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Percy 2022-04-21 09:01:02

"Rocky" is a 1976 film written and starred by Stallone, directed by John Iverson, about an obscure boxer Rocky Papua won a fight with heavyweight champion Apollo Creed Wang's chance is a typical American dream story. Stallone became a famous Hollywood movie star by translating the role of Rocky Balboa, and "Rocky" became a household fictional character. From 1976 to the present, six movies in the Rocky series have been made. The film was a low-budget production, costing $1 million and taking only 28 days to shoot. However, there were more than 117.2 million box office receipts. Winning the 1976 Academy Award for Best Picture, Stallone was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for "Rocky", and director John Iverson also won the Academy Award for Best Director.

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Rocky quotes

  • [Paulie overhears Rocky and now he's angry and hurt]

    Paulie: I don't want nothin' from you. I don't want nothin' from you. This ain't no charity case. Get outta my house.

    Adrian: It's not just your house.

    Paulie: [to Rocky] You ain't no friend no more. Get outta my house, I just says.

    Adrian: Don't talk to him like that.

    Paulie: Both of you get out of my house.

    Rocky: Yo... It's cold outside, Paulie.

    [drops his hat; getting angrier, Paulie grabs his bat]

    Paulie: I don't want you messin' her, and I don't raise you to go with this scum bum! Yeah? Come on! You wanna hit on me? Come on! I'll break both your arms so they don't work for ya!

    [Paulie smashed a lamp, then a dinner tray; Adrian screams]

    Paulie: [Screaming] That's right! I'm not good enough to meet with Gazzo...

    [spits]

    Paulie: - that's what I think of Gazzo! Now you're a big-shot fighter on your way up, you don't even throw a crumb to your friend Paulie! When I go out and get your meat every morning! You forgot that! Then I even give you my sister, too!

    Adrian: Only a pig would say that!

    Paulie: I'm a pig? A pig gives you the best?

    Paulie: [Smashes a coffee set] You're such a loser! I don't get married because of you! You can't live by yourself! I put you two together! And you - don't you forget it! You owe me! You owe me!

    Adrian: [Freaks out] WHAT DO I OWE YOU?

    Paulie: [cries] You're supposed to be good to me.

    Adrian: WHAT DO I OWE YOU, PAULIE? WHAT DO I OWE YOU? I treat you good! I cook for you! I cleaned for you! I pick up your dirty clothes! I take care of ya, Paulie! I don't owe you nothin'! And you made me feel like a loser! I'M NOT A LOSER!

  • Marie: You're a bum!