#ROCKY BALBOA SPEECH MOTIVATION MAC#
However, he is informed five weeks from the fight date that his scheduled opponent Mac Lee Green is unable to compete due to an injured hand. In 1975, the heavyweight boxing world champion, Apollo Creed, announces plans to hold a title bout in Philadelphia during the upcoming United States Bicentennial. The sequel, Rocky II, was released in 1979. Considered one of the greatest sports films ever made, Rocky was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". A sleeper hit, it grossed $225 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 1976. Stallone's performance was also widely praised, and began his rise as a major film star. The film received critical acclaim among other accolades, it received ten Academy Award nominations and won three, including Best Picture. Rocky was premiered in New York City on November 21, 1976, and was theatrically released in the United States by United Artists on December 3. With an estimated production budget of under $1 million, Rocky popularized the rags to riches and American Dream themes of sports dramas which preceded the film. Principal photography began in January 1976, with filming primarily held in Philadelphia several locations featured in the film, such as the Rocky Steps, are now considered cultural landmarks. It entered a complicated production process after Stallone refused to allow the film to be made without him in the lead role United Artists eventually agreed to cast Stallone after he rejected a six figure deal for the film rights. Rocky entered development in March 1975, after Stallone wrote the screenplay in three days. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), an uneducated, small-time club fighter and debt collector gets an unlikely shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers). It also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. It is the first installment in the Rocky franchise.
Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. Rocky is a 1976 American drama film directed by John G. The only thing I’m asking you guys to leave on the table… is what’s right.(equivalent to $4.83 million in 2021) I mean you shouldn’t be asking people to come down here and pay the freight on something they paid, it still ain’t good enough, I mean you think that’s right? I mean maybe you’re doing your job but why you gotta stop me from doing mine? Cause if you’re willing to go through all the battling you got to go through to get where you want to get, who’s got the right to stop you? I mean maybe some of you guys got something you never finished, something you really want to do, something you never said to someone, something… and you’re told no, even after you paid your dues? Who’s got the right to tell you that, who? Nobody! It’s your right to listen to your gut, it ain’t nobody’s right to say no after you earned the right to be where you want to be and do what you want to do!… You know, the older I get the more things I gotta leave behind, that’s life. Rocky Balboa: I appreciate that, but maybe you’re looking out for your interests just a little bit more. Rocky Balboa: My point is I’m pursuing something and nobody looks too happy about it.īoxing Commissioner: But… we’re just looking out for your interests. Don’t it say something about going after what makes you happy?īoxing Commissioner: No, that’s the pursuit of happiness. Rocky Balboa: Rights, like in that official piece of paper they wrote down the street there?Boxing Commissioner: That’s the Bill of Rights. Rocky Balboa: Yo, don’t I got some rights?īoxing Commissioner: What rights do you think you’re referring to?