"COMMENTATOR 1 :" "We're in Moscow in the Soviet Union and this promises to be the most watched event in boxing... [!" "]" "I must break you." "[BELL RINGS]" "Throw your right!" "COMMENTATOR 1 :" "He won't let him out of that corner." "Rocky!" "COMMENTATOR:" "Rocky BaIboa is in serious trouble." "He's getting killed out there." "COMMENTATOR 1 :" "Drago continuing to punish Rocky BaIboa." "DUKE:" "No pain!" "ROCKY:" "No pain." "No pain!" "No pain." "COMMENTATOR 2:" "Rocky's been hit with bombs." "COMMENTATOR 1 :" "Rocky's hurt." "COMMENTATOR 1 :" "A right hand from Drago sends Rocky BaIboa 1 5 feet across the ring." "COMMENTATOR 2:" "The champ is down." "Rock, get up!" "COMMENTATOR 2:" "It's been a one-sided fight so far." "COMMENTATOR 1 :" "And Drago throws a hard right hand that stuns Rocky BaIboa!" "COMMENTATOR 2:" "They might have to stop this one before somebody gets killed." "COMMENTATOR 1 :" "Rocky taking punishment." "He's completely exhausted." "[!" "]" "COMMENTATOR 1 :" "And BaIboa goes down again from a right hand!" "COMMENTATOR 2:" "lethal punch after punch!" "Amazing willpower!" "COMMENTATOR 1 :" "Rocky BaIboa has taken Ivan Drago's best punches so far." "He's cut and he's bleeding." "DUKE:" "AII right, what's happening out there?" "I see three of him out there." "Hit the one in the middle." "Right!" "Hit the one in the middle." "[BELL RINGS]" "COMMENTATOR 2:" "The Russian's cut!" "[BELL RINGS]" "Get him!" "[BELL RINGS]" "COMMENTATOR 2:" "to the ground like a wrestler." "It's a gutter war!" "No holds barred in Moscow." "AII your strength!" "AII your power!" "Everything you've got!" "This is your whole life here!" "[BELL RINGS]" "COMMENTATOR 1 :" "A big right hand by Rocky BaIboa!" "[BELL RINGS]" "COMMENTATOR 2:" "BaIboa has done the impossible!" "CROWD:" "Rocky!" "Rocky!" "Rocky!" "[COUGHING]" "DUKE:" "Oh, man!" "I never saw nothing like it." "You came through like the champ you are." "Did yourself and everybody proud!" "especially apollo." "ROCKY:" "Yo, Tony." "Yeah, what is it, baby?" "What do you need?" "Get Adrian." "[BREATHING HEAVILY]" "Rocky?" "How's everybody doing out there?" "Everybody" "Oh, everything's okay." "What's wrong?" "What's wrong?" "Remember when Mick said when he was fighting sometimes he'd fight so hard that he was thinking that he broke something inside and he was gonna... die?" "And that's what he said that's when the angels was pulling on him." "Rocky, you're scaring me." "I don't" "What's wrong?" "Adrian, I can't." "Can't what?" "Can't what?" "I can't stop my hands from shaking." "I never felt this thing." "We've gotta see a doctor." "No, I" "Yeah." "No, I just want to go home." "And not see a doctor?" "I'm just tired." "I just wanna go home, Mick." "I'm just tired." "I just-- Okay." "I just, I just wanna go home, okay?" "Okay." "Okay." "[BAND PLAYING "GONNA FLY NOW"]" "Adrian, where's the kid?" "ADRIAN:" "I don't know." "I don't see the kid." "Where's the kid?" "Ain't he here?" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Oh, there he is!" "There he is!" "Hey, sIugger!" "How you doing?" "Say hi to your mom." "Hi, Mom." "Oh, I'm forgotten now?" "Hi, uncle PauIie." "Dad, how you feeling?" "Oh, I got a few new dents." "How you doing in school?" "I made the honour roll." "beautiful." "Home team!" "Hi, I'm SheiIa Downs, airport security." "welcome home." "If you follow me, there's a press reception inside." "[REPORTERS SHOUTING QUESTIONS TO ROCKY]" "Rocky, how did you feel about the Russian people, in general?" "Oh, very good." "They was great people." "I mean, I didn't understand what they was speaking all the time but I think I understood what they was meaning, you know." "Mrs. BaIboa, did you learn any Russian?" "Did I learn Russ--?" "PAULIE:" "Yeah, yeah." "She got fluent in vodka." "[CROWD LAUGHS]" "Rocky, there are rumours of physical complications after the fight." "complications?" "ADRIAN:" "No." "No." "Those were rumours." "He's in perfect physical condition." "Rocky, a question." "recently the American medical Association recommended that boxing be banned." "Yeah?" "Do you agree with the doctors?" "Yeah." "absolutely." "I think that doctors should never fight, no." "G.W. Duke:" "That was a beautiful answer, champ!" "That's right." "Doctors should stay out of the ring." "Doctors should never fight." "They should stay out of the ring forever." "Rocky BaIboa, the funniest champion ever." "America's own Rocky BaIboa." "How are you?" "How are you?" "George Washington Duke here promoter extraordinaire, welcoming back Rocky BaIboa champion of all Americans and all the Russians." "Now I would Iike to digress from the questions a bit and pose an interesting proposition to the media." "Everyone in this city, certainly in the world of sports knows my reputation for promoting some of the finest extravaganzas in this country." "So now, with the press present," "I'd Iike to ask you, Rocky BaIboa to be the flamboyant, rambunctious sportsman we know you can be and give this man, Union Cane, a chance to challenge you for the Heavyweight Championship of the world." "BaIboa, I want the opportunity to take what you got." "Isn't this bad timing to present a challenger?" "The man just got off the plane." "Timing is the essence of Iife, gentlemen and ladies." "Now, what I have on this paper is the largest guarantee ever offered to a champion on this planet." "I'm talking about a fantastic international extravaganza to be held in Japan called " Letting it Go in Tokyo."" "only in America could people like us rise from oppression rise from poverty to join hands in this international event." "G.W. DUKE:" "only in America." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "My husband is retired." "He has nothing" "He has nothing more to prove." "Wait a minute." "Wait a minute Hey, Rocky, don't you consider this a public responsibility to respond now rather than later?" "Respond to the people." "Isn't this a question of professionalism, to talk about it now, not later?" "You mind if I heal first?" "The whipping you got ain't like what I got here for you." "So, what in hell does this all mean?" "No, that isn't enough." "We gotta hear about this now." "I gotta think about that." "So anyway," "I want to tell everybody that the flight over was really nice." "Come on, guys, we need more!" "ROCKY:" "Adrian, if you weren't with me I never would've done as good." "You're my Adrian." "You're always there." "And my kid having you is like being born all over again." "Yeah, you." "Come on, what do you say?" "Are you gonna retire?" "Anyway, I'd Iike to" " Excuse me." "I'd Iike to go home." "You gonna give us something to write?" "What do you say?" "Thank you very much." "No!" "Don't worry." "You'II get him." "You'II get him." "[!" "]" "ROCKY:" "No, really, it's great." "Ah, yo." "Look at this place!" "I swear I ain't never leaving this place again, you know that?" "I swear." "Hey, would you Iike to dance?" "Huh?" "How about a homecoming dance with your old man?" "No, don't be silly." "It's cold." "I'II warm you up, young lady." "Come on, have a dance." "Hurry up, the music's almost over." "ROCKY:" "[HUMMING]" "ROCKY:" "Do you Iike the song?" "ADRIAN:" "You should rest." "Yeah, I know." "I'm tired." "Come on." "Oh, yeah?" "Maybe I'II take you upstairs and violate you Iike a parking meter." "Cost you a quarter." "Yo, Adrian!" "Where did you learn to talk dirty like that?" "uncle PauIie." "You notice something strange about Dad?" "He just took a few hard shots." "I think you tell better jokes than me, Adrian." "Yo, did I hear somebody call for their old man?" "Did you do this?" "Hey, it's sleep time, kid, okay?" "Dad, did you know that your bones grow three times as fast during the night?" "No, I didn't know that, but I heard something like that once." "Is that me?" "Oh, yeah." "That's you." "excellent." "No, is that me?" "When we was fishing?" "Yeah." "That's beautiful." "Look at the tent." "You know, the fish was a Iot bigger, if I recall." "actually, that was a Iot smaller." "Anyway, come on." "Hit the bed." "It's time for you to get healthy and everything." "This is great." "I don't know where you learn this." "It is something, how this thing comes out of your fingers." "Oh, my God." "Oh, my God." "Who's this?" "That's Madame Du Pont my French teacher." "really?" "Yeah, she looks French." "Sure." "I wouldn't show this to your mother, because she don't understand French too good." "Oh, my God." "Better cover that one up." "well, champ, it's bedtime." "Hey, you know what?" "I know some French talk." "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Madame." "Madame who?" "" Ma" damn foot's caught in the door." "That's an old joke." "What do you want?" "I'm trying." "I don't know all the good things, you know." "Whoa, what's this?" "What?" "Look what I found in your ear." "Russian money." "Huh?" "Money ears." "AII right." "Anyway, listen, you gotta get some sleep." "Dad?" "Yeah." "Today, when you said having me was like being born again what did you mean?" "well, you know, when you come up like I did, and you got, Iike," "three square meals of zero a day, know what I mean?" "You got the A side of Iife and the B side of Iife." "I'm, Iike, on the B side." "But you, you got all the breaks." "So when I see you having all these things that I didn't have," "I, Iike, live through your eyes." "I enjoy it a little bit." "It's like having it all over again." "That's nice." "Hey, look at my face." "Do I Iook like a raccoon?" "A little bit." "Yeah, Iike Rocky Raccoon?" "Yeah, a little bit." "No." "Yeah, you do, a little." "really?" "Hey, if you think I Iook bad, you ought to see the other guy's knuckles." "Anyway, yo, good night." "Okay, kid?" "Night." "Dad?" "Yo." "glad you're home." "Thanks, I appreciate it." "We'II play tomorrow." "Okay?" "Maybe you can show me your english teacher." "She's pretty hot too." "No!" "Yeah." "Good night, kid." "ADRIAN [WHISPERING]:" "You deserve the worst for what you did." "PAULIE:" "Shh." "ADRIAN:" "It wasn't your money." "It was Rocky's money." "You cost us everything." "It was a mistake." "You think I thought this all was gonna happen?" "Don't you walk away from me!" "You just gave up our life!" "And you think it's like some stupid thing?" "PauIie!" "PauIie, do you know what you did?" "Do you know the seriousness?" "I understand it!" "Do you?" "Then answer me!" "I understand the whole freaking thing!" "I understand it!" "Your accountant's a crook, not me!" "I did what I thought was right!" "So don't blame me for nothing!" "I want to murder the bum worse than anybody." "Adrian, what's wrong?" "Look what you've done now." "She's dumping everything on me." "PauIie, don't turn this around on me." "What did you do, PauIie?" "He gave power of attorney to our accountant." ""Gave"?" "I just didn't "gave" anything to nobody!" "He sent the letter!" "He says we'II be in Russia for a couple of months." "He says, "And I need Rocky to sign a tax extension."" "Tax extension!" "That was power of attorney, PauIie!" "He's the thief!" "I need alcohol." "Rocky, on my eyes, I never stole a freaking dime!" "Adrian, what's happening here?" "Huh?" "It's gone." "What's gone?" "The money." "The money." "Everything." "It's all gone." "LAWYER:" "The piece of paper PauIie had you sign wasn't a request for an extension on your tax returns." "It was a blanket power of attorney, in favour of the accountant who was involved in some very high-priced real estate." "He thought he could flip it quick, take his profit, have your money back before you knew it was gone." "And unfortunately for you, and everybody in this room, his deals fell through because the market dried up." "And you lost millions." "There's nothing I can do about it?" "I'm doing plenty." "I've filed eight criminal acts against him." "But you've got tremendous debt payment on this property, Rocky." "He didn't pay your tax returns in six years." "And your mortgage on your house hasn't been paid in months." "Wait." "We didn't have a mortgage." "Our house was fully paid for." "Don't take it from me, ask him." "apparently not." "There's nearly $400,000 still outstanding." "The only thing you have that's not encumbered is a gymnasium that was willed to your son by a Mickey GoIdmiII in 1 982." "You could sell things." "Those commercials you did?" "You know, paul, I ain't no commercial kind of guy." "I'm a fighter." "It's what I do for a living." "LAWYER:" "No, it's just as well." "We couldn't get any sponsors." "With the investigation of the accountant, out pops a criminal record of Rocky's for assault and connection with Ioan sharking." "That was a Iong time ago." "He didn't-- Why not a couple more fights?" "With your popularity right now, you could be out of this thing in no time." "He's retiring." "Rocko, fighting's the ticket." "I said he's retired!" "PauIie, we're here because of you!" "I'm not taking the heat for all this!" "I thought I was doing smart business." "You thought you did smart business?" "And you!" "Me?" "The accountant was your choice!" "My choice?" "You should've known he was a thief, but you live in a fairy-taIe world where the air don't move!" "You're like a season that don't change." "Hey, you don't talk to her like this." "You can't kick me around!" "PauIie, no!" "Yeah!" "Listen, you call Duke." "You tell him I'II fight Cane." "I don't care, anywhere, any time." "ADRIAN:" "Rocky, No!" "If that's what you want, I'II get on it right away." "Rocky, please." "We can't go down like this." "A couple of fights, we're out of trouble." "Yeah, but you said you wouldn't-- No, I didn't say anything." "Look, did we come this far to lose it?" "You have to see a doctor." "I don't need to see no doctor." "I need a promoter." "You know you gotta see a doctor." "If he says it's all right, I'II support you." "I've gotta fight, okay?" "I got problems, I gotta fight." "will you do it for me?" "AII right, for you." "DOCTOR:" "Because of the continuous violent blows to the head you've developed a condition particular to boxers... called cavum septum pelliculum which is a hole in the membrane separating the ventricles." "The brain's surface neurons in this area have also been traumatized." "Excuse me, doctor." "simply stated, Mr. BaIboa, it means that you suffered some damage to the brain." "ADRIAN:" "How long until he recovers?" "The effects are irreversible." "Rocky, you have to retire." "I don't want to retire." "This ain't the time to retire." "Not in here." "Not in no office." "I just fought the best fight of my Iife." "I just did that, you know?" "And all I need is a couple more." "No, Rocky, you suffered severe brain trauma!" "He can be wrong!" "Anybody could be." "I don't think he is." "well, he ain't God." "Look, Adrian, only God ain't wrong." "Hey, Rocky, this is what's good for you." "AII I need's a couple of easy ones." "Not with the way it is, you can't get licensed in any state." "He can't get licensed anywhere, doctor?" "That is correct." "Rocky, do you love me?" "Yeah, I Iove you." "Why you ask that?" "Because if you love somebody, you live with them, you live for them." "You don't gamble with a life." "Rocky, I don't care about the money." "It's you." "That's all that matters." "please, we'II be okay." "We'II be fine." "No one's gotta know." "No one has to know, doctor, right?" "It'II be strictly confidential." "Thank you." "[!" "]" "AUCTIONEER:" "May we hear a next bid, please?" "Are you done?" "sold to 1 7 2." "Moving along, ladies and gentlemen." "Item number 46." "Hey, kid." "The bike's been sold." "Hey, the bike's been sold." "Get off the bike." "Come on." "Don't worry about it." "We've been down before." "I'II get it all back." "We just gotta stick together, right?" "Home team." "Yeah, right." "Come on." "You know, Mick used to say a fight ain't over till you heard the bell." "We ain't heard a bell yet, have we?" "AUCTIONEER:" "Rocky BaIboa's boxing gloves from his first heavyweight title." "ADRIAN:" "Rocky?" "Hey, it still fits." "Why you wearing those clothes?" "I was just going through some of the stuff up there and I found them and they feel kind of comfortable." "well, I was looking all over for you downstairs." "It's kind of depressing." "Yeah." "I know what you mean." "Oh, what's this doing in your ear?" "You remember these?" "Oh, God." "Remember these?" "Yeah." "I remember when you took them off." "That's right." "First time I ever kissed you, remember?" "Kissed you." "Adrian..." "I want to go out for a little bit, just take a little walk." "I just want to feel better." "But could you talk to the kid... because he's really taking this hard." "Sure." "Where you going?" "I don't know." "I thought I'd go to Andy's." "MAN:" "How did he blow it all?" "How you doing, Mick?" "slip the jab." "slip the jab." "MICKEY:" "slip the jab, will you?" "slip the jab!" "That's right." "That's it." "Hey, I didn't hear no bell!" "Okay." "AII right, that's right." "slip the jab." "That's it!" "MentaIize!" "See that bum in front of you." "You see yourself doing right and you do right." "That's pretty." "That's very pretty." "Time!" "Come here, Rock." "My God, you're ready, ain't you?" "apollo won't know what hit him." "You're gonna roll over him like a bulldozer." "An italian bulldozer." "You know, kid, I know how you feel about this fight that's coming up, because I was young once too." "And I tell you something... well, if you wasn't here" "I probably wouldn't be alive today." "The fact that you're here and doing as well as you're doing, gives me what do you call it?" "A motiv-ization to stay alive." "Because I think that people die sometimes when they don't want to live no more." "Nature's smarter than people think." "And nature is smarter than people think." "little by little, we lose our friends." "We lose everything." "We keep losing and losing till we say:" ""What the hell am I living around here for?" "I got no reason to go on."" "But with you, kid, boy, I got a reason to go on." "And I'm gonna stay alive." "And I will watch you make good." "And I'II never leave you." "And I'II never leave you until that happens, because when I leave you, you'II not only know how to fight, you'II be able to take care of yourself outside the ring too." "Is that okay?" "ROCKY:" "Okay." "Okay." "Now, I got a little gift for you." "Mick, you didn't have to do that." "Wait a minute, now." "I don't need nothing." "Here, look at this." "See that?" "This here's the favourite thing that I have on this earth." "And Rocky Marciano give me that." "You know what it was?" "His cuffIink." "And now I'm giving it to you." "And it's gonna be..." "like an angel on your shoulder, see." "And if you ever get hurt... and you feel that you're going down this little angel is gonna whisper in your ear." "He's gonna say, "Get up, you son of a bitch... because Mickey loves you."" "Okay?" "Thanks, Mick." "I Iove you." "I Iove you too." "Jesus." "Go after him, kid." "Go after him." "Thanks." "You was the angel." "There it is." "What happened to his other cuffIink?" "I don't know." "He only give me one." "He gave it to some bum." "[7 A3'S "TAKE YOU BACK" PLAYING]" "Don't worry about these." "AII right." "Let's go, PauIie." "I can't believe it." "This kid's taking this too good." "Youth, Rocky." "Hey, Rock, it's good I kept the place, right?" "It saves money." "Yeah." "Hey, get back." "Right?" "With a little aluminium on the front, it's a winner." "Thank you." "BO Y:" "welcome back, Rocky!" "We missed you!" "This is onIy-- It's only temporary, you know." "Come on inside." "[CROWD CHEERING]" "[PHONE RINGING]" "hello?" "MAN [OVER PHONE]:" "Mrs. Balboa?" "George Washington Duk e here." "Yes?" "Mrs. BaIboa, can you hear it?" "Listen close." "You must be able to hear it." "Hear what?" "The sound of the parade going by." "Of opportunity knocking." "I mean, what'II it take for you people to realize" "I'm giving you a chance to pull yourselves together again?" "Let me handle your husband's career, and the money will pour in." "You can start living like human beings again." "Listen, Mr. Duke, we're living like human beings." "You ought to try it sometime." "You leave my husband alone." "Women." "[!" "]" "ROBERT:" "When did you start that?" "I don't know, it's like a bad habit that comes back." "But listen, we ain't talking about me." "We're talking about you, right?" "Hey, Rocky, how you doing, man?" "How you doing?" "Good to see you back." "Thank you." "It's great to be back." "You're real smart in school." "But you gotta be smart on the street too." "How do you mean?" "You gotta know who the players are and, Iike, who you're talking to around here." "Watch out for the scammers." "Everybody will try to scam you." "What's a scam?" "Ask your father." "well, a scam is like a hustle." "PAULIE:" "He don't get it." "ROCKY:" "well, a hustle's" "WOMAN:" "Rocky!" "ROCKY:" "Yeah?" "Remember me?" "I'm Bubba's mother." "Oh, yeah." "You used to use his head for a punching bag." "Yeah, he had a nice head." "welcome back." "ROCKY:" "Anyway, a hustle's related to a con." "PAULIE:" "He don't get it." "ROBERT:" "A deception." "ROCKY:" "Excuse me?" "You're saying beware of deceptions." "Yeah." "That's good." "absolutely." "ROCKY:" "You're very smart, you know?" "Hey, ain't this where the Atomic Hoagie Shop used to be?" "I'm new here, Dad." "PAULIE:" "This neighbourhood's coming down with tooth decay." "ROBERT:" "It's called " urban blight." ROCKY:" "Yeah?" "ROCKY:" "I'II tell you something, this place is blighting everywhere." "I think a little aluminium siding and some paint, this place could be okay." "What do you think?" "Anyway, you'II be late for school." "Come on." "PauIie, I want to talk to the kid private-Iike." "You know, man to smaller man." "Like I got no feelings?" "Come on, PauIie." "That's how wars start." "relax, would you?" "So anyway, everybody's got an angle." "Yo, tough break, Rock." "Yeah." "Everybody's got a hustle." "See, Iike these kids around here, they got street brains." "That's how they live." "These kids" "Listen to me." "They ain't like no personalities that you'd grown up with." "So you gotta stay very, very sharp around here." "I intend to." "Damn it. " Intend."" "You know, sometimes you make me feel very stupid." "Why?" "Why?" "Because you're smarter than me." "That's a fact." "No, I'm not." "Yeah, you are." "Every day, you learn something new, and every day I forget something new." "But listen to me." "We're in this thing together." "So if you can figure out how to fix things up, don't be afraid to tell me." "Because we gotta stick together." "Because what are we?" "What?" "What are we?" "Oh, home team." "Home team!" "You got that right." "I used to go to this school when I was a kid." "Nice bricks." "Used to have good milk at lunch." "It was real tough then, but I think you can handle it, don't you think?" "BO Y:" "You don't even know what you're talking about!" "If you went here, I can go here." "I'm not scared, really." "really?" "well, I guess I'm a little scared." "But that's normal, don't you think?" "Oh, yeah." "I had 7 2 fights coming up, and every one I was scared." "So, yeah, you know, that's real, real normal." "I'II see you later." "Okay, kid." "Here's the front door." "It's okay." "Hey, wait!" "Whoa, what's this?" "Goodness gracious, where did this come from?" "It's a strange place to stash your lunch money." "It was just a lunch joke, you know." "Thanks, Dad." "Okay, listen," "I'II see you later." "Remember, Daddy loves you." "You're number one." "Home team." "Just be nice, right?" "You'II be okay." "And don't mess with nobody's girlfriend." "They don't like that around here." "PauIie, I'm really worried about the kid." "He ain't used to living like this." "He don't know the streets or nothing." "And that school, I know exactly what'II happen." "Some wise guy'II come up to him because he's my kid, and he's just gonna come out and try to bang him out." "Give him a cheap shot, you know." "I mean, jeez." "MAN:" "Mr. BaIboa." "Yeah?" "My name's Tommy Gunn." "Yeah." "How you doing?" "With that name, you better be tough." "Yeah, very true." "It ain't easy." "Anyway, I come from oklahoma." "I have an amateur record of 45 and 1 ." "I turned pro at 1 8, and I had eight fights." "You're a fighter?" "Yeah, I'm a fighter." "Now that I'm 20, I'd Iike to show you what I got." "I've saved 400 bucks." "I couId pay you for training." "Mr. Robert Rocky BaIboa." "What?" "Excuse me, young man, business." "Is he lost or what?" "Thank you." "Good to see you again, friend." "Yeah, how you doing?" "G.W. DUKE:" "My health is fine." "What more could a man ask for?" "Listen, I got to go to work now." "What?" "Where?" "Here?" "In a sweatbox?" "Can't be too good for the image." "Urban light, what are you gonna do?" "Come on." "What did you say?" "Urban light." "It's " blight." Urban blight." "Rock, George would Iike you to consider putting on those damn gloves again." "It's a hell of a payday." "well, you know, I'm officially expired." "No." "You do have marquee value." "You put butts in the buckets, asses in the seats." "A businessman with any sort of brain don't retire when he can still pull in the bread." "Because only in America do we get these kind of opportunities." "Union Cane's going for the title on the 1 4th." "Here's some tickets." "Be our guest." "We have a strong feeling about this one." "Think he'II take it." "That's the time to challenge." "Because people love comebacks!" "And there's nothing in the boxing business more commercial than a Iong-shot comeback of a down-on-his-Iuck, pure snow-white underdog." "Like your Mark Twain once said, "Virtue has never been as respectable as money."" "Who's Twain?" "He was a painter." "Look, simply put, you're the Great White Hope." "You mean great white dope." "No." "Forget it." "I ain't emotionally invoIved-- Hey, hold it." "hold the bullshit." "I know what the problem is." "You think I was born yesterday?" "merlin, show him the paper." "This is your medical report." "It's not so good, but we can work around it." "Where'd you get this?" "It doesn't matter, does it?" "You agree to fight Cane and George can guarantee you a license in any country around the world." "Guaranteed." "You can do this?" "No problem." "This comeback's worth millions." "The time is hot!" "The deal is hot!" "Caliente!" "We could use one more payday." "I agree!" "Where'd you come from?" "What do you think you're doing?" "Mrs. BaIboa just appeared." "This woman is magic." "I don't think you're funny." "Are you trying to talk my husband into fighting again?" "I'm talking business, darling." "Do you Iike feeling hard up?" "Do you Iike reaching in your pocket and only feeling your leg?" "well, do you?" "I didn't think so." "I'm offering you your last golden opportunity to dump this loser image." "Who you talking to?" "Adrian, you ain't working across" "What the hell are you two people talking about, huh?" "This is a tremendous opportunity." "Opportunity for who?" "For you to make money?" "For him to be disabled?" "What would you do if the choices were reversed?" "You have to think about that." "Rocky, they don't care about you." "You want to get serious?" "Let's get serious." "You represent the dreams of the Iong shots, the little people." "The never-wiIIs identify with you." "Identification's the key to public success." "You're a true champion, a true product of the people." "sell it!" "sell it while there are still buyers!" "They won't last forever." "You say you're a fighter, then fight!" "You say you want a champion's due?" "Then do it, and I'II make you so much money, you can swim in it." "You can swim, can't you, darling?" "What do you say?" "Put it there." "Time to put the hustle behind this muscle." "He's done!" "He's done fighting!" "You a damn fool." "Maybe we ought to sign Mrs. BaIboa to fight Cane." "Looks like she's the one with the cojones in the family." "You don't talk like that in front of my wife." "That ain't no park bench, boy." "I'II get him." "Rocky, I'm really sorry." "I didn't want to" "You guys want privacy now?" "I'II be upstairs." "Rocky." "Rocky, I'm sorry." "I" " I" "But you know it just takes one bad hit and you could be an invalid." "I feel like an invalid already." "Why'd you gotta come back?" "You're too smart for this place here." "I got nothing to do." "GIoria" " I called gloria." "she said could use some part-time help." "But why do you want to do this?" "Why go back to the same place you started?" "I got to do it, but you don't gotta do it." "I wanted to be there so I couId be close to you." "AII right, yeah." "It's getting a little cold out here." "Maybe we better get inside, okay?" "I understand." "Are you all right?" "What?" "Are you all right?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "Hey, it's getting cold, okay?" "Yo, Adrian!" "Did we ever leave this place?" "I don't know." "Hey, mind if I talk to you now?" "My head's a little busy right now." "George, I don't know if you'II get him." "BaIboa don't think straight anymore." "None of them do." "I need an angle." "I'II fight BaIboa right now." "I'm better than BaIboa ever was." "Hey, hey!" "I own the paper on you, boy." "You'II fight who I tell you, where I tell you, and how I tell you." "Got that?" "Don't aggravate the hand that feeds you, all right?" "None of these bums think straight." "AII I need is a hook." "Hey, ain't you Rocky's kid?" "Yeah, you're Rocky's kid." "You're Rocky's kid, right?" "Yeah." "How you doing?" "I seen your picture in the paper." "Know what?" "Your old man's a punk!" "What?" "Want to do something about it?" "Get off me!" "Hey, what are you wearing my coat for, huh?" "Leave him alone!" "You want a beating too?" "Give me my coat!" "I'm not kidding around anymore." "No way!" "Don't get sick now!" "Hope you don't catch a cold, rich boy!" "ROCKY:" "Beep and hide, then you can slide." "slip the jab." "That's it." "That don't interest you?" "This cup, Rocky drinks out of around the house." "Ten bucks." "Man, how I know it's the real thing?" "Look at the lip marks." "AII right, five bucks." "No more." "You got a deal." "Okay." "Excuse me." "Tommy Gunn." "Is there some place I can change?" "In there." "Give me the money." "Time!" "Hey, Rich." "Good friend," "listen, if you want to survive, you gotta learn to slip the jab." "Keep it high, and hit and not get hit." "Okay, take off." "Rocko." "Remember Tommy Gunn?" "ROCKY:" "Oh, yeah." "PAULIE:" "Says he wants to fight." "I tell him to get married." "Why?" "It's gym humour, Rocko." "Oh, that" " Okay." "Hey, Iet's see what you got there, kid." "Get married." "Benson!" "Want to move a little?" "Yeah." "AII right." "Hey, PauIie, What's a " cojones"?" "Cojones?" "Cojones." "Cojones is Latin for Spanish nuts." "Yo, Rock." "We're ready." "ROCKY:" "wonderful." "Hey, kid." "You got headgear?" "Nah, I don't need one." "He's gonna get his cojones knocked out." "Okay." "Ready, guys?" "Benson, go easy, all right?" "BENSON:" "Sure, okay, Rock." "Time." "AII right, just go easy, now." "slip the jab now." "Ouch." "PAULIE:" "Go easy." "ROCKY:" "Hey, kid!" "What's his name again?" "Tommy Gunn." "Tommy!" "It ain't no law to duck." "Go side to side." "That's it." "Whoa!" "PAULIE:" "What are you doing, Tommy?" "Hey, man, take it easy, man!" "Come on, you guys, lighten up." "It's called sparring." "Now, go easy." "ROCKY:" "Whoa!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Okay!" "Hey, kid!" "Hey, lighten up!" "Benson, tie him up!" "smell that?" "What's that?" "The odour of opportunity." "Hey, that's it!" "What did I tell you?" "Hey, hey!" "Time!" "Hey, that's it!" "Time!" "MAN:" "ChiII out, man!" "Time!" "Hey, back off!" "Hey, that's enough!" "What's the matter with you?" "Tommy, you crazy or something, huh?" "What's the matter with you, man?" "Get out of the ring." "I'm sorry." "cool off, kid." "I'm sorry about this." "He stinks of opportunity, Rocko." "Look, going easy don't mean breaking bones, kid." "I'm sorry." "What do you think?" "What do I think?" "I don't think you listen too good." "But you, you fight" " You brawl like you was a street fighter." "And I know about that." "But this is boxing." "This ain't no mugging." "I'm sorry, but I know I can do it all." "well, not on this date." "Okay?" "That's it?" "Look, I gotta work with these kids." "You guys get ready." "How about you try to manage me?" "Manage?" "Yeah." "unless you think I ain't got nothing going." "Nothing going." "AII right, you got a Iot going." "You got a Iot of tools." "But I ain't no manager." "I ain't never been" "The gentleman that owned this place, that was a manager." "But I was always the managed guy." "Hey, look." "Good luck, all right?" "AII right, guys, Iet's go." "Come on, move around." "That's it." "Nice." "Ah!" "AII right, you guys, come on." "No cheap shots." "Move it around." "How you doing?" "cold?" "You look cold." "I guess it has to do with the weather." "Here, take my coat." "No, thanks." "Where's your boyfriend?" "Him?" "Forget it." "He ain't got no manners." "I'm jewel, if you want to know." "I'm Robert." "Hi." "well, I been living here about six years now." "It ain't disneyland." "You been to disneyland?" "Sure." "You make it sound like everybody has." "I know you can't tell by the way I Iook, but I ain't like the other kids around here." "Why?" "I mean, what makes you so different?" "I don't know, I guess it's because I want to get out." "You know how it is." "Hm, you know, for an italian kid, you ain't got a bad butt." "PAULIE:" "First money I get, I'm going to Miami." "Why Miami?" "Miami needs new gigoIos." "Yeah, I read something like that." "Ow!" "My back is getting bad." "How come you don't have arthritis?" "Yo, ain't I got enough?" "MAN:" "Watch where you're going!" "Adrian's too good for this." "This place is really depressing, PauIie." "MAN:" "Rock, come inside." "Everybody's been asking for you." "You too, PauIie." "No, thanks." "I'm a little beat." "I'm a little thirsty." "You go if you want, PauIie." "Mr. BaIboa." "Look at this." "Tommy Gunn." "ROCKY:" "Yo, why you still hanging around, kid?" "Is there something I can do for you?" "Yeah" "I'd Iike to try again." "Hey, kid, I'd Iike to help you out, but I really don't know nothing about no managing." "Man, all I'm asking for is a chance." "If I screw up or do something you don't like, you don't have to throw me out, I'II leave." "What have you got to lose?" "Me?" "Nothing." "It's what you got to lose." "I got nothing to lose." "Maybe you do." "Look, what if I don't do good, and you don't make it." "I don't want you blaming me for this, kid." "Here's what I would do if I was you." "No, listen to me." "If I was you, here's what I would do." "I would go home, I'd talk to your family people, maybe you can come up with something better." "I got no family people." "Man, all I got is what you see here." "Man, I know everything about you from back when you had your first fight with apollo Creed." "I read how nobody cared about you, how no one ever gave you a chance." "I realize I don't come from the same streets as you, but I'm hungry, Iike you were." "Ever since I put on gloves, I've been waiting to meet you, because I knew that if anybody could make me a winner, it was you." "Wait a minute." "Hey, PauIie, you see a winner standing here?" "Yes!" "Man, you beat the best!" "Nobody could ever say any different." "Look, Rock, you don't know me, but anything you want me to do, I'II do." "And if I can't, I'II bust my butt trying." "Man, I'm not hustling you." "AII I'm asking for is a chance." "Just one shot." "Are you hungry?" "Yeah." "Yeah?" "Come on." "You're really gonna like the way Adrian cooks." "She does, Iike, amazing things with macaroni." "especially tomatoes." "But I gotta warn you, she can be a little vicious with the garlic." "So, why'd this kid smack your face for, huh?" "It really doesn't matter, Dad." "Sure it matters." "It does matter." "They took his coat." "I don't want the coat." "They took the one with the collar?" "ADRIAN:" "I'II go to school tomorrow" "You'II only make things worse." "Can't I do what I think is right?" "well, what do you think is right?" "A baseball bat across the face would be nice." "PauIie, what are you telling this kid?" "Adrian, can I have the plate?" "I had trouble like that one time when I was in school." "Every day, I got chased by this one kid." "till one day, my mother said to me:" ""Just pretend the guy's like a balloon."" "balloon?" "She said, " If you pop them hard, these guys just go away."" "[TOMMY CHUCKLING]" "Tommy, we're trying to raise our son so he can handle his problems with his mind, not his muscles." "I'm sorry." "That's why I'II get mangled." "No, you ain't gonna get mangled." "Dad, will you teach me how to fight?" "PAULIE:" "A baseball bat would be nice." "Come on, you want to grow up and just use your fists?" "Adrian, I don't think it wouId be bad if I taught him how to throw a few... deadly punches." "Tommy, did your dad teach you how to fight?" "No, not exactly." "I had to-- What?" "Sweetheart, don't get personal." "That's okay." "See, my old man, he used to drink a Iot, seriously." "He'd go out with his friends, tie one on, then he'd come home and look to punch on me." "He'd punch on my mother too." "He did that a Iot of times." "So growing up, I never really thought about fighting anybody but my father." "When I was 1 3, I got in trouble at school." "He tied me down and whipped me so bad, I couldn't walk for a week." "I just couldn't do anything." "The first guy I ever knocked out was my father." "Now, when I get in the ring, it's like, all I see is him." "It's kind of sick, huh?" "Hey, yo, Tommy, at Ieast you had an old man to knock out, you know?" "Yeah." "ROCKY:" "Some of us didn't even have that, you know?" "Yeah, someday you can punch out your pop." "PauIie, what are you telling the kid things like this?" "Fittest of the survival." "Tommy, where you staying tonight?" "ROCKY:" "You got a place?" "Oh, I'II find some place to stay." "I tell you what, we got room down in the basement." "It's not" " It's nice." "I don't know." "What about me?" "Wait a minute, your son is sleeping down there." "well, he could stay with his uncle." "Right?" "What am I, a pit stop?" "I don't wanna cause any problems." "I mean, I can find someplace to stay." "No, it's okay, you know." "It's just for... a little while, you know." "Right?" "No problem at all." "It'II be all right." "Hey, kid, I appreciate it." "It's all right." "It's cold outside." "Hey, I'm not changing no sheets." "Hey." "Since when have you ever?" "Tommy, why don't you come down and we'II show you the whole place." "Sweetheart, why don't you go downstairs, show your father what you did today." "Come on." "Come on, go." "Hey, Junior." "Your plumbing don't leak, do it?" "[LAUGHS]" "You know this guy?" "Yeah." "He hits hard." "TOMMY:" "You know, Adrian can really cook." "ROCKY:" "Yeah, she's okay." "Listen, Tommy, we ain't had a chance to get this place too nice." "We'II get it together in a little while." "Oh, wow." "Man, this is what it's all about." "holy mackerel." "Why do you keep this stuff down here?" "You know, I ju..." "When did you get a chance to do this?" "You took everything out of a box and fixed this up." "It's beautiful." "And you painted!" "When did you get a chance to do this?" "After school." "It's no big deal." "If you don't mind me asking, where'd you get the glove?" "Oh, this?" "Thanks." "This is one of my favourite objects." "Mickey give me this before he died." "It was Rocky Marciano's cufflink." "really?" "The real Rocky Marciano?" "Yeah." "You know, you got me thinking about Mickey." "I want to show you something." "Come on." "What he told me a Iong time ago." "He says that... fighting is 90 percent in the skull and 1 0 percent in the body." "This is what he says to me." "Hey, Dad, I met this really nice girl today." "She's great." "Oh, yeah?" "Great." "That's wonderful." "She's a Iot better than Sarah" "Wait a minute." "Kid, don't change the station." "I'II be right back with you, I just wanna tell Tommy a few things." "Who was your best friend back in orlando?" "Oh, that's oklahoma." "Right, well, yeah." "Eric elder." "No, no, no!" "No, no." "Your best friend is a guy named Frankie Fear." "See, fear is a fighter's best friend." "It ain't nothing to be ashamed of." "See, fear keeps you sharp it keeps you awake, you know, it makes you want to survive." "But the thing is, you gotta learn how to control it." "Because fear is like this fire, all right?" "And it's burning deep inside." "Now, if you control it, Tommy, it's gonna make you hot." "But you see, if this thing here, it controls you, it's gonna burn you and everything else around you up." "That's right." "Anyway, these are the things that was taught to me and, if you want, I'd Iike to teach to you." "So this mean you'II manage me?" "absolutely!" "Hey, home team, okay?" "AII right!" "ROCKY:" "Let's go for it." "TOMMY:" "Hey, Rock." "As long as we're here, mind showing me a few things?" "Sure, Tommy." "I'm gonna show you a Iot of things." "Hey, rich boy." "How much you got in your pocket today?" "Nothing." "Come on, Iet's have it." "Nothing!" "I ain't got nothing!" "Come on!" "Give me the money." "Come on!" "Hey, I gotta eat!" "He's hungry, he's gotta eat." "well, eat this." "[GRUNTS]" "I got it." "I got it." "Go." "Father Carmine!" "Yo!" "Father Carmine!" "You know, maybe he's not home." "No, priests is always home." "Oh, Rocky!" "Yo!" "[CARMINE SPEAKING ITALIAN]" "well, I didn't want to disturb you that much, Father." "Oh, excellent." "Everything is perfect, you know?" "Father, this is my new friend, Tommy Gunn." "well, I was wondering, Tommy here is a fighter and I'm supposed to be his manager so I was wondering if you could do me a favour, you know, if you ain't that busy if you could throw us down a couple of blessings." "One, that I don't mess up being a manager and " B," that Tommy does as good as I think he can do" " Great." "And don't get hurt none." "could you do that?" "I Iove when he does that." "Hey, thanks, Father." "I really appreciate this." "Anytime." "ROCKY:" "Okay." "Hey, I'II see you in church." "Okay." "Hey, man, what did you do this for?" "It don't hurt having an angel in your corner, you know." "Come on!" "Hey, Rock, how's it going?" "Doing great, guys." "Better slow down." "We're gonna give you a ticket." "This is Tommy Gunn." "He's gonna be champ, guys." "Hey, guys." "How you doing, Tom?" "[CROWD CHATTERING] [BELL RINGS]" "[GRUNTING]" "Come on, break it up!" "Get off the ropes!" "[BELL RINGS]" "Just go easy, all right?" "I need more work." "No, you're ready." "No, I need more work." "This guy's killing me!" "No." "Listen." "You're ready now." "But he's killing me." "No, you're perfect, you understand?" "No, no, listen to me." "I feel weak, man." "Shut up!" "Listen to me." "Mickey said the only difference between a hero and a coward is the hero's willing to go for it, to take the shot." "Now, this guy over here is scared too." "You're scared, he's scared, you're both scared." "Remember in the basement when we was talking about fear and how it was like this fire?" "And you gotta control it, because it'II burn you up or burn him up." "You gotta make it work for you." "I would never do nothing that would hurt you." "You gotta understand what I'm saying." "Fear is like this fire, okay?" "Let it burn." "Let it burn until it becomes like this volcano." "And when the time is right and you see the opening explode all over this guy, okay!" "You can take him." "It's all heart, you understand?" "It ain't muscle, it's heart." "Heart and fire." "Heart and fire." "Okay, now you do it!" "[WHISTLE BLOWS]" "Remember, I'm like this angel sitting on your shoulder." "I ain't gonna let nothing happen to you, okay?" "Go!" "[BELL RINGS]" "[JOEY B. ELLIS  TYNETTA HARE'S "GO FOR IT!" PLAYS]" "Come on, Tommy!" "Jab!" "[YELLS]" "Left, right!" "The body!" "Hook!" "AII right!" "[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]" "Go to the body, Tommy." "Go!" "That's it, that's it!" "Whoa!" "ROCKY:" "Sam, you okay?" "Hey, Tommy Gunn, you got some guns, don't you?" "Rocky!" "PAULIE:" "Eighteen, nineteen..." "ROCKY:" "Drive through it." "Eighty-five." "Go on, now." "and 1 0." "You can do it." "That's it." "You got it." "Come on, bring it up." "Yes!" "TOMMY:" "I got you!" "I got you this time." "[LAUGHING]" "Yeah." "ROCKY:" "Tommy, these trunks is like very special to me, you know." "Dig, dig, dig!" "Way to go, kid!" "That was great!" "AII right, kid." "[PANTING]" "I beat the man!" "I don't believe it!" "You sure did!" "You're very swift, Tommy." "Yeah, merlin, listen." "Got an idea." "I think we can finally nail BaIboa." "They're waiting again." "Yeah." "Don't got money, I got almost a dollar." "Save it." "SIumming again, bimbo?" "Hey, what you got in the bag?" "Ah, shut up." "You're not talking to me?" "Take two more steps and I'II pound your teeth out." "Go for it!" "What'd he say?" "The punk's losing his mind." "What'd you say?" "Go for it!" "[KIDS SHOUTING AND CHEERING]" "Come on, put up your hands!" "Come on!" "No way!" "I didn't like him anyway." "I think that belongs to me." "KIDS:" "Robert!" "Robert!" "Robert!" "If you wanna end it, Iet's end it now." "Yeah, I got no problem with that." "See you later." "AII right." "I can't believe it." "Are you gonna tell your dad?" "Yeah." "Come on, Iet's go!" "Good, good." "That's it." "One more time." "Tommy, Tommy." "You're great in the combinations, but you gotta move side to side" "like a windshield wiper." "So you don't get kicked in the face." "Dad!" "I got my coat back!" "Look, I got my coat!" "Oh, that's great, kid." "That's beautiful." "I trashed this guy." "Everybody in the school went crazy." "Hey, Rock, I'm cooling down." "Listen, I gotta get back with Tommy, he's cooling down." "Go tell Mom." "She'd Iike to hear that." "That's beautiful, you know." "Okay, Iet's go, Tom." "ROCKY:" "Looking good!" "Come on." "Lay it on me." "Whoa!" "Look at Tommy go!" "[SNAP'S " KEEP IT UP" PLAYS]" "ANNOUNCER:" "Union Cane, the new Heavyweight Champion" "You think I have a chance at that?" "absolutely." "Hey, Tommy, anybody who's got two fists and a good heartbeat... they got a chance, right?" "[GRUNTING]" "You're out!" "Let your hands go." "I want to introduce you to somebody." "[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]" "REF:" "That's it, it's over!" "Tommy, knock him out." "That's it!" "There's your boat." "What boat?" "The one that's sinking." "G.W. DUKE:" "Tommy Gunn at the top." "You come with the Duke... you get the kind of payday fight BaIboa could only dream about." "To the victor goes the spoils." "[BELL RINGS]" "slip the jab, Tommy!" "Yeah!" "You're out!" "Great, kid." "You did it, man!" "You did it!" "Hey, man, now am I gonna get a shot at the title?" "Yeah, you're gonna get one real soon." "Tommy, over here." "Hey, baby, how are you?" "RING ANNOUNCER:" "The winner, at two minutes and ten seconds!" "When's Tommy up against Cane?" "We gotta talk about that." "Get a life, will you?" "Rocko, he ain't worth it, buddy." "He fought a great fight." "Your ship is sunk, Rocko." "It's sunk." "He probably got hung up in traffic." "He should be here." "Why?" "Why?" "It's Christmastime." "He should be here with his family." "Maybe he doesn't think this is his family." "Sure it is." "Yo, Adrian, look." "Look at this." "I wanna give this to him." "What do you think?" "I think you've given enough." "Come on, Adrian." "He's given us some things too, you know?" "He's given us a second shot, right?" "Come on, it's Christmas." "[LAUGHS]" "That's right." "only in America." "Having the best, wearing the best." "To keep it up, you gotta stay on top." "Nobody remembers number two." "I sure don't." "Tommy, I've checked with the Boxing Commission." "It seems there's no formal contract between you and BaIboa." "No, nothing." "Just a handshake." "This is a complex business and you got to stay sharp." "I don't have to tell you that, do I?" "It gotta be damn difficult, you living in Rocky's shadow." "Nobody could have done it as long as you have." "I'm afraid." "I'm afraid that if you keep going the way you're going you're gonna be watching the parade go by." "exactly." "You haven't had the big payday yet, and you won't." "until you fight those top contenders." "And those top contenders, I do own." "I got the contracts." "It's a complex business... but if you want the best, then go with the best." "What about Rocky?" "Rocky can still train you." "My God, he's done a wonderful job!" "Here." "Here's $20,000." "Take it as an advance." "Time to put some hustle behind this muscle." "Merry Christmas!" "Merry Christmas!" "Oh, stop the presses!" "I can't believe who just come up on the roof." "You know, he just landed there." "Who do you think it is?" "Do I hear reindeer on my roof?" "You know" "AntIers!" "unbelievable." "It's like a biIIion" " Whoa!" "Come on, look who's here!" "You know this guy." "You got a weird family." "Don't I know?" "It's gonna be next Christmas before he gets down." "Hey." "Hey, Iet's put it together for Santa!" "Merry Christmas!" "Yo, yo, yo!" "I don't think you got it right, Santa." "No, no, no." "It's, " Ho, ho, ho."" "What's the freaking difference?" "Where I come from, it's "Yo, yo, yo."" "Oh!" "Looks like we got a 90-proof Santa!" "Hey, Santa!" "tell the kids what's in the bag for them that you brought from the North." "Hey, I got my laundry." "No, you got the wrong bag." "Come on, get out of the way." "Watch it!" "Let Santa take a seat." "Come here, little boy." "You been nice?" "uncle PauIie!" "Come over here." "Sit down." "Why don't you tell Santa what you need?" "He's stretching the clothes, man." "I don't need nothing." "tell Santa what you really want." "Come on." "That ain't Santa, it's uncle PauIie." "Let's get real." "ROCKY:" "What do you mean, "Get real"?" "Why you talking like that?" "We're just trying to have a good time, and Santa's here and everything." "It's stupid!" "Yo, you know." "Come on, it ain't stupid." "We're just trying to pretend here." "You're supposed to be pretending." "It's like this game, right?" "You know?" "I don't like pretending." "Why don't you guys talk to Santa?" "Hey, okay, I ain't talking to them." "I'm talking with you here." "See, it's very important that you spend time with the family and have a good time and just getting the spirit going." "It's good, right?" "Good for what?" "Come on, Iet's go." "Look, his friends are here." "Maybe he doesn't want to." "Adrian, I know what he wants." "How do you know what I want?" "Because I know you." "You know me?" "He thinks he knows me." "Look, I ain't celebrating nothing, okay?" "What's the matter with you?" "We always done this before." "We always had a good time, Adrian." "We don't have to change nothing." "Remember last year when we had fun?" "When we had a good time?" "It ain't last year and you ain't the same either." "What?" "Adrian, what did I do?" "Go talk to him." "Even I couId have saw this thing happening." "I should have went to Miami when I had the chance." "You wanna talk?" "Let's talk." "I thought we was supposed to be, Iike you know, be very close." "Come on, kid." "I Iove you." "No, you don't." "Sure I do." "Do you remember what the deal was?" "We was supposed to be, Iike, tight, Iike crossed fingers." "No." "No, what you want is you and Tommy to be tight." "That's who you're talking about." "Oh, don't say that." "Why can't I say it?" "It's always Tommy this, Tommy that." "You don't have no time for nobody, so I got no time for you." "Hey, what are you saying?" "You're like another person." "You're the other person!" "You said I'd be number one to you!" "You lied!" "You lied to me, and you lied to Mom!" "I never lied to you." "Tommy needed my help." "So did I." "Remember when you said to watch out for scams and deceptions?" "Yeah." "You're the one that should have watched out." "Where you going?" "Out." "When are you coming back?" "Later." "Later?" "When?" "Later." "G.W. DUKE:" "Seasons greetings, Mrs. BaIboa." "You take care of these people." "behold, a Santa for all seasons!" "What, are you guys lost?" "Au contraire, mon ami." "I know exactly where I am." "Yo, Rocko!" "Guess what's coming to dinner?" "PAULIE:" "Tommy Gunn's got new friends." "G.W. DUKE:" "New friends for a new year!" "Oh, please." "Oh, PauIie." "Nice tree." "Charming." "Hey, Tommy, how you doing?" "G.W. DUKE:" "Merry Christmas, my lord." "Greetings!" "Yeah, how you doing?" "G.W. DUKE:" "Listen, I don't wanna take up too much time." "Just wanted to say seasons greetings." "Don't need no presents." "Oh, give them to the neighbours." "Look, you've done a hell of a job." "Facts are facts." "I'd have to be blind if I didn't say a title shot isn't in the cards." "title shot?" "That's right, title shot." "We'II work beautifully together." "No problems." "No friction." "only harmony." "It's time to put some hustle behind this muscle." "Tommy here has something personal to discuss with you." "So I'II be saying good night." "Merry Christmas." "WOMAN:" "Merry Christmas, Duke." "See you soon, huh?" "Bye." "Sorry I'm late." "I got hung up having dinner." "Hey, that's okay, Tommy, you know." "Adrian cooked, but it's probably cold now." "What we can do is make sandwiches out of it." "It's no big" "I don't wanna make sandwiches." "Tommy, why did you bring him here?" "He just wanted to come by." "Rock, mind if I talk to you outside about a few things?" "Oh, yeah, sure." "It's getting late." "We have to be there by 1 0." "Rocky." "No, it's okay." "What did you wanna talk to me about?" "Isn't it a Iong drive?" "Yeah." "So, what do you think?" "well, where'd you get this from?" "Duke gave it to me." "Tommy." "You know, maybe you ought to give this thing back." "I knew you were gonna say that." "Give it back?" "Why?" "The guy likes the way I fight." "It's almost 1 0." "AII right, we'II make it." "I know, but you see what he's doing here, Tommy?" "Don't let him put nothing between us." "We got something good going here." "TOMMY:" "Like what?" "The guy was just talking about getting a shot." "We don't need him." "I mean, you're gonna get a shot." "You're gonna be able to buy 1 0 of these things." "Rock, when you gonna wake up?" "We're watching the parade go by." "What parade?" "The parade." "The big time." "The way I'm going, I'm not gonna get a shot at the title for a Iong time." "And I've got a perfect record." "I'm 22-0." "Where's the money?" "Where?" "We haven't made any serious money yet, and we won't without the man." "I ain't talking about the money, it'II be there." "I'm talking about your rep." "Don't sell out." "We don't need this guy." "Listen, Duke is a wonderful man." "Put the top up." "Hey, forget about the top!" "I'm signing papers with the man tomorrow." "You sign them papers, you're like his property." "You got no control." "This is a dirty business." "It's full of these thieves and gangsters." "They promise the world to every good young fighter who comes along." "They suck them dry and leave them when they ain't worth nothing." "They leave them in the gutter, broke." "That's the way this business is run." "Look, guys like Duke, you know what he is?" "He's a vampire." "He's living off your blood." "The thing I'm trying to do is what Mick done for me." "He tried to keep me away from the dirty part of the business." "The way I'm trying to do for you." "I ain't you!" "And you ain't Mick!" "When will you understand that?" "When will you understand that this is a business where you need--?" "What, brains?" "You said that, not me." "You're saying I got no brains?" "You took me as far as you can, but Duke gave me my title shot." "And if you want to keep training me, then do it." "If you don't, don't." "But it's my way or the highway." "ADRIAN:" "Rocky." "Put on your coat." "Just put on your coat." "Come on, it's not worth it." "Adrian, it is worth it." "He's just confused." "You don't see what's happening under your nose." "I do see." "He's twisted around by Duke." "I see what's happening." "No, it's you." "It's not him." "You can't live backwards." "You can't turn back the clock." "We live now." "We live here." "Adrian, I know where we live." "You think I'm stupid?" "I'm not as dumb as you think I am." "You don't think I can smell it?" "I see where we are." "I don't want this no more." "I want something good for the family, I don't want this." "I don't want this!" "Did I come back and get my brains beat out for these guys to say:" ""There goes BaIboa." "Just another bum in the neighbourhood!"" "I didn't want this!" "No!" "Come on, nobody says that." "I'm saying it, Adrian." "I'm saying this." "I'm saying this." "When that kid was in the ring, I was winning." "When he was winning, I was winning." "You were winning?" "Yeah." "It was like my last chance at getting some respect for us." "Come on, I respect you." "It's gone." "You can't respect me." "I don't respect myself." "No, you can't do it." "I do!" "AII those beatings you took in the ring" "I took them with you." "I know how you feel." "I know when somebody like Tommy comes along, you feel alive." "But he's not you." "He doesn't have your heart." "AII those fighters you beat you beat them with heart, not muscle!" "That's what Mickey knew, why you and Mickey were special." "But Mickey's dead!" "If there's a thing you wanna pass on, pass it on to your son." "For God's sakes, your son is lost!" "He needs you!" "I know Tommy makes you feel great." "He makes you feel like you're winning again but you're losing us." "Rocky, you're losing your family!" "[SOBBING]" "[!" "]" "I'm sorry." "You know, it was always you and me." "It was always you and me." "I'm sorry, Adrian." "I don't know about you guys... but I gotta get out of here." "Let's go to the shore, huh?" "Yeah, Iet's go." "Great." "How we gonna get there?" "What do you mean?" "We throw our thumbs in the air." "We'II hitchhike." "Hey, yo." "Oh, what's he want?" "Do you want me to stay with you?" "No." "I got enough problems with my old man." "Come on." "You ain't gonna hit him, are you?" "No, I ain't gonna hit him, no." "Yo, kid, when you start smoking?" "I don't know." "Didn't you ever smoke?" "Yeah, I done a Iot of bad things, you know?" "So?" "So, you know, I wised up." "Okay, so maybe I'II wise up someday too." "Maybe, tonight's a good night for both of us to start to wise up." "Don't worry about it." "I gotta worry about it." "The deal was, we was supposed to be tight." "What about Tommy?" "You're tight with him, too, huh?" "Tommy." "[SIGHS]" "Yeah, well." "That was yesterday, you know?" "You know, kid... remember you were telling me about deceptions and I was telling you about scams?" "I should have listened to you." "I was trying to teach you." "But you, you were teaching me, and I didn't wise up." "I didn't know, and I made mistakes and I do things, you know." "It bothers me, you know." "I forget a Iot of things and I... just..." "You know, I miss you." "Hey, kid." "I know I made a few mistakes, you know." "But I would love to hang out with you again." "Just you and me." "I swear to God, it's just gonna be you and me this time." "Home team?" "Yeah, home team." "Kid, you wanna hear a joke?" "Yeah, sure." "Why not?" "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Tuna fish." "Tuna fish who?" "You can tune a piano, but you cannot tune a fish." "ROBERT:" "well, you're getting better." "ROCKY:" "Yeah." "That's a good one." "[CROWD CHEERING]" "AII right, folks." "Lock the door and hide the kids." "It's time to wage war!" "ANNOUNCER:" "Tommy Gunn is such a student of Rocky Balboa's style he's been nicknamed by the press the "Clone Ranger. "" "relax, Rocko." "He ain't worth the stress." "It ain't him, PauIie." "G.W. DUKE:" "turbo-charged" "Tommy "The Machine" Gunn!" "ANNOUNCER:" "Boy, looks lik e the fans are unhappy with Tommy Gunn for leaving Rocky Balboa behind." "PAULIE:" "Yeah, of course." "He's nobody's sweetheart, that kid." "G.W. DUKE:" "Weighing in at 24 2 very impressive pounds the present world Heavyweight Champion" "Union Cane!" "Looks like he's in great shape, don't he, PauIie?" "Mm." "ANNOUNCER:" "The referee calling both fighters to the centre of the ring." "Ooh, Tommy, you're Iooking-- He 's a little tight." "He's nervous." "Like the way I felt when I was fighting with apollo." "Rocko, he ain't you." "hardly ever was, that kid." "Come on." "Give him a break, would you?" "." "ROCKY:" "AII right, come on." "Do what you was told." "In and out, side to side." "Don't eat the jab." "Oh, ho!" "Get off the ropes!" "You blind?" "He's getting hit with everything!" "Come on, Cane, Iet's rumble." "Go for it." "ROCKY:" "Tommy, what's the matter with you, kid?" "That's it!" "[GRUNTING]" "That's it!" "slip the jab." "Move." "Move it, side to side back and forth, Iike a metronome." "slip, slide, glide." "That's it!" "You see what-- He remembers everything." "ROCKY:" "Come on, Tommy." "I'm in there, man." "Do what I'm doing." "Back and forth." "Side to side." "Come on, kid!" "Don't let him up." "ROCKY:" "roll, roll, roll." "Dig, dig!" "Got him!" "He's down!" "ANNOUNCER:" "Union Cane is down!" "One." "Two." "Three." "Four." "Five." "REF:" "Six." "Seven." "Eight." "Nine." "Ten." "You're out!" "[BELL RINGING]" "[CHEERING]" "[CROWD BOOING]" "RING ANNOUNCER:" "Ladies and gentlemen, by way of a knockout we have a new champion" "Tommy "The Machine" Gunn." "ANNOUNCER:" "Congratulations." "A sensational upset victory." "You're now the champion." "How do you feel?" "Never better." "I don't know what's wrong with these people, but" "Because you're not a champion, you're a crumb-bum dirtbag." "Give him a break." "He did something... wonderful." "Long live the king!" "I'd lik e to say thank you to the man who made this happen." "I'd lik e to thank the man who made me believe all this could happen a man who's been an angel on my shoulder." "Mr. George Washington Duk e!" "[CROWD ERUPTS IN BOOS]" "ANNOUNCER:" "And there you have it." "A new champion of the world!" "Tommy "The Machine" Gunn." "Boy, I'll tell you, a big surprise at least to me that he thank ed Duk e instead of the guy that got him there." "Yeah." "This crowd is not happy." "CROWD:" "Rocky!" "Rocky!" "Rocky!" "Rocko, too much TV is bad for the eyes." "No, my eyes are okay." "well, too much TV is bad for my ears." "Hey, sIugger." "Good fight, huh?" "It's okay, Dad." "You're the real champ around here." "I made this for you." "Oh, yeah?" "beautiful." "Rocko, Iet's have a few brews." "I couId use the company." "ADRIAN:" "Yeah, good idea." "Think I should go out with your uncle PauIie?" "If I can watch TV." "Okay, listen." "Yeah, you can watch TV, okay?" "But don't stay up too late." "You've gotta get them bones growing." "AII right." "Okay." "What a fight." "That was something." "Yeah." "Something." "Jeez." "I told you you could give him everything but you." "You can't give him your heart." "Oh, it's okay, Adrian." "really." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "It's all right." "Hey, kid." "Don't you stay up too late, okay?" "That was some fight." "Are you okay?" "Oh, sure." "I won't be out too late." "Okay." "ROCKY:" "See you, champ." "Yeah." "Have a good time with uncle PauIie." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Let me present the newest, youngest heavyweight champion of all time:" "Tommy "The Machine" Gunn!" "Do you think the fight was too easy?" "He hit a few shots but I wasn't hurt." "I'm just glad to be the champ!" "Didn't this look more like a sparring session than a championship match?" "Didn't look like you broke a sweat." "G.W. DUKE:" "You're very observant." "Union Cane wasn't feeling that good." "But Tommy Gunn would've done the same thing if Union was 1 00%." "Next!" "He fought like he didn't have a heartbeat!" "Everybody knows Cane is just a paper champion." "What do you mean by that?" "His title was manufactured." "He never won it from BaIboa." "Union Cane is for real." "Tommy, you think you'II ever get out from Rocky's shadow?" "Man, I won the title." "What more do I--?" "I'II tell you." "You've gotta fight some real opponents, right?" "I beat the best!" "BaIboa fought them all." "The best?" "This guy's a bum." "He doesn't deserve a shot at the title." "gentlemen, gentlemen!" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "We're getting carried away." "Cane was the recognized champ." "We know the rating system can be manipulated." "The bottom line is:" "Tommy beat a second-rate fighter with so much glass in his jaw he ought to be a chandelier." "Say what you want, but this man will prove to be a great champion." "He might win a few fights, but a Rocky BaIboa he'II never be!" "He's no Rocky BaIboa." "Let's face it, there's only one BaIboa." "BaIboa was a true people's champion." "But in time, Tommy may be able to fill his shoes." "Next question." "MAN 1 :" "Not by fighting stiffs!" "I'II fight anybody, anywhere!" "Who?" "When are you gonna fight a real fighter?" "gentlemen!" "Come on." "Thank you for coming." "We look forward to seeing you." "Hey, Tommy!" "I got something for you." "For your next fight, why don't you fight the redhead in the front row?" "I hear she comes real cheap." "Huh?" "What about that?" "We look forward to seeing you at Tommy Gunn's next fight." "Why did you say BaIboa's better?" "You believe he is?" "Of course not." "We can't talk in here." "MAN 2:" "Who are you gonna fight next?" "TOMMY:" "What the hell happened in there?" "I won and they think I'm a bum!" "Why didn't you take up for me?" "When the press is right, they're right." "Right?" "I'm as good as BaIboa!" "I don't give a damn what they say." "I'm tired of being called a robot too." "Listen to me, Tommy, you can't fight the press." "I can't fight the doggone press!" "As long as they got him on the brain, he'II always be champ." "The man fought wars in the ring." "Face facts, you're in his shadow." "There's no way out." "This is your own man talking!" "No, no, no, listen." "There is a way to get the respect you deserve." "You've got to challenge BaIboa to fight, man-to-man." "You could set this fight up in a matter of weeks." "Yeah, it'd be the greatest fight ever:" "Teacher against student, old lion against young lion." "That's the only way to get peace of mind, believe me." "The press will hound you with that man's legend for as long as you fight." "You've gotta get him into that ring or you'II hear questions like those in there all your life." "You'II ask yourself:" "" could I take him?" "Am I good?" "Do people think I'm a cheap copy or a second-rate pretender who only got a shot because of my skin tone?"" "You've got to challenge that man to fight." "And if he refuses, you insult him!" "You gotta dog him." "You gotta humiliate him." "You do whatever you can to get him into that ring!" "That's what you got to do!" "ROCKY:" "Okay, blast off." "rolling silver." "And down." "Yo, Andy!" "The flippers ain't flipping." "AND Y:" "That machine cost a fortune." "well, it's costing me a fortune too." "G.W. DUKE:" "Rocky BaIboa!" "What the hell was that?" "Rocky BaIboa, there's a man out here wishing to speak with you." "Rocky BaIboa!" "Rocko, you know who that is, huh?" "Yeah, I know who that is." "Rocky, you need some help?" "No, guys, this ain't no pie-eating contest." "PAULIE:" "Oh, look what's in the street." "Yo, Tommy, what are you doing here?" "You ought to be out celebrating." "I'm challenging you to a fight." "Anytime, anyplace, anywhere." "Fight?" "That's right." "You're coming down here with these people, asking me if I wanna throw hands with you?" "Is that what this is about?" "Yeah, that's what it's about." "I ain't nobody's robot!" "Nobody's boy!" "Now, you accepting the challenge or are you yellow?" "Eh, he has no class." "Come on, Rock." "Hey." "You have no class!" "Come on." "MAN 1 :" "I couldn't believe this guy." "MAN 2:" "He's a bum!" "Gone?" "Is Rock all right?" "He's a punk." "Yo, PauIie, it ain't him." "You want to shoot some eight ball?" "Hey!" "Man, I ain't through talking with you yet." "Look, Tommy, I ain't got no more to say to you." "I just wanted good things for you." "You were only in this for the money." "Money?" "I'm tired of being in your shadow, people calling me your robot." "You thought I was in this for the money, Tommy?" "We were supposed to be like brothers, remember?" "Of course." "You got a deception going here." "This guy here, he was using you for bait." "He wants to get you and me in the ring to fight each other, you know?" "To make money, right?" "He don't care about you." "He don't care about me." "Come on." "Enough of the fantasy, Iet's talk reality." "Rocky BaIboa, are you prepared to accept Tommy Gunn's challenge?" "Tommy." "MAN:" "AII right." "Hey!" "I would've taken you anytime." "Come on, Iet's go." "Tommy, you're a piece of garbage." "TOMMY:" "This ain't your business." "Ain't none of my business?" "Come on." "Ain't my business?" "PauIie, forget it." "The man spit blood for you, put you ahead of his family and you bring these rat bums around here and kill his dignity?" "Rocko made you your shot!" "He's the real champ." "You're just a goddamn joke." "Now, just get out of here before I break your face!" "No!" "PauIie!" "What?" "Break your hand on him, what's your worth then?" "PauIie, you okay?" "TOMMY:" "Let go of me!" "You should've left him on the street." "G.W. DUKE:" "walk right on out of here!" "merlin, get him out of here." "Get him out of here!" "Tommy." "Get off me!" "You knocked him down." "Why don't you try knocking me down now?" "In the ring." "Tommy Gunn only fights in the ring!" "Let's get out of here." "My ring's outside." "Yeah?" "Let's do it!" "G.W. DUKE:" "Come on, Tommy!" "Tommy, Iet's go." "Go live!" "Go live!" "MAN 3:" "Come on, Rocky, kill this punk!" "He's nothing." "Take him down." "Just take him right down!" "He's a punk, Rocky." "BaIboa's a street fighter." "You a prize fighter." "Don't be a fool." "You don't own me!" "Take it easy." "You don't own me!" "What's wrong with you?" "Take it easy." "Nobody does!" "I want my respect!" "Tommy." "well, come and get it." "Come on, Tommy." "MAN 4:" "Come on, Rocky!" "[GRUNTING]" "I Ioved you, man!" "You know that?" "You and me were supposed to be like this, Tommy!" "You blew it!" "You..." "[CHATTERING]" "Lucky punch!" "Lucky punch!" "But he's a street fighter." "And I told you never to fight a street fighter fight." "Come on, Iet's get out of here." "You're always the champ, Rocky." "Great." "[GRUNTING]" "MAN 5:" "Hey!" "MAN 6:" "Rocky, watch out!" "MAN 7:" "Come on, Rocky." "Come on, Rocky, come on!" "MAN 8:" "You got him, Rocky!" "Come on!" "[!" "]" "This is great." "It's beautiful!" "ROBERT:" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Dad's on television." "He's fighting." "What?" "Come on, man, come on!" "Fight your puppet!" "Come on!" "Come on, balboa." "Who's your puppet now, huh?" "Come on!" "MAN 9:" "Get him, Rocky!" "Get him, Rock!" "Am I your puppet?" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Come on, Rocko." "Come on." "Come on!" "Come on!" "Yah!" "PAULIE:" "You gotta get up." "Come on, get up!" "Come on, balboa!" "ANNOUNCER:" "Rocky Balboa." "Come on!" "Come on, Rock." "Rocky!" "You're out!" "And if he dies, he dies." "You're the champ." "Now get up!" "One more round!" "[INDECIPHERABLE DIALOGUE]" "Get up!" "Don't lay down!" "Fight this guy hard!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "He's no machine." "I didn't hear no bell!" "MICK:" "Get up, you son of a bitch!" "Because Mickey loves you." "["GONNA FLY NOW" PLAYS]" "Come on, boy." "Yo, Tommy!" "I didn't hear no bell." "One more round." "Come on!" "Get back, boy!" "You don't need this." "You lose, you're finished." "I got one more round." "Come on!" "I'm not gonna knock you out this time." "I'm gonna put you through the street." "One more round." "MAN 1 1 :" "Come on, Rocky." "MAN 1 2:" "Rocky!" "Come on, Rock!" "[GRUNTING]" "Come on, Tommy." "[YELLS]" "Come on." "Come on, Tommy!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "[CHEERING]" "Touch me and I'II sue." "AII right, Rocky." "You done it." "What in the hell are you doing?" "Get up!" "What in the hell?" "You want to go?" "Let's go home" " Ah!" "Knock the bum out!" "He took my room!" "Jab!" "Jab!" "Come on!" "You're losing everything!" "Come on!" "Come on, Dad, you can beat him!" "Fight back, you bum!" "Fight back!" "No!" "No!" "Rocky!" "Come on, Dad!" "Go for it!" "CROWD:" "Rocky!" "Rocky!" "Rocky!" "Hit him, Dad!" "Come on!" "Hit him!" "Come on!" "Go for it!" "[!" "]" "CROWD:" "Rocky!" "Rocky!" "Rocky!" "Yo, Adrian, you were right." "You were right." "Goddamn." "only in America." "["GONNA FLY NOW" PLAYS]" "G.W. DUKE:" "Hey, Rock!" "You outcIassed the bum, huh?" "G.W. DUKE:" "Yeah." "Rocky, come on." "Don't do it." "Duke." "Touch me and I'II sue." "Come on, punk." "Touch me and I'II sue." "[LAUGHS]" "Sue me for what?" "Rocky!" "Rocky!" "[SPEAKING ITALIAN]" "Hey, yo, Father!" "I Iove it when he does that." "ROBERT:" "Come on, we're gonna be late." "ROCKY:" "Come on, Speedy gonzales!" "Come on!" "Beep." "Come on, Dad, you could do better than that." "No way." "It's like these steps keep growing taller every year." "My goodness." "Whew!" "Look at this thing, kid." "As long as this thing is here, pigeons is always gonna have a place to sit." "I can't believe it." "This is where it all started for me." "Running up and down these steps." "Dad." "Dad." "Yeah." "We're gonna be late." "Oh, yeah." "Okay." "Wait a minute." "What's wrong with your ear?" "What's wrong?" "You got something growing." "A bump." "What bump?" "This bump." "Thanks, Dad." "Hey, you deserve it." "Thank you for being born." "Thank you, thank you, thank you." "What do you think?" "The new me?" "well, you look like the daughter that I always wanted." "What are you talking about?" "Yo." "Now, don't punch me." "I'm getting brittle as it is." "Look at this." "I've been running these steps for 20 years and I never knew there was valuable pictures in this building." "well, you're never too old to Iearn." "Yeah." "You're gonna love Picasso." "Yeah?" "Oh, yeah." "well, I Iove almost everybody."