Rocky (2007)

“Too bad he doesn’t box any more.” It’s 1975 and Sylvester Stallone’s getting feedback from producers. He’s been kicking around an idea for a movie about a washed-up fighter turned debt collector called Rocky Balboa. Thing is, it doesn’t contain any boxing. Stallone, a jobbing actor turned screenwriter, suddenly gets it: put the guy back in the ring and “make this a redemptive thing.” Three-and-a-half days later Stallone’s clutching a first draft of Rocky, with added boxing. The rest is fight movie history...

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