Overview

A struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment writes a script that a big movie studio wants to buy, but he refuses to sell it unless he gets to play the lead. Turning down an offer of life-changing money, he instead works for pennies to get the movie made with himself in the starring role. The movie becomes the biggest box office hit of 1976, notching ten Oscar nominations and winning Best Picture. The true story of the making of the iconic movie Rocky.

Top Cast

Anthony Ippolito

Sylvester Stallone

Stephan James

Carl Weathers

Matt Dillon

Frank Stallone Sr.

AnnaSophia Robb

Sasha Czack

P.J. Byrne

Irwin Winkler

Jay Duplass

John Avildsen

Kiki Seto

Talia Shire

Toby Kebbell

Robert Chartoff

Tracy Letts

Sandy Maddox

Robert Morgan

Burgess Meredith

Saul Stein

Sal

Trevor St. John

Grant Bader