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VISIT GOARMY.COM/STRONG.
>> IT IS ALREADY OVER.A
>> IT IS NOT OVER UNTIL IT IS @A
OVER.
THE ACE? > I'M JOINED RIGHT NOW BY AN
AWARD WINNING ACTOR, WRITER AND
DIRECTOR SOME 30 YEARS AFTER THE
ORIGINAL "ROCKY" AND 16 YEARS
FROM THE MOST RECENT INSTALLMENT
IT CONTINUES NEXT WEDNESDAY
"ROCKY BALBOA"
HITS THEATRES.
BY SYLVESTER
STALLONE.
BACK. O HAVE YOU
>> GREAT TO BE BACK.
IT WAS SOMETHING I'M VERY PROUD
OF
LET'S TALK IT.
16 YEARS SINCE THE LAST ROCKY
BUYO FELT STRONGLY ABOUT THE
NUMBER SIX.
YOU HAD TO GET IT MADE.
MADE.RKED TO GET IT
WHY WAS THIS SO IMPORTANT?
>> WELL, I WAS VERY DISSATISFIED
LAST ONE TURNED
OUT.
LEFT A LOT PEOPLE LIKE
IN THE LURCH AND DERESPONDENT
THE WAY HE ENDED WITH A WHIMPER
AND I HAVE TO TAKE FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT SO AFTER
ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS I SAID I
THIS. TRY
AND AT THAT TIME I WAS 53 AND OF
COURSE THE STUDIOS BASICALLY
SAID IT IS NEVER GOING TO
HAPPEN.
REWRITING AND KEPT
TURNED 59 AND I
KNEW IT WAS KIND OF LIKE
LUDICROUS BUT I STILL WANTED TO
I THINK THE ECAUSE
STORY OF ROCKY IS NOT SO MUCH
ABOUT THE ACTUAL FIGHTING, IT IS
ABOUT THE JOURNEY AND PEOPLE
TURN A CERTAIN AGE THEY FEEL AS
THOUGH AS THE PARADE GONE BY.
IS THERE STILL ANY STUFF LEFT IN
ET OUT SO IT IS G
LIKE HOW DO YOU PLAN THE LAST
PART OF YOUR LIFE BUT IT ENDS UP
IN A SYMBOLIC FIGHT AT THE END
M. THE FIL
>> SO IT IS NEVER BEEN ABOUT
BOXING BUT IT IS SOMETHING YOU
TRIED TO GET DONE.
WENT TO THE
STUDIO HEAD AND SAID I HAVE SOME
FISHED BUSININININWANTI
MAKE IT RIGHT.
WHAT WAS THEIR RESPONSE EXACTLY?
>> WELL, OVER OUR DEAD BODY WAS
THE QUOTE I THINK.
AND THEY NEVER CAME OFF.
THEY SAID IT NEVER GOING TO
ACLE HAPPENED.IR
D 59 AND LIKE A COUPLE OF
-- 59 PLUS TWO MONTHS AND ALL OF
A SUDDEN M.G.M. WAS SOLD AND THE
NEW BUYERS AND C.E.O. SAID WELL,
ROCKY HAS DONE PRETTY WELL FOR
US, I KNOW IT IS A LONG SHOT AND
THEY TOOK A GAMBLE WHICH IS VERY
RARE IN TODAY'S MARKET, VER
RARE.
U HAVE A SEVENTH ONE
IN YOU?
>> NO, NO, NO.
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO END IT
S NOTE AND THE KIND OF WAY
IT WRAPS UP YOU SEE -- WELL I
DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT AWAY BUT
IT INDICATES THAT I'M AT PEACE
WITH AND IT IS A LOVE LETTER TO
SUPPORTED HAT HAVE
THE CHARACTER AND I JUST WANTED
OFF.Y THEM
>> I'M NOTURE IF YOU ARE AWARE
60. IS BUT YOU ARE
YOU LOOK GREAT, YOU PAID THE
PRICE, KEPT IT INCREDIBLE SHAPE
DEMANDING TO BE A
ROLL.
HOW MUCH DID THAT TAKE OUT OF
YOU?
>> A LOT.
DOES.
ABOUT AS PAT JORDAN THE
WRITER SAYS ABOUT LIVING WITH
CONDITIONS.
E A BAD UST DON'T GO LIK
HIP, BAD KNEES, NECK HURTS AND I
WORKED IT INTO THE ROCKY
PREMISES.
REALIZES HE IS WELL PAST
PRIMED BUT THEY CHANGED THE
TRAINING AND WE BUILD HURTING
BOMBS, START BUILDING POWER
INSTEAD OF SPEED AND I'M PUT IN
THIS WITH A LIVE FIGHTER WHO
TAKES THE BOUT NOT VERY
SERIOUSLY AND BEFORE HE KNOWS IT
HE IS IN FOR THE FIGHT OF HIS
LIFE.
>> PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES HAVE
TROUBLE MAKING THE DISTINCTION
AND OMETIMES THE ART
SPORTS AND ANY TIME THEY GET
GOING THE COMPETITIVE JUICES
KICK IN WHEN FOOTBALLERS MAKE
FOOTBALL MOVIES OR HOCKEY GUYS
GET ON FILM THEY THINK IT IS
HAT IT IS.
YOU GET WITH ANTONIO TARVER DID
GOOD SHOTS? ANY
>> OH MANY, MANY.
YOU ARE SO RIGHT.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH
RECERTIFIESING I SAID AS SOON AS
OF A REAL CROWD
ALL BETS ARE OFF.
SAME AS HAVING A PRACTICE GAME.
THEY ARE GOOD IN SPARRING BUT IN
FRONT AFTER CROWD THEY OVERTO IT
OR UNDERACHIEVE.
HE SORT OF UNLOADED AND NEXT
THING I KNOW HE WAS LIKE DROPPED
TWO TIMES IN THE FIRST ROUND AND
IT WAS LIKE WHAT PEOPLE DON'T
REALIZE ABOUT A PRO FIGHTER THEY
OU ARE JUST ND Y
STUNNED AND NEXT THING YOU
KNOWER ON YOUR KNEESMENT YOU ARE
WHO THE HURT PHYSICALLY, UNLESS
HIT IN THE SOLAR PLEXUS
OR LIVER BUT YOU ARE STUNNED AND
YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN
FOR LIKE EIGHT TO 10 SECONDS AND
WHAT HAPPENED.
LL YOU WERE CAUGHT A CLEAN
ONE.
BODY SHOTS LOT O
AND IN THIS FILM I WANTED TO
AS THIS AS REALISTIC
SSIBLE SO ANYONE WATCHING IF
THEY PUT IT ON FREEZE FRAME WILL
SE THE PUNCHES THAT ARE SOUND
LIKE CONNECTS ARE CONNECTS AND
THE ONES THAT ARE MISSES ARE NOT
FAKE WITH ANY SOUND TO ASSUME
THEY CONNECT.
>> SO WHAT DOES TARVER DO?
DOES HE STAND OVER THE FIGHTER
LIKE I DID SOMETHING GREAT OR IS
IT LIKE WHOA I JUST KNOCKED OUT
THE BOSS
TARTS TO LAUGH
DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR ME.
THIS IS THE LAST GO ROUND AND IF
YOU HAVE TO KNOCK MEOWN IN
EVERY AROUND PLEASE DO IT.
>> THAT IS AMAZING BECAUSE YOUR
LIFE IS A ROCKY STORY.
I IS HARD WHEN YOU THINK IN ALL
THE MOVIES YOU MADE YOU FORGET
WERE IN THIS 30
YEARS AGO YOU TOLD ME EARLIER
YOU WERE DOWN TO YOUR LAST $106
A NO NAME GOT A MOVIE MADE AND
STARRED AND WON EVERY AWARD.
I GUESS THE INDUSTRYAS CHANGED
BUT THAT SIN CREDIBLE STILL.
>> IIS A MIRACLE.
E EN PEOPLE SAY WHAT IS TH
SECRET.
SAID HOW CAN YOU PLAN ON
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
HEN THE FILM WAS
E FOR UNDER $1
MILLION AND WE HAD SO-CALLED
DRIVE-IN THEATRES AND IT WAS
A DRIVE ING MADE FOR
URANIUM FARE.
>> AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT TO SAVE
MONEY DID YOU NOT TAKE A TRAIN
BACK TO PHILADELPHIA TO MAKE THE
MOVIE?
TRAIN WITH MY A
BUTKUS WHO BY THE WAY HAD A
KIND OF GAS PROBLEM SO IT WAS A
RIDE.
PRICE TO BE PAID.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE GOING BACK TO
PHILADELPHIA THIS TIME?
>> IT IS SURREAL.
OSE THAT TERM LOOSELY
BECAUSE ROCKY IS PART OF
PHILADELPHIA'S TAPESTRY.
BELONGS TO T HE
THEM.
LOVE HIM AND PHILADELPHIA
FANS, THEY LET YOU HAVE RIGHT
OUT OF THE BREECH IF THEY DON'T
LIKE YOU.
I HAVE SEEN THEM THROW ICE BALLS
AT SANTA CLAUS IN PHILADELPHIA
STADIUM.
THEY ARE ROUGH.
. EY BOO EVERYBODY
BUT THEY LIKE ROCKY AND I WALK
INTO THE STADIUM AND YOU JUST
HEAR THIS LOVE POUR OUT AND I
WISH I WAS IN THE STANDS
WATCHING BECAUSE IT IS NOT FOR
ME.
IT IS THIS LINE HAS BEEN BLURRED
AND ROCKY IS LINING AN ADOPTED
SON.
IT IS SURREAL AND WHEN PEOPLE
SAY ROCK COME OVER HERE, ROCK
HUNGRY WHAT DO YOU THINK OF
THIS SUIT, DO YOU LIKE IT?
>> TOO MUCH:
SURREAL.
NSTALLMENT NUMBER SIX.
"ROCKY BALBOA" HITS THEATRES
NATIONWIDE DECEMBER 20.
GOOD LUCK.