Rocky
(United Artists, 1976)
Literally almost down to eating cat food in a crappy apartment in the Valley north of Hollywood, with a script turned down twice by every major and minor studio in town, and every agent in existence, the writer is told that there's a buyer who'd like to pick it up. The author declines unless he gets to play the lead character. Incredibly, they agree to this insane request from a virtual nobody, make the thing in 28 days for less than $1M, and it grosses $225M worldwide on its way to the top. Of everything.
The story is one everyone knew their whole life, the actors they got for their slices of $1M were incredible (Burgess Meredith gave a performance for the ages), the movie is still a classic, and the author, Sylvester Stallone, became a box office legend.
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing
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I don't know much about Stallone, but the little I do know makes him sound pretty interesting. He comes across as a bit of a lummox on screen, but apparently, he's a pretty bright guy. Odd.
(Damn... no post count here, either.)
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