right by great directors. That’s right, it won best picture beating out “Taxi Driver”, “Network” and “All The President’s Men”. It won for Best Picture, Best Director (John Avildsen) and Best Editing (Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad).

Script of rocky balboa speech to son movie#

The movie dominated as it was nominated for ten (that’s right) Academy Awards that year: Best Sound, Best Original Song (“Gonna Fly Now”), Best Supporting Actor (Burgess Meredith & Burt Young), Best Actress (Talia Shire), Best Actor (Stallone), and Best Original Screenplay (Stallone).

That year, Oscar night was Rocky’s night. Stallone was never again as raw or vulnerable or intense as he was in that original film there were shades of Brando (so they said) in that brief moment of time. If he would’ve quit after that, he could’ve been an absolute legend, a contender if you will, but he didn’t. It was a gamble that paid off, and it made Sly a star. It was his script and he was the one who knew Rocky best.

Studios loved the script but he refused to sell the screenplay without getting cast as the lead. Sylvester Stallone was certainly not a hot young thing when at 30 years old, he wrote a film in three days about a two-bit boxer straddling the line between bum fighter and street thug. Thirty years ago “Rocky” was introduced to the cinema world and Americans (especially Philadelphians) loved the movie and the characters.

I’m gonna start out this review with an introduction involving some history, some stats, and a recap.