Jack Nicholson presents the Best Picture Oscar for Rocky to producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff at the 49th Annual Academy Awards.
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Sylvester Stallone wrote Rocky, to those who don’t know.
yes he wrote this original screenplay
@Jo Swanell irrelevant
Even wrestling choreography was done by Sylvester Stallone
@Nathan Dust 💀💀
@Mauricio Fortunatto Rocky and Chuck Wepner have practically zero in common. Chuck Wepner was a ranked contender that had previously fought George Foreman and Sonny Liston. Chuck had just come off 11 professional victories in a row and was chosen to fight Ali because he was a highly ranked contender on the rise.
The only similarities between him and the movie are that Apollo Creed is a lot like Muhammed Ali and that Chuck Wepner took a severe beating but almost went the distance. Other than that, there is nothing whatsoever in common.
Producers — Stallone, We’ll give you 25k for your script and we’ll cast someone else
Stallone — no
Producers — ok 50k
Stallone looks at his wallet, he hasn’t a dime to his name.
Stallone — no
Producers — ok 100k
Stallone almost giving in
Stallone — no I want to be the main character to my own story and I’m not selling my script.
Stick to what you believe in, and opportunities will follow
He didnt choose to become rick, he choose to become rick and the legend.
Wow 🤩
@loganhunterMusic yeah, but I think he only did 1 softporn for the sake of the movie [Rocky] AFTER they turned him down for acting in it. [if I’m not mistaken]
The movie was shot in 28 days.
Tony Robbins bring me here
damn, that song has to be one of the best scores put to film.
You’re 100 percent ! between this and the theme song to Superman the Movie , in my mind the two best of all time
Absolutely
@Done with you false. I hate star wars lol
Done with you , Well played, sir!
Done with you , I appreciate your opinion, and would have bet my life that would be your rebuttal, but Star Wars is and has always been geared towards a certain demographic, specifically the Sci-Fi crowd, while Rocky was endeared by every age and sex across the spectrum. Gonna Fly Now hit #1 on the Billboard chart while the Theme from Star Wars topped out at #10.
I’m not saying you’re wrong, they are both amazing, I’m just making a defense.
Stallone wrote the damn thing, didn’t even want to get up on stage 💪
a humble, good man, indeed
lol Looked like he wanted to be on stage to me.
He did an interview on the Oprah show and he didn’t think that he rocky was going to win anything. If he had known he would’ve put his bow tie back on ( anxiety, anxiousness and humidity had him sweating so he took off his bow tie) and maybe wrote something. He didn’t want to go on stage he was pulled towards the stage. If you listen carefully you can here Stallone say “ no I’m good here “ I believe the guy on his right asked or told him to come closer or to exchange places. If you watch him he keeps blinking, looking up and around and almost like he’s outta breath.
He had to sell his dog in order to buy food for himself. Soon after when he began to make money, he went back & got his dog.
The heart & soul of a champion, both on & off screen.
@Jaskaran Singh I wouldn’t do that either TBH. I’d rather sell my kidney.
His dog from the film was his real dog.
@Ea I have the utmost respect for Sylvester and Dolph……their combined achievements are mind blowing, and they are so humble and such great people in real life too! They have been a huge inspiration to my life in many ways!
@james197091 thats still amazing
I love how they drag Sly up there with them.
@BRUCE IS LIFE he had social anxiety then
HE’S LIKE NO I DON’T WANT TO
Sylvester Stallone and his role of Rocky has inspired a lot of people from different generations all over the world. Myself included.
Same here got me back to working out
Just think, a little over a year before this Stallone was dirt poor and now winning an academy award for a movie he wrote and starred in. INCREDIBLE
@Boss Nass not almost, he DID
And the Rocky franchise goes on
@BlueFox94 No, but he got nominated for both Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. Only Orson Welles and Charlie Chaplin recieved those two nominations for the same movie before him, so that’s a win.
Technically, Stallone didn’t win an Oscar.
@Topic He also gave the guy he sold him to a part in Rocky.
It wasn’t Stallone up there receiving the award, that was Rocky. Same attitude, same way of looking.
He didn’t win
@ALBERTO German He was shy as Rocky in the beginning of gis career, sly calls himself a prick about his prime, and became quiet and humble again especially after his tragedy (his son)
@Jan Alf his story won,his ambition won,his acting won,his charisma won and yeah yet you’ll say he didn’t win 😉
Yes. Humble as Rocky
Now I see why he’s the People’s Champion
This beat a lot of good movies. That’s saying a lot.
@James Bryan taxi driver is overrated garbage
Taxi Driver, All the President’s Men and Network are all better movies than Rocky in my humble opinion, but it’s still a deserving win
Just shows you don’t need a big budget to tell a good story.
Well your life and your family is overrated garbage too… Enjoy your Michael Bay action flicks, fool.
@Tourist Q I dont like michael bay try again fool
Back when these awards still meant something.
Taxi Driver is way battee guys
@Ashley Johnson some people say Rocky didn’t deserve to win at all too.
@Ashley Johnson People talk bullsit!
@Ashley Johnson some people are stupid idiots.
@Bruno Well there was Taxi Driver
The modern Oscars are literally unrecognizable. There’s no political grandstanding here, just great filmmakers and a great actor accepting their award
@BBB Smith Sod off.
Lol
Back when no blacks ever won..
Yeah, man, this were THE REAL Oscars, not like that one time Marlon Brandon won best actor and instead of showing up himself he send a native American woman to make a speech about native American rights four years BEFORE this (just to give you an example).
@Sean Sheridan I pity you and your lack of acumen
@BBB Smith I pity you. Parasite was the deserved winner and is easily one of the best films of the 21st century, forget the 2010’s
Damn, is nobody gonna talk about how taxi driver lost to Rocky, mad respect.
Life is short… so please make sure you spend as much time as possible arguing with strangers on the internet… 🙄
@Lam Pham but this isnt an award for most culturally iconic film, it’s for best. Taxi Driver is a far superior film.
@James Bryan Taxi is just classic movie, Rocky is the culture and iconic, the movie which inspired everyone in the world
Rocky is iconic. Taxi driver is cute
@WRESTLING GOD. DEATH TO THE SMARKS! you’re talking to me? you’re talking to me?
«And to all the Rocky’s in the world, I love you». He wrote this for him and everyone else with heart and undying will power. Thank you Sylvester.
@Levi Sullivan yeah you are right there, if only money then he just sell his script instead.. you know!
@Tristan Webb If he had wrote it purely for money, he wouldn’t have fought hard to make sure he was the lead.
The chump wrote it for money.. To be a champ
Stallone deserved that. Great movie.
Jack Nicholson could hardly contain his excitement.
He was probably pissed because Missouri Breaks, starring him and Brando, was panned the previous year.
lmao
I was expecting a comment like this HAH
@Long Zhang He behaves too indifferent and unexcited. The comment is sarcastic.
@Tony Breeden drunk
Jack nicholson reminds me when joey(friends) was presenting the soapies lmao
Man.. I thought the same thing…LOL
You totally made my day 😂
I thought the exact same thing while watching it 😂😂
I love how Chartoff and Winkler brought Stallone on stage with them. It was as much his victory as it was theirs.
I only just noticed how young sylvester looks so much like paul mccartney in the mid 60s
I never realized how young he was back then
And 1 year before that, Stallone lived in the street…
Eternal respect
Bullshit
@M T yeah that’s his script! wise man sly! rocky
@Mark Silverman He also has a funny scene in Woody Allen’s Bananas which was 1971.
Well not quite, he had made quite a bit of money doing…other movies.
@Tony Esposito They also wanted Burt Reynolds to play the part of Rocky