Sylvester Stallone Quotes From The Movie Rocky's Life

Troy Ross
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9/22/2014
Rocky “Life is not about how hard of a hit you can give… it’s about how many you can take and still keep going.” This is one of Sylvester’s Stallone quotes from the movie Rocky. One of the greatest movies of all time. A lot of research went into this paper. The challenges Sylvester Stallone faced to produce Rocky presented every obstacle, had an all-star cast, and was the greatest underdog story ever told. Stallone was and actor and screen writer, who wrote the screen play for Rocky in three days. With the main role being himself. From the beginning he was supposed to play Rocky, but Hollywood wanted a name actor to play the part. The actors that were mention in playing the part was Burt Reynolds, James Caan, and

Born on January 14, 1948 in New Orleans, Louisiana, weather always knew his true goal was being an actor. Weathers played in Friday foster, Bucktown, Happy Gilmore, and of course Rocky. These were only some of many movies he played in The Apollo Part was supposed to go to real boxer Ken Norton, but went to weathers. Weathers was a success he then played in 3 more rocky movies until Apollo dies. In 1996 he played Chubbs Peterson along with Adam Sandler in the comedy Happy Gilmore. Being an actor wasn’t the only thing he took part of but he was a part in the Big Bothers association and the U.S. Olympic committee, where he handle athletes who wanted a career of wrestling, judo, and

Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a nobody to become a somebody. The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only shot at the big time. Rocky Balboa is a kind and uneducated club fighter from Philadelphia whose main source of income is collecting debts for local crime boss, Gazzo. Despite having talent, nobody believes that Rocky can make to the pros. He falls in love with his best friend 's sister and everything seems to be going okay. But things just get better as the champions opponent gets injured and Rocky is chosen to take his place because of his nick-name the Italian Stallion. Rocky sees it as a chance to live his dream and go the distance with the heavyweight champion of the world. Rocky Balboa is a small-time boxer who lives in an apartment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his career has so far not gotten off the canvas. Rocky earns a living by collecting debts for a loan shark named Gazzo, but Gazzo doesn 't think Rocky has what it takes to beat up deadbeats. Rocky still boxes every once in a while to keep his boxing skills sharp, and his ex-trainer, Mickey, believes he could 've made it to