Stallone and Carl Weathers in ‘Rocky’ (Everett)ġ1. Fake punches look a lot more realistic when you can’t see the point of contact, Brown says on the Blu-ray commentary. The device allowed Brown to circle the fighters in the ring and shoot over the shoulder of the one getting punched. The Steadicam was also an essential part of shooting in the meat locker - allowing Brown to weave in and out of the beef sides - and the final fight between Rocky and Apollo.
He filmed his wife running up those stairs as a proof of concept for the Steadicam and when Avildsen saw that footage he decided to use it in Rocky.ġ0. In fact, Rocky’s iconic run up the stairs of the Philadelphia Art Museum was Brown’s idea. Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown used his new device to film much of Rocky’s running throughout Philadelphia. This was no accident, as a production assistant stood near the tracks with a walkie-talkie and would tell Avildsen when trains were coming so he could shout “action.”ĩ. Several elevated trains can be seen rolling by the background in exterior shots. Behind the scenes, Stallone’s then wife, Sasha, served as the production’s still photographer.Ĩ. Among Stallone’s family members involved in the production were his brother, Frank Jr., who played one of the street singers, his father, Frank Sr., who rang the bell in the climactic fight, and his dog, Butkus, who played Rocky’s dog. All exterior shots were lit exclusively with natural light, and pizza was the only on-set meal - for breakfast, lunch and dinner.ħ. There was no honeywagon, no catering, and no trailers. Shooting in Philadelphia was done on a shoestring. to keep costs down, which was of particular interest to them because they were personally guaranteeing to cover any costs on the film over the studio’s allotted budget of $1 million.Ħ.
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Producers wanted to shoot the entire in movie in L.A. Director John Avildsen and Stallone had to fight to shoot exteriors on location in Philadelphia. Stallone and Burgess Meredith in ‘Rocky’ (Everett)ĥ. Finally, the head of UA agreed to let Irwin and Chartoff cast Stallone after watching The Lords of Flatbush and mistakenly thinking Perry King was who they were casting. United Artists was interested, but wanted to cast a big-name actor even though the then little-known Stallone desperately wanted the role. After rejecting on the script that eventually became the 1978 film Paradise Alley, the producers read Rocky and immediately optioned it. Producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler met with Stallone as a favor to his agent, and although they didn’t have any parts for him, they told Stallone to pass along anything he wrote. Stallone says around 10 percent of the original script remained in the final version.ģ. Rocky was an anti-hero, Mickey was a racist, and Rocky ended up throwing the final fight so he wouldn’t have to be a part of the vile world of boxing. Stallone’s first version of Rocky was much darker than the final draft. Wepner later sued Stallone for cashing in on his life story and they settled out of court.Ģ. Stallone was inspired to write Rocky after watching Chuck Wepner’s 1975 title fight with Muhammad Ali, in which the journeyman heavyweight knocked down the champ for only the third time in Ali’s career.
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