#Rocky balboa speech to court movie#

It's the only film in the series to be preserved by the Library of Congress, for instance. First Installment Wins: While quite good in their own rights ( IV and V generally excepted), none of the seven sequels are anywhere near as iconic or critically adored as the original Rocky.

He ends up being the only character/actor other than Stallone and Burt Young to appear in all six films. Ensemble Dark Horse: Apollo Creed's nameless trainer in the first film gets an expanded role in all the subsequent ones, including getting a name (Duke).

#Rocky balboa speech to court movie#

Regardless of what you thought of Rocky V, you cannot deny that this theme was the best thing to come out of that movie (edited to match exactly what the movie played, just for us)!.

This fanmade musical: 'Drago, Yo, You Killed Apollo'.

The end credits music from the first movie: 'Rocky's Reward'.

Quoted one former vice president: ' Rocky wound up paying for whatever losses we had on New York, New York.' The studio ultimately agreed to make the film with him (after reducing its budget), because they had Martin Scorsese's New York, New York in production, and they were so confident in that movie they assumed they could write off the losses from this risky undertaking easily.

And You Thought It Would Fail: United Artists executives were not keen on casting Sylvester Stallone, but the producers insisted on it.

This is supposedly all justified by her being shy, and Rocky just wanting to bring her out of her shell for what she really wants, which he somehow knows. Finally, she repeatedly tries to beg off going into his apartment, only for Rocky to refuse to take no for an answer and keep badgering her until she gives in (and also, failing her entering, was apparently planning to let her walk home alone in a rough neighborhood). Then she only goes on a date with him because Paulie bullies her into it, which Rocky has no problem going along with. First of all, his complaints to Paulie about getting no response to his bad jokes.

Alternative Character Interpretation: Rocky can come across as quite a pushy jerk towards Adrian in the movie's first half.