The night before the fight, a sleepless Rocky visits the Philadelphia Spectrum and begins to lose confidence. Paulie becomes jealous of Rocky's success, but Rocky placates him by agreeing to advertise the meat packing business for which Paulie works, as part of the upcoming fight. Adrian's brother, Paulie, helps Rocky get a date with his sister and even offers to work as a corner man with him. Meanwhile, Rocky begins to build a romantic relationship with Adrian Pennino, who is working part-time at the J&M Tropical Fish pet shop, culminating in a kiss. Rocky is not willing initially, as Mickey has not shown much interest in helping him before and sees him as a wasted talent, but eventually accepts the offer. Rocky is later approached by Mickey Goldmill, a former bantamweight fighter who turned trainer and whose gym Rocky frequents, about training him further. Rocky undergoes several weeks of unorthodox training, such as using sides of beef as punching bags. Reluctant at first, Rocky eventually agrees to the fight which will pay him $150,000. Rocky meets with promoter George Jergens under the presumption that Creed is seeking local sparring partners. Creed's trainer Tony 'Duke' Evers warns against Apollo challenging a southpaw, however Apollo isn't worried convinced he'll still get a quick KO. Having invested heavily in the fight, Creed decides to spice things up by giving a local contender a chance to challenge him.Д¬reed selects Rocky Balboa, an Italian journeyman southpaw boxer who fights primarily in small gyms and works as a collector for a loan shark.

However, he is informed five weeks from the fight date that his scheduled opponent is unable to compete due to an injured hand and all other ranked opponents are either booked up or unable to get in shape in time. 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 film spawned five sequels: Rocky II, III, IV, V, Rocky Balboaand a spinoff of the series, Creed. The film, made for only US$1.2 million, and shot relatively fast in 28 days, was a sleeper hit it made over US$117.2 million, won three Oscars, including Best Picture, and garnered mostly positive reviews which helped to launch Stallone's career. Also starring in Rocky are Talia Shire as Adrian, Burt Young as Adrian's brother Paulie, Burgess Meredith as Mickey Goldmill, Rocky's trainer and Carl Weathers as the champion, Apollo Creed. Balboa is also an amateur boxer who gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship when the scheduled contender breaks his hand.

It tells the rags-to-riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but good-hearted debt collector for a loan shark in Philadelphia. Rocky is a 1976 film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G.

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