> Be Sylvester Stallone > Facial nerve damaged during birth causing partial face paralysis & slurred speech > Bullied for his looks & speech at schools couldn't focus on studies expelled multiple times & moved between many foster homes > Moves to New york to pursue acting but producers... reject him due to his average looks & slurred speech > To survive he cleaned lion pens in zoos, ushered in theaters and even had to sell his dog Butkus at one point > Saw a match between Muhammad Ali & the Underdog Chuck wepner. Wepner a nobody gave the champ the fight of his life. > Got inspired and wrote the script for rocky in three days. Studios liked the script instantly but sylvester had one condition he will play rocky > Studios wanted a known face they offer him $350,000 for his script but sylvester refused there was simply no way he would budge > Finally studios agree to give him a shoestring budget of $1 million to work with hoping he'd fail but sylvester showed up everyday using steadycam and busy streets to keep costs low > On release Rocky made $225 million a phenomenon, got ten oscar nominations and won the academy award for best picture. It also turned sylvester into a overnight star. A fairytale on both reel and real this is the story of both Sylvester & Rockyshow more

I believe he also found Butkus and bought him back for a much higher price, but from what I could find, Stallone said it was worth every penny.

Yes he did

Always thought he was "dumb", listened recently to some interviews of him back in the 70's, 80's. Super sharp guy.

Very sharp

It took this trailer to make me realize Rocky was a real life Rocky.

He is special

You missed out the part where he did porn one time.

I did not know that

He’s not proud of it. But he was desperate.

Rocky gets shit on because of the cheesy sequels, but the original is simple but a masterpiece. It’s just a story about a mostly regular dude who gets handed the opportunity of a lifetime and goes, “You know what? I’m not going to blow this.” He sets a goal (being the first to go the distance with Apollo), busts his ass to make it happen, and achieves it.

Me and my buddies saw that movie, we all went home cracked 3 eggs in a glass and chugged them down. Was 13 and my mom nearly had a conniption haha.

It's all the little things, like how the banner they bought had the wrong colored shorts, so he mentioned it in the film and made an actual error into a minor plot point with deeper meaning.

He slept in friend's closets to save money. Unbelievable story about a man who believed in himself.

YESSSS lets gooo

I'm pretty sure he must have 8th house placements

I don't understand what that means

Bet no one knew he did porn, lol.

the factoid about having to sell his dog was heartbreaking to hear but i think he gave the guy money and a part in the movie to get Butkus back

I'm excited to see this and I haven't been able to say that about a movie in a long time.

And Hollywood made sure to make it completely impossible to ever happen again. At least until they gave the reigns over to some YouTubers who can right a script without their heads being stuck in their ass. But they’ll kill that too out of spite.

People were so desperate to see an optimistic movie for a change they didn't care he lost.

I saw him in that movie, "The Party at Kitty and Stud's" back in the day.

He was my first movie star crush, I thought he was adorable. Still do, aside from the unfortunate plastic surgery lol

How he able to pitch his script to studio executives? and why they wub bet on him at this point? Kuch bhi..anyone can write better script than rocky wud they get chance?

You forgot Joe Frazier that’s real inspiration behind Rocky… Joe Frazier

You forgot @TheSlyStallone became a Philly icon and legend

My idol for the past 50 years

I really want to see this movie... I feel like I'm going to cry when he sell Butkus 😭

He also did some softcore porn to get by at one point

I only just recently saw Rocky for the first time, and I had no idea what the storyline was about… I basically went in fresh… Absolutely amazing ❤️❤️

I was 8 when I saw this egg scene from Rocky. It showed me what winners do. They voluntary get up at the crack of dawn to follow their dreams! Chokes me up every time I see it.

@Brian777K I honestly love all the Rocky movies.

Love this movie. Stallone is an incroyable talent. This film transformed him.

Studios did not give him a million dollars hoping he would fail. That was a modest budget for an unknown actor.

Be a bootlicker for a rapist

Such an inspirational story. I’ve always liked him.

I made a video talking about the meaning of the movie. Hope you enjoy it.

You are retarded if you actually believe this back story "broke nobody janitor loser who had to sell his dog to pay rent miraculously gets a script in front of a studio who offers him 350k for it, then miraculously decides to give him 1 million to film it"

You forgot to add the part where he bought Butkus back

Is it even possible for this to happen anymore? They wouldn't read your script and they certainly wouldn't let you play the role.

Compelling right up well done.