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.
as Sylvester Stallone
as Carl Weathers
as Frank Stallone Sr.
as Sasha Czack
as Irwin Winkler
as John Avildsen
as Talia Shire
as Robert Chartoff
as Sandy Maddox
as Burgess Meredith
as Sal
as Grant Bader
