A "Real Life Rocky" is someone whose values and spirit embodies the characteristics of Rocky Balboa. The honorees overcame obstacles while demonstrating grit, strength, hope and humility. While Balboa might be "the greatest Philadelphian who never lived,"the PHL Visitor Center says"there are thou...
Is Rocky Balboa a real person? Interestingly,Rocky Balboa is actually based on a real-life person: Chuck Wepner. Wepner was born in 1939, and first started fighting on the streets in Bayonne, New Jersey (an interest that would eventually earn him the nickname of "The Bayonne Bleeder," si...
"You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward." ―Rocky Balboa to Rocky Balboa, Jr. in Rocky Balboa Robert
Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is a Philadelphia southpaw nicknamed The Italian Stallion, well past his prime and now brawling for peanuts in converted churches, where he bums cigarettes off fans who call him a bum. As the gym’s owner, Mickey (Burgess Meredith) says, “You’ve got heart...
Rocky Balboa: Directed by Sylvester Stallone. With Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver, Geraldine Hughes. Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight against the r
" A lot of them think it's an actual, real-life person."On the film's 40th anniversary, a few reasons for its enduring legacy:___LOVABLE UNDERDOGWritten by Stallone in three days, fans fell hard for the ballad of Rocky Balboa. For the uninitiated (SPOILER ALERT): The small-time ...
Stallone compared Trump to both Jesus Christ and Rocky Balboa during his speech.Keep reading to find out more…“I’ll just say this — and I mean it,” Stallone added. “When George Washington defended his country, he had no idea that he was going to change the world. Because without ...
Rocky II is a real movie it is one of the best, best, greatest sequels of all time. I love , love Rocky II to death. It is my third favorite Rocky movie of all time! I put this movie above the first one, fifth one and Rocky Balboa. This is the real Rocky, the boxing match...
Rocky Balboaincludes the use of God's name in vain WITH the four letter expletive. Only once but once is once too many. Such a choice on the part of the writers (in addition to choosing to include 15 uses of the three/four letter word vocabulary) is quite impudent and hateful to God...
Rocky's trip down memory lane to an empty Mickey's gym has to one of the standout scenes in the entire series and whilst the writing isn't on par with Rocky or even Rocky Balboa, you get the sense that Rocky V is back to basics and this is how it life would be if Rocky was ...