I actually think the script was kind of poor, in fact the acting's not great either The film's only successful cause of its interesting characters and just the general underdog story that it relies on. A good film but thoroughly overrated
The opening credits had me hooked straight away with ROCKY in big text moving across the screen ,I also liked how Apollo wasn't made into some corny bad guy.
I love all of the Rocky Movies. My adrenaline starts pumping every time I see those letters coming across the screen and that music starts playing at the beginning of each movie. I know every line of every movie.
The scene where's Rocky running through the market, one guy is throwing an apple after him and Rocky caught it, that scene was not scripted, it just happend and they kept it in the movie
Pretty sure it was scripted, they just lie about it so it seems "Badass" when they speak about it in reunions. Sames goes with any other movie. Everything is calculated.
BONUS THING! When Rocky reopened the bathroom door after thinking Mickey left, that ACTUALLY was a blooper. Burgess forgot to grab his hat and went back to grab it, Stallone thought the scene was over and left. After realizing Burgess didn't leave, he went back in, thinking the mess up would just be cut. But when it came down to editing the movie, the editors thought this random fluke actually boosted the mood in the shot that they kept it. *The More You Know!*
What a movie. Definitely my favorite of all time. The chemistry between all the characters is impeccable. And what makes it so good is this story is actually believable
Butkus was really Stallones dog, named after Dick Butkus. Stallone was so broke he sold the dog, but had to get him back, and he had to find a spot in this movie for him.
Talia Shire was sick with a cold on the day they shot Adrian's first kiss with Rocky and did not want to infect him with it, Stallone was not so concerned so they shot the scene and you can tell that she is nervous and hesitant throughout the shot, it made her so much more cute and shy.
I was skeptical that there would be anything in this video that I didn't already know about Rocky, having grown up in the area and being such a big fan, but you actually taught me quite a bit that was new to me.
It is amazing how such a low-budget film became such an icon. Sure, there have been low-budgets that became "cult-classics" but not many have become true classic films with so many iconic scenes, lines, and yes, theme songs.
I guess the 70's were just prime time for low budget flicks to roll in the dough, Blumhouse style. I mean, yeah, Rocky didn't make the most money out of these guys, but you really think Rocky couldn't beat Michael Myers in a fight if he just hit him really hard?
Point of fact: You mentioned that the 2 different shots of Rocky running up the steps gave you an idea of how hard and how long he had been training but truth be told, Rocky didn't have very much time. He only had 5 weeks to prepare for the fight which was the reason why Jurgens and Apollo were forced into being creative for the fight and they needed an novelty. If you remember, after finding out Mack Lee Green had broken his hand, several other contenders are mentioned and Jurgens comments that 5 weeks isn't enough to train. Incidentally, one of the fighters mentioned, Joe Czak, was one of Rocky's opponents in Rocky III.
This is the first one of these types of videos ("X Things You Didn't Know About...") where there really were several things I didn't know about the subject. Great job!
It's amazing to know all of these facts about one of the best movies I have enjoyed seeing time and time again. The original film will continue to remain a landmark film in all of cinema history, thanks to all who were involved and especially to Sylvester Stallone for bringing this iconic character to life.Here's to 40 years of entertaining and inspiring the many fans of this awesome film.
Yeah but the rest of the movies had bigger budgets due to the success of the first one. I think the first one is a little more interesting because it was almost borderline a indie film.
That was all very interesting, especially the part about the fight scenes being shot in reverse order. I never would have guessed. I am dubious though, about the one of Stalone being offered the role if he wrote the script. My understanding is that he had written the movie and had been shopping it around for months trying to find someone to produce it. He had been turned down time after time because he insisted on playing the role.
Yeah, the wording of that Thing is off. But I think what they meant was that if he wanted to star in it then the producers wouldn't pay him for the script. The other option was he would accept the $250K payment and walk away, not star in it. (They _might_ have let him audition, just to appease him probably, and then cast oh IDK maybe James Caan.)
I was 13 in 1976 and this CLASSIC movie helped me in many ways ! As a kid who, the very next year was in a middle of a very bitter divorce with Mary and Nick Sr. " ROCKY " with the AWESOME Bill Conte' music LIFTED me up !! Thank you Sly !
Burgess Merideth as a struggling young actor shared an apartment with two other struggling actors, Henry Fonda and James Stewart. He had been blackballed in the 50's and this was his comeback to the fine dramatic work he had done before Mccarthyism.
Stallone is THE only.actor i know who literally put himself to work in a major motion picture Aside from the bit role he had in Lords of Flatbush i cant think of anything he had done up to that point
I highly recommend checking out the video of Garrett Brown on the steadicam, making Rocky, and how they came up with running up the steps at the art museum
Stallone has said several times that his biggest regret was never getting royalties or shares from the Rocky series. No one at the time realized how pure gold it was and would be.
Sylvester is the man. Not to sell your script when you are broke took courage.....the same kind of courage Sylvester displayed playing Balboa. Amazing.
When the fight scenes weren't working out (see every boxing movie before Rocky), Stallone went home and stayed up all night rewriting the entire fight, punch by punch. It was literally choreographed down to each individual punch.
i think this is the only movie whitch didnt become ruined after watching "behind the scene" kinda videos on youtube and i still think some times that Rocky Balboa did exist in real life, i dont know why, maybe because of amazing acting and minimum of si-fi hollywood action bullshit? cuz this movie still looks so dam real even today
Another thing you probably didn’t know about Rocky: “Eight years later the _Telegram_ photo of my punch lifting Dante Cane’s feet off the canvas just before I knocked him out of the ring got me a part in the first Rocky movie. Well sort of.” When Rocky takes Adrian skating and he tells her about why he has a dislocated finger, Rocky pulls the photo out of his wallet and says, “I originally done it in the Baby Crenshaw fight. Look, I carry pictures from all my fights. Big Baby was about the size of an airplane and I broke both hands on his face. I lost the fight....but that’s a nice picture, don’t you think?” Well, the picture he showed in that scene was George Chuvalo! The Canadian Heavyweight Champion who fought Muhammad Ali, Smokin’ Joe Frazier, and George Foreman. Dante Cane vs. George Chuvalo 1968
RanveerGamer I didn’t know you had a channel. It isn’t hooked up onto your discord. I subscribed. You should comment some things on my videos when you stop by fights or 2pac tracks.
I swear, there is so much of Stallone's actual life that's been inserted into the movie. ^_^ The character himself being humble, and sticking to his goals. For Stallone not to take a deal involving more money just so he can be in it is totally something Rocky would do. Lol
Thank you...my favorite movie. Rocky’s run from Kensington to Center City to Penn’s Landing out to Kelly Drive and then to the Art Museum. Whew...that’s a long run!
I’m a huge Rocky fan and grew up on it. I knew about the camera from #1 but nothing else. Cool video makes me appreciate how great a movie it was on such a small budget.
There used to be a statue where Rocky stopped on the movie. But the Museum made them move it off to the left down the stairs. The footprints where he stopped at in the movie are still there.
I was wondering if that'd come up. Lloyd was even thanked in John Avildsen's Oscar acceptance speech. Also just realised I wasn't subscribed to your channel, so I'm kinda glad your comment came up. I know it's been ages since Blip was even a thing - but I still kinda forget that most critics have gone back to TH-cam.
Rocky what a movie. It makes you cry it pulls you in you can relate to the battels the highs the lows. A tremendous film that portrays so many of the real life battels that us Good Human Beings have to go through in our own Earthly life time. God Bless all of my Good Brothers and Sisters alive on this Earthly World Amen xxxxxxx
Stallone sold his dog outside a liquor store for $50 in the early 1970s because he was broke and nearly homeless. Then, once the actor managed to write and sell the script for “Rocky,” he bought the dog back for $15,000 so it could star in the upcoming movie.
1. It's a remake, 2. Brian de Palma was on cocaine writing it, 3. it's intended to be anti-drugs, 4. Al Pacino spoke Spanish when not delivering lines for fun, 5. a handful of real-life grizzly murders perpetrated by Cubans mixed up with the drug cartel inspired several scenes, 6. It was shot almost entirely in L.A. not Miami, 7. Sosa was based on a real drug cartel kingpin in Bolivia.
Here's a bonus thing you didn't know. Some of the shots were filmed by Lloyd Kaufmans crew (Troma Entertainment) because they weren't Union and they could film a lot and stay cheap.
Yo, Rock! Always been a fan, always will be. Thank goodness Stallone had the guts to hold true to his vision and to make the film with HIM as Rocky. The movie is perfect. Anyone else in the role would have diminished it. The studios aren't so smart. It's too bad that Stallone (eventually) had to get old. I wish there were a dozen more sequels.
I always thought Rocky's punches during his victory dance at the top of the steps looked weird. I assumed it was because Stallone was an actor and not a real boxer but then this didn't explain why his punches looked more normal in the rest of the film. Thanks Cinefix!
In rocky 2(i think it is) when he trains to be right handed not left, they had to do that becuase he injured his left hand during sparring practice and couldnt use his left hand as well as his right one.
Stallone actually wrote Rocky before it was even going to film. He took the scripts to a pitch meeting and he said that he's only going to let them use it only if he was cast as Rocky
One thing about Rocky 3. It was a debut of Mr T's acting career and he had 0 acting experience. He was specifically chosen to play the role after one of the Casting Directors randomly saw him on TV doing a Bouncer's Competition.
IMO, The real hero of Rocky is Bill Conti. He did the entire movie score for only $25,000! And that was before paying the musicians and the studio. So he probably ended up with around $10,000 for writing, arranging, and recording one of the greatest & most successful movie scores of all time. But like Stallone, he was mainly using Rocky as a stepping stone in the movie business. Which worked out for both of em.
part of the reason it is so good is because a lot of it had to be improvised, obviously the effects, shots, even dialogue. Something filmmakers with a computer and crappy cgi effects don't have to do, same with music and pro tools and autotune, hence a lot of today's movies are crap and music as well.
Wow, under $1 million dollars budget and it became one of the greatest movies of all-time. Stallone is a freakin genius.
Ezio Auditore da Firenze he wrote it in weekend.
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze He wrote it in 3 days too
I actually think the script was kind of poor, in fact the acting's not great either
The film's only successful cause of its interesting characters and just the general underdog story that it relies on. A good film but thoroughly overrated
@@RaiCar1005 Always that one idiot.
i didn't think that backdrop of phily was really that bad! I didn't notice!
Rocky became a famous movie not just because he motivated a lot of people with the movie, but the songs that they used in the movies is just awesome.
Great soundtrack
The opening credits had me hooked straight away with ROCKY in big text moving across the screen ,I also liked how Apollo wasn't made into some corny bad guy.
I love all of the Rocky Movies. My adrenaline starts pumping every time I see those letters coming across the screen and that music starts playing at the beginning of each movie. I know every line of every movie.
The scene where's Rocky running through the market, one guy is throwing an apple after him and Rocky caught it, that scene was not scripted, it just happend and they kept it in the movie
*BOOM* !
Bonus Thing You Didn't Know!
Where did you read that?
heard it in another video (probably on a different channel) similar to this one
Pretty sure it was scripted, they just lie about it so it seems "Badass" when they speak about it in reunions. Sames goes with any other movie. Everything is calculated.
LMAO no, you are giving writers way to much credit.
BONUS THING! When Rocky reopened the bathroom door after thinking Mickey left, that ACTUALLY was a blooper. Burgess forgot to grab his hat and went back to grab it, Stallone thought the scene was over and left. After realizing Burgess didn't leave, he went back in, thinking the mess up would just be cut. But when it came down to editing the movie, the editors thought this random fluke actually boosted the mood in the shot that they kept it.
*The More You Know!*
It was a great idea to have
I'm gonna make this comment have 101 likes im so evil >:)
Happy they made it that way
What a movie. Definitely my favorite of all time. The chemistry between all the characters is impeccable. And what makes it so good is this story is actually believable
Butkus was really Stallones dog, named after Dick Butkus. Stallone was so broke he sold the dog, but had to get him back, and he had to find a spot in this movie for him.
Scott Stuhr that's the reason behind Stallone doing a porn flick 😏
Indeed. It's Butkus Stallone in the credits. That's how I knew Frank and Frank Sr were in the film also. These are favorites, above any other movies
Scott Stuhr Yep.., Mr Stallone, confirmed this from the 'RosieT' eVt stage himself.☑
I and believe he pay something stupid like 2-3 times as much as he sold the dog for, to have him back.
The turtles in the movie are also his, and are over 40 years old now
Talia Shire was sick with a cold on the day they shot Adrian's first kiss with Rocky and did not want to infect him with it, Stallone was not so concerned so they shot the scene and you can tell that she is nervous and hesitant throughout the shot, it made her so much more cute and shy.
Not a cold but the flu.
And due to that Stallone did get the flu, but it was worth it. Another peak of the story.
It certainly worked for her shy character.
Then he took of her glasses and went to town. Paulie said your busted
Agreed
“Heavyweight champion of the world the Italian Stallion Roockyyy Balllbooaaa”
You're a bum!!
No need ta get irregular boudit
Trivia: Rocky was one of the two last movies Charlie Chaplin ever saw (and loved) before he died. The other one was Barry Lyndon.
Kimmo Räisänen interesting
I wonder what he thought about both movies.
Kimmo Räisänen weird, I just saw creed 2 the other day, and Barry Lyndon yesterday
Who cares?
@David Lawrence speak for the worlds population do you? Tool. Most people....i highly doubt.
Rocky Balboa, the greatest movie character of all time.
jonny blaze Superman is a comic book character
Pravesh Alva what the fuck? Are you joking?
Rocky is so bland (and a bit creepy tbh)
@@RaiCar1005 people have different opinions yknow
Rai Car you must be one of the very few who that think that.
@@RaiCar1005 in your opinion.
a true American classic.
Alex Franco *a true world classic* unless you mean it was made in America then yes😂
YOUNG RXMBO I take it you're not American? lol
hes italian
Even Rocky was written in captain america's notebook in captain america : winter soldier th-cam.com/video/kJfVLddU0vI/w-d-xo.html
The four(two) movies made in the U.K: *Malicious laughing*
I've always loved how the theme song is played slowly to create atmosphere throughout the film. It's a common thing but works beautifully with Rocky.
Rocky, the best movie ever made according to me ♥️
Definitely in my top ten favorite movies.
yeah
Just watch creed 2 awesome
Just watch creed 2 awesome
Yup same
Russ Temur Dude you type with a stutter
That Rocky theme has been stuck in my head for over 40 years
Its playing in my head right now lol
I was skeptical that there would be anything in this video that I didn't already know about Rocky, having grown up in the area and being such a big fan, but you actually taught me quite a bit that was new to me.
It is amazing how such a low-budget film became such an icon. Sure, there have been low-budgets that became "cult-classics" but not many have become true classic films with so many iconic scenes, lines, and yes, theme songs.
Billy Jack
“Yo Paulie! your sister’s with me I’ll call youse back later...see ya!”
I guess the 70's were just prime time for low budget flicks to roll in the dough, Blumhouse style. I mean, yeah, Rocky didn't make the most money out of these guys, but you really think Rocky couldn't beat Michael Myers in a fight if he just hit him really hard?
Point of fact: You mentioned that the 2 different shots of Rocky running up the steps gave you an idea of how hard and how long he had been training but truth be told, Rocky didn't have very much time. He only had 5 weeks to prepare for the fight which was the reason why Jurgens and Apollo were forced into being creative for the fight and they needed an novelty. If you remember, after finding out Mack Lee Green had broken his hand, several other contenders are mentioned and Jurgens comments that 5 weeks isn't enough to train. Incidentally, one of the fighters mentioned, Joe Czak, was one of Rocky's opponents in Rocky III.
Burt Young (Pauly) was the highest paid actor in Rocky.
I didn't know that! thats insane
I'm surprised it wasn't Burgess Meredith. Going into production I think he was the biggest "name" actor in the film.
@@jb888888888 or Talia...2nd lead no? and coming off the Godfather.
This is the first one of these types of videos ("X Things You Didn't Know About...") where there really were several things I didn't know about the subject. Great job!
Rocky is one of my favorite movies ever.
It's amazing to know all of these facts about one of the best movies I have enjoyed seeing time and time again. The original film will continue to remain a landmark film in all of cinema history, thanks to all who were involved and especially to Sylvester Stallone for bringing this iconic character to life.Here's to 40 years of entertaining and inspiring the many fans of this awesome film.
Highest time of my life.... my trip to philly from chile just to make rocky steps... tottally worth it
Been there done that - well, almost done that.
I did the Rocky steps in 2000 too, when over from the UK
MAKE MORE ROCKY THING YOU DIDNT KNOW come on there are 7 films
Afonso Alexandre agreed
Afonso Alexandre Definately!!! Would love to see things you didn't know about the sequels.
Yeah but the rest of the movies had bigger budgets due to the success of the first one. I think the first one is a little more interesting because it was almost borderline a indie film.
There are 6 movies, plus a spinoff.
Creed Is hardly considered part of the Rocky movies.
That was all very interesting, especially the part about the fight scenes being shot in reverse order. I never would have guessed. I am dubious though, about the one of Stalone being offered the role if he wrote the script. My understanding is that he had written the movie and had been shopping it around for months trying to find someone to produce it. He had been turned down time after time because he insisted on playing the role.
Yeah, the wording of that Thing is off. But I think what they meant was that if he wanted to star in it then the producers wouldn't pay him for the script. The other option was he would accept the $250K payment and walk away, not star in it. (They _might_ have let him audition, just to appease him probably, and then cast oh IDK maybe James Caan.)
@@jb888888888 That certainly sounds plausible.
Great interview here, explaining what happened:
th-cam.com/video/dFlybZL1mWE/w-d-xo.html
And fun Fact #1..IT WON BEST PICTURE at the Oscar's in 1977
The year i was born 1977. I love Rocky what a movie
To be honest all this just makes me love it even more.
I was 13 in 1976 and this CLASSIC movie helped me in many ways ! As a kid who, the very next year was in a middle of a very bitter divorce with Mary and Nick Sr. " ROCKY " with the AWESOME Bill Conte' music LIFTED me up !! Thank you Sly !
How the hell did I not notice #3?? the reverse punches totally stand out once you know it's being played backwards lol
Ruined forever.
I cannot unsee it now
I can never do so
I always thought the punches looked odd, just never knew why until now
Welps - time to watch "Creed" again. It's like the cherry on top of an already great sundae.
Theophilus just watched that yesterday on amazon prime! awesome movie!!
um. there's like 5 other canon rocky films to watch
You mean 2?
Rocky I and Rockey IV.
Creed is absolutely amazing what are you talking about...?
I agree with you Theophilus,Creed is amazing and I even liked Rocky Balboa and thought it was a great sendoff for Rocky.
Stallones wife at the time was the photographer of the first Rocky. To add to the family thing
Burgess Merideth as a struggling young actor shared an apartment with two other struggling actors, Henry Fonda and James Stewart. He had been blackballed in the 50's and this was his comeback to the fine dramatic work he had done before Mccarthyism.
40 years and my 17 years old loved it!
Stallone is THE only.actor i know who literally put himself to work in a major motion picture
Aside from the bit role he had in Lords of Flatbush i cant think of anything he had done up to that point
_Death Race 2000,_ _Cannonball,_ and infamously _A Party at Kitty and Stud's._
I highly recommend checking out the video of Garrett Brown on the steadicam, making Rocky, and how they came up with running up the steps at the art museum
I only knew a few of the things! This surprised me. Rocky is my all time favorite
See what I mean. You don't need money and CGI to make a good film. Rocky was such a low budget film yet one of the greats
Great video guys! Rocky is such a great movie.
Stallone has said several times that his biggest regret was never getting royalties or shares from the Rocky series. No one at the time realized how pure gold it was and would be.
Rocky's trainer at 2:20 is the Penguin from the Batman 60's series.
Dimitri Bitu Burgess Meredith
Dimitri Bitu who the fuck dont know that..
MrOnionCock Stfu
Dimitri Bitu wait u mean Mick
Gamer Dean yea
“Damnit the steadycam battery broke”
“Oh it’s fine I created the steadycam”
“ “
Sylvester is the man. Not to sell your script when you are broke took courage.....the same kind of courage Sylvester displayed playing Balboa. Amazing.
When the fight scenes weren't working out (see every boxing movie before Rocky), Stallone went home and stayed up all night rewriting the entire fight, punch by punch. It was literally choreographed down to each individual punch.
I just feel miserable that i just discover this channel this week. It´s just pure fun to watch the videos. Thanks
Tenth thing you probably didn't know: after becoming famous Sylvester Stalone was a regular visitor and reader at his city's public library.
i think this is the only movie whitch didnt become ruined after watching "behind the scene" kinda videos on youtube and i still think some times that Rocky Balboa did exist in real life, i dont know why, maybe because of amazing acting and minimum of si-fi hollywood action bullshit? cuz this movie still looks so dam real even today
Thanks Clint, now I have to listen to the theme song on repeat for like half an hour.
Another thing you probably didn’t know about Rocky:
“Eight years later the _Telegram_ photo of my punch lifting Dante Cane’s feet off the canvas just before I knocked him out of the ring got me a part in the first Rocky movie. Well sort of.” When Rocky takes Adrian skating and he tells her about why he has a dislocated finger, Rocky pulls the photo out of his wallet and says, “I originally done it in the Baby Crenshaw fight. Look, I carry pictures from all my fights. Big Baby was about the size of an airplane and I broke both hands on his face. I lost the fight....but that’s a nice picture, don’t you think?” Well, the picture he showed in that scene was George Chuvalo! The Canadian Heavyweight Champion who fought Muhammad Ali, Smokin’ Joe Frazier, and George Foreman.
Dante Cane vs. George Chuvalo 1968
DUDE ITS ME RAVERZ_FIRE!
RanveerGamer Yo, man!
@@THEDONSTR8Fightah76 Lmao great seeing you here!
RanveerGamer I didn’t know you had a channel. It isn’t hooked up onto your discord. I subscribed. You should comment some things on my videos when you stop by fights or 2pac tracks.
@@THEDONSTR8Fightah76 Yeah I did, also I quit TH-cam and Twitch for 2 years to do boxing, will be back bois! That's why I removed from my profile.
Great job my guy never knew this I appreciate the info and learning more about the making of Rocky keep becoming my guy!✌🏼💚✊
I swear, there is so much of Stallone's actual life that's been inserted into the movie. ^_^ The character himself being humble, and sticking to his goals. For Stallone not to take a deal involving more money just so he can be in it is totally something Rocky would do. Lol
Thank you...my favorite movie. Rocky’s run from Kensington to Center City to Penn’s Landing out to Kelly Drive and then to the Art Museum. Whew...that’s a long run!
Thank you Cineflix for another great video. Your channel is awesome and I love the commentary as it always makes me laugh 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
I’m a huge Rocky fan and grew up on it. I knew about the camera from #1 but nothing else. Cool video makes me appreciate how great a movie it was on such a small budget.
There used to be a statue where Rocky stopped on the movie. But the Museum made them move it off to the left down the stairs. The footprints where he stopped at in the movie are still there.
No mention of Tromas work on the film? (Lloyd Kauffman cameo and lending them equipment) :(
I was wondering if that'd come up. Lloyd was even thanked in John Avildsen's Oscar acceptance speech.
Also just realised I wasn't subscribed to your channel, so I'm kinda glad your comment came up. I know it's been ages since Blip was even a thing - but I still kinda forget that most critics have gone back to TH-cam.
Flem N' Spudskin Pictures Sounds like you have a bit of a bit of a backlog :)
Seems to be the case. I've actually been going through your videos, this morning. Currently about halfway through BMX Bandits.
Rocky what a movie. It makes you cry it pulls you in you can relate to the battels the highs the lows. A tremendous film that portrays so many of the real life battels that us Good Human Beings have to go through in our own Earthly life time. God Bless all of my Good Brothers and Sisters alive on this Earthly World Amen xxxxxxx
Stallone sold his dog outside a liquor store for $50 in the early 1970s because he was broke and nearly homeless. Then, once the actor managed to write and sell the script for “Rocky,” he bought the dog back for $15,000 so it could star in the upcoming movie.
7 things we probably didn't no about scarface next?
matthew natividad YES
1) It wasn't a real scar..
glass house 😂😂😂😂
1. It's a remake, 2. Brian de Palma was on cocaine writing it, 3. it's intended to be anti-drugs, 4. Al Pacino spoke Spanish when not delivering lines for fun, 5. a handful of real-life grizzly murders perpetrated by Cubans mixed up with the drug cartel inspired several scenes, 6. It was shot almost entirely in L.A. not Miami, 7. Sosa was based on a real drug cartel kingpin in Bolivia.
Here's a bonus thing you didn't know. Some of the shots were filmed by Lloyd Kaufmans crew (Troma Entertainment) because they weren't Union and they could film a lot and stay cheap.
Now do Raging Bull!
there was an of The Incredible Hulk called The Final Round that was loosely based on the film Rocky
Fantastic facts, brother. Loved the video and the narration as well. Thanks.
This is my favorite boxing movie of all time
I didn’t know any of this and I’m a huge fan of these films. Great video! 💯💪🥊
if you didnt know any of this then you are not a huge fan
Tommy Orr Jr I have a life and I’m not obsessed.
Yo, Rock! Always been a fan, always will be. Thank goodness Stallone had the guts to hold true to his vision and to make the film with HIM as Rocky. The movie is perfect. Anyone else in the role would have diminished it. The studios aren't so smart. It's too bad that Stallone (eventually) had to get old. I wish there were a dozen more sequels.
greatest of movie of all time
Top 3 for sure !! along with " The Godfather " SAGA ( All 3 I do love! ) and " Gone with The Wind " of course...." Wizard of Oz " #4 ...*
And the Lord of the rings
I always thought Rocky's punches during his victory dance at the top of the steps looked weird. I assumed it was because Stallone was an actor and not a real boxer but then this didn't explain why his punches looked more normal in the rest of the film. Thanks Cinefix!
2:19 Rocky got so strong he makes the knife bleed
It's funny to see that in the 6:30 minute, when Apollo and Rocky are boxing, the background reveals that the arena it's empty on that shot
Training and/or playing basketball in Chuck Taylor's = one bad ass mother fucker in today's standards.
In rocky 2(i think it is) when he trains to be right handed not left, they had to do that becuase he injured his left hand during sparring practice and couldnt use his left hand as well as his right one.
Stallone actually wrote Rocky before it was even going to film. He took the scripts to a pitch meeting and he said that he's only going to let them use it only if he was cast as Rocky
"The sad thing." Is that he has made him self a god. "My the Holy Spirit have mercy on his soul. 🥺
Beautiful vid my man!
Love it!! I am so glad an acquaintance had taken me for a brief tour of Phillie a wonderful city! That was one of the places I had seen.
CineFix has the eye of the tiger.
Nice vid dude :D
I can't remember at what point exactly I became addicted to these videos?
Rocky movie made me learn a lot.
Love the Norm McDonald clip - my friends and I STILL quote that bit. Rocky is so inspirational. A legit film.
this was a blast! Thank you!
I literally knew none of this things! Knowledge is power!
I love behind the scenes stories. Makes the finished product more impressive to me
Cool vid man!! Awesome info!!
one of my all time favorite movies...great vid. nice work..
3:55-4:35.; The song playing in the background sounded almost like the theme song for Eugene from WWE.
Maybe it's just me, but, I could be wrong...
Also, the opening trumpets in the theme song Gonna Fly Now was taken from a fanfare written over 400 years ago.
name of the tune/song that begins at 03:56
Frank Stalon is a great guy.
Met him in Arizona and in Texas. Hell of an actor.
never bored watching rocky, the sound track is probally all time greatest for a movie series as well.
One of my favorite movies, have seen it umpteen number of times, but not enough
One thing about Rocky 3. It was a debut of Mr T's acting career and he had 0 acting experience. He was specifically chosen to play the role after one of the Casting Directors randomly saw him on TV doing a Bouncer's Competition.
This is brilliant!!!!!! And yes, the theme song is now stuck!!!!!!
The first Rocky was a work of inspiration. The rest were formula.
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Which version? They should do it on both versions
IMO, The real hero of Rocky is Bill Conti. He did the entire movie score for only $25,000! And that was before paying the musicians and the studio. So he probably ended up with around $10,000 for writing, arranging, and recording one of the greatest & most successful movie scores of all time. But like Stallone, he was mainly using Rocky as a stepping stone in the movie business. Which worked out for both of em.
Well i'm never going to unsee the eye cut now
part of the reason it is so good is because a lot of it had to be improvised, obviously the effects, shots, even dialogue. Something filmmakers with a computer and crappy cgi effects don't have to do, same with music and pro tools and autotune, hence a lot of today's movies are crap and music as well.