Ladies and gentlemen...
We're in Moscow in the Soviet Union.
This promises to be the most watched event in boxing history.
I must break you.
- Throw your right! - He won't let him out ofthere.
Rocky!
Rocky Balboa is in serious trouble.
He's gettin' killed out there.
Drago continuing to punish Rocky Balboa.
- No pain. - No pain.
Rocky's been hit with bombs.
Rocky's hurt.
A right hand from Drago sends Rocky Balboa 15 feet across the ring.
Come on. Get up!
It's been a one-sided fight so far.
And Drago throws a hard right hand that stuns Rocky Balboa.
They might have to stop this one before somebody gets killed.
Rocky taking punishment. He is completely exhausted.
And Balboa goes down again from a right hand.
Punch after punch. Amazing willpower!
Rocky Balboa has taken lvan Drago's best punches so far.
He's cut and he's bleeding.
- All right, what's happenin' out there? - I see three of 'em.
- Hit the one in the middle. - Right! Hit the one in the middle.
- The Russian's cut. - Hit him!
To the ground like a wrestler. It's a gutter war. No holds barred in Moscow.
All your strength. All your power!. Everything you've got!
Now, this is your whole life here!
And a big right hand by Rocky Balboa.
Rocky Balboa has done the impossible.
Oh, man, I never saw nothing like it. Came through like the champ you are.
Did yourself and everybody proud.
Especially Apollo!
- Yo, Tony. - Yeah, what is it? What do you need?
Get Adrian.
How's everybody doin' out there?
Everything's OK.
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?
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 know what's wrong.
- I can't... - Can't what?
I can't stop my hands from shaking.
- I ain't never felt this thing. - You better see a doctor.
No. I just wanna go home.
No. You can see a doctor.
I'm just tired.
I just wanna go home, Mick.
- I'm just tired. I just... - OK.
- I just wanna go home, OK? - OK.
- Adrian, where's the kid? - I don't know.
I don't see the kid. Where's the kid? Ain't he here?
- Dad! - There he is!
Hey, slugger! How you doin'?
- Say hi to your mom. - Hi, Mom.
- I'm forgotten now? - Hi, Uncle Paulie.
- Dad, how do you feel? - A few new dents. How's school?
I made the honour roll.
Hi. Airport Security. Welcome home. There's a press reception inside.
Rocky, how did you feel about the Russian people?
You know, very good. They was great people.
I didn't understand what they said all the time, but I knew what they meant.
Mrs Balboa, did you learn any Russian?
- Did I learn Russian? - Yeah, she got fluent in vodka.
Rocky, there are rumours of physical complications.
- Complications? - No, those were rumours.
He's in perfect physical condition.
Rocky, the American Medical Association has recommended that boxing be banned.
- Yeah. - Do you agree with the doctors?
Yeah, absolutely. I think that doctors should never fight.
That was a beautiful answer, champ.
Doctors should stay out of the ring. Doctors should never fight.
Rocky Balboa, the funniest champion ever.
America's own Rocky Balboa! How are ya?
George Washington Duke, promoter extraordinaire,
welcomes Rocky Balboa, champion of all the Americas and all of the Russias.
I would like to digress from the questions a bit
and pose a proposition to the media.
Everyone in this city and in the world of sports knows my reputation
for promoting some of the finest extravaganzas in this country.
Well now, with the press present, I'd like to ask you, Rocky Balboa,
to be the flamboyant, rambunctious sportsman we know you can be.
Give this man, Union Cane, a chance to challenge you
for the heavyweight championship.
Balboa, I want the opportunity to take what you got.
Isn't it bad timing to challenge, Duke? The man just got off the plane.
Timing is the essence of life, 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 Lettin' It Go ln Tokyo.
It's incredible. Only in America do people like us rise from oppression and poverty
to join hands in this international event.
- Excuse me. - Only in America!
Excuse me. My husband is retired.
He has nothing more to prove.
Wait a minute! Hey, Rocky...
Don't you consider this a public responsibility to respond now?
- Respond to the people. - Isn't this about professionalism?
- To talk about it now, not later. - Do you mind if I heal first?
- You got nothin' like what I got for you. - What the hell does this all mean?
- That isn't enough. We gotta know now. - Gotta think about that. So anyway,
I wanna tell everybody that the flight over was really nice.
- Come on, guys. We need more. - Adrian, if you weren't with me,
I never woulda done as good. You're always there.
And my kid, having you is like being born all over again.
Come on. Are you gonna retire or not?
- Anyway, excuse me. I'd like to go home. - Give us something to write.
- Thanks very much. I appreciate it. - No!
Don't worry. We'll get him.
No, really. It's great.
Look at this place! I swear I ain't never leavin' this place again, you know that?
Hey, would you like to dance? How about a homecoming dance for your old man?
- No, don't be silly. It's cold. - I'll warm you up, young lady.
Have a dance. Hurry up. The music's almost over.
- Do you like the song? - You should rest.
- Yeah, I know. - I'm tired. Come on.
Maybe I'll take you upstairs and violate you like a parkin' meter.
- Cost you a quarter. - Yo, Adrian!
Where'd you learn to talk dirty like that?
Uncle Paulie, you notice something strange about Dad?
He just took a few hard shots.
I think you tell better jokes than me, Adrian.
Did I hear somebody call for their old man? Did you do this?
Sleep time, kid, OK?
Dad, did you know your bones grow three times as fast at night?
No, I didn't, but I heard somethin' like that. Is that me?
- Oh yeah, that's you. - Excellent!
- Is that me? When we was fishin', right? - Yeah.
That's beautiful! Look at the tent.
You know, the fish was a lot bigger, if I recall.
Actually, that was a lot smaller.
Anyway, come on. Hit the bed. It's time for you to get healthy.
This is great. I don't know where you learned this.
It is something how this thing comes out of your fingers and...
Oh my God.
Who's this?
It's Madame Dupont, my French teacher.
Really?
Yeah. She looks French, sure.
I wouldn't show this to your mother, cos she don't understand French too good.
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 from me? I'm trying.
I don't know all the good things, you know?
- What's this? - What?
Look what I found in your ear. Russian money. Money ears!
All right. Anyway, listen. You gotta get some sleep.
Dad? Today, when you said having me was like being born again...
- Yeah? - What did you mean?
Well, you know, you come up like I did
and you got, like, three square meals of zero a day, know what I mean?
You got the A-side of life and the B-side.
I'm 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, like, live through your eyes.
I enjoy it a little bit. It's like having it all over again.
That's nice.
Hey, look in my face. Do I look like a raccoon?
- A little bit. - Like Rocky Raccoon?
- Yeah, a little bit. - Nah!
- Yeah, you do a little. - Really?
Hey, if you think I look bad, you oughta see the other guy's knuckles.
Anyway, yo. Good night.
- OK, kid? - Night.
- Dad? - Yo?
- Glad you're home. - Thanks. I appreciate it.
We'll play tomorrow, OK? Maybe you can show me your English teacher.
- She's pretty hot, too. - Nah!
Good night, kid.
You deserve the worst for what you did.
- That was Rocky's money. - You wanna be hysterical?
- You cost us everything. - It was a mistake.
You think I thought this was gonna happen?
Don't you walk away from me. You just gave up our life!
And you think it's some stupid thing?
Paulie, do you know what you did? Do you know how serious it is?
I understand it! I understand the whole freakin' thing!
I understand it. Your accountant's a crook, not me!
I did what I thought was right. Don't blame me.
I want to murder the bum worse than anybody.
Adrian, what's wrong?
Look what you done now. She's dumpin' it all on me.
- Come on, don't turn this around on me. - What did you do?
He gave power of attorney to our accountant.
I just didn't gave anything to nobody.
He sent a letter. He says "We'll be in Russia a couple of months
and I need Rocky to sign a tax extension".
That extension was a power of attorney, Paulie!
He's the thief! I need alcohol.
Rocky, on my eyes, I never stole a freakin' dime.
Adrian, what's happenin' here?
- It's gone. - What's gone?
The money. The money. Everything. It's all gone.
The piece of paper Paulie had you sign wasn't a request for a tax extension.
It was a blanket power of attorney in favour of the accountant,
who was involved in some high-priced real estate.
He thought he could have your money back before you knew it was gone.
Unfortunately for you and everybody in this room,
his deals fell through because the market dried up. And you lost millions.
- Ain't there nothin' I can do? - I've filed eight criminal acts against him.
But you've got debt payment on this property,
he didn't pay your tax returns and your mortgage hasn't been paid in months.
We didn't have a mortgage. Our house was fully paid for.
- Don't take it from me. Ask him. - There's nearly $400,000 outstanding.
The only thing that is not encumbered is a gym, willed to your son
by a Mickey Goldmill in 1982.
You can sell things. Remember those commercials you did?
I ain't no commercial kinda guy. I'm a fighter. That's what I do.
No, we couldn't get sponsors. With the investigation of the accountant,
out pops a criminal record of Rocky's for assault.
But that was a long time ago. He didn't know...
Why not a couple more fights? With your popularity, you'd be out in no time.
- He's retiring. - Rocko, fighting's the ticket.
I said he's retired! Paulie, 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? - Hey! The accountant was your choice.
You shoulda known he was a thief, but in your fairy-tale world the air don't move.
- You're like a season that don't change. - Hey, enough.
I'm not no tomato can you kick around.
You call Duke. Tell him I'll fight Cane. I don't care. Anywhere, any time.
- No. Rocky, no! - If that's what you want, I'll get on it.
- Rocky, please. - A couple of fights, we're outta trouble.
- Yeah, but you said... - No, I didn't say anything.
- Did we come this far to lose it? - You have to see a doctor.
- I don't need a doctor. I need a promoter. - If the doctor says OK, I'll support you.
I gotta fight, OK? I got problems. I gotta fight.
Will you do it for me?
All right. For you.
Because of continuous violent blows to the head,
you have a condition particular to boxers called cavum septum pellucidum,
which is a hole in the membrane separating the ventricles.
The brain surface neurons in this area have also been traumatised.
Simply stated, Mr Balboa, it means that you have suffered damage to the brain.
How long until he recovers?
The effects are irreversible.
Rocky, you have to retire.
I don't wanna retire. This ain't the time to retire. Not in here, not in no office.
I just fought the best fight of my life. I just did that, you know?
- And all I need is a couple more. - No. You suffered severe brain trauma.
He could be wrong. Anybody could be wrong.
He ain't God. Adrian, only God ain't wrong.
- Rocky, this is what's good for you. - I only need a couple of easy ones.
Not the way it is. You can't get licensed in any State. He can't, can he, Doctor?
- That is correct. - Rocky, do you love me?
- Yeah, I love you. Why do 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'll be OK. We'll be fine.
- No one has to know, Doctor, right? - It'll be strictly confidential.
Thank you.
May we hear our next bid, please?
Are you done?
Sold.
Moving along, ladies and gentlemen. Item number 46...
Hey, kid. Bike's been sold.
Hey, bike's been sold. Get off the bike. Come on.
Don't worry about it. We been down before.
I'll get it all back. We just gotta stick together, hey? Home team.
Yeah, right.
Come on. You know, Mickey used to say a fight ain't over till you heard the bell.
We ain't heard a bell yet, have we?
Rocky Balboa's boxing gloves from his first fight...
Rocky?
Hey, it still fits.
Why are you wearin' those clothes?
I was just going through some stuff and I found them. They feel kinda comfortable.
I was looking all over for you downstairs. It's kind of depressing.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
What's this doin' in your ear?
- Oh, God! - Remember these?
Yeah.
- I remember when you took 'em off. - That's right. First time I ever kissed you.
Adrian, I wanna go out for a bit. You know, just take a little walk.
I just wanna feel better. But hey, could you talk to the kid?
- Cos he's really taking this hard. - Sure.
- Where are you going? - I thought I'd go to Andy's.
- He used to be a champion. - How did he blow it all?
How you doing, Mick?
Slip the jab.
Slip the jab!
That's right. That's it.
- Hey, I didn't hear no bell! - OK.
All right! That's right. Slip the jab.
That's it. Mentalise! 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 ya?
Apollo won't know what hit him. You'll roll over him like a bulldozer.
An Italian bulldozer.
You know, kid, I know how you feel about this fight that's comin' up.
Because I was young once, too.
I tell you somethin'.
Why, 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 motivisation to stay alive.
Cos I think that people die sometimes when they don't wanna 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 and 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'll never leave you. - I'll never leave you until that happens.
Cos when I leave you, you'll not only know how to fight,
you'll be able to take care of yourself outside the ring, too. Is that OK?
- It's OK. - OK.
- I got a gift for you. - Ah, Mickey.
- Wait a minute now. - Really, I don't need nothin'.
Look at that. 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 cuff link.
And now I'm giving it to you.
And it's gonna be like...
Like an angel on your shoulder to you.
And if you ever get hurt and you feel that you're goin' down,
this little angel is gonna whisper in your ear.
He's gonna say "Get up, you son of a bitch!"
"Cos Mickey loves you".
OK?
Thanks, Mick. I love you, too.
Jesus. Go after him, kid.
- Go after him. - Thanks.
You was the angel.
- There it is. - What happened to his other cuff link?
I don't know. He only give me one.
He gave it to some bum.
Careful. Don't worry about these.
All right, let's go, Paulie.
I really can't believe it. This kid's taking this too good.
Hey, Rock, it's good I kept the place, right? It saves money.
Get back.
Right? A little aluminum on the front too. It's a winner!
Thank you.
Welcome back, Rocky. We missed ya!
It's only temporary, you know?
Come on inside.
- Hello? - Mrs Balboa?
- George Washington Duke here. - Yes?
Mrs Balboa, can you hear it? Listen close. You must be able to hear it.
- Hear what? - The sound ofthe parade going by,
of opportunity knocking.
What'll take to get you to realise
I'm givin' you a chance to pull yourselves together?
Let me handle your husband's career and you can live like human beings again.
Listen, Mr Duke, we're living like human beings. You oughta try it some time.
And leave my husband alone.
Women!
When'd you start that?
I don't know. It's like a bad habit that comes back. But, hey!
We ain't talkin' about me. We're talkin' about you.
Hey, Rocky, how you doin', man?
- Good to see you back. - Thanks. Great to be back.
You're smart in school, but you gotta be smart on the street, too.
- How do you mean? - You gotta know who the players are
- and who you're talkin' to. - Watch out for scams. Everyone scams.
- What's a scam? - Ask your father.
- A scam is like a hustle. - He don't get it.
- Well, a hustle's related to... - Rocky!
- Remember me? I'm Bubba's mother. - Oh, yeah.
- You used his head for a punchin' bag. - Yeah, he had a nice head.
- Anyway, a hustle's related to a con. - He don't get it.
A deception? You're saying beware of deceptions.
Yeah, that's good. Absolutely. You're very smart, you know?
Ain't this where the Atomic Hoagy shop used to be?
I'm new here, Dad.
- This neighbourhood's got tooth decay. - It's called urban blight.
I'll tell you somethin', this place is blightin' everywhere.
A little aluminum siding and paint, this place could be OK. What do you think?
Anyway, we're late for school. Paulie, I wanna talk to the kid private like.
- Like I got no feelings. - Oh, come on.
- That's how wars start. - Relax, would you?
- So anyway, everybody's got an angle. - Tough break, Rock.
Everybody's got a hustle. These kids have got street brains. That's how they live.
These kids ain't like no personalities that you've grown up with.
- So you gotta stay very sharp round here. - I intend to.
Intend! You know, sometimes you make me feel very stupid.
- Why? - Why? Cos you're smarter than me.
- No, I'm not. - Yeah, you are.
It's like every day you learn somethin' new and I forget somethin' new.
But hey, listen. We're in this thing together.
If you can figure out how to fix things up, don't be afraid to tell me.
We gotta stick together, cos what are we?
- What? - What are we?
- Oh, home team. - Home team! You've got that right.
I used to go to this school when I was a kid. Nice bricks. It was real tough then.
But I think you can handle it, don't you think?
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 72 fights...
..and every one of 'em I was scared, so yeah, you know, that's real, real normal.
- I'll see you later. - OK, kid. Here's the front door.
Hey, wait. What's this?
Goodness gracious. Where'd this come from?
It's a strange place to stash your lunch money.
It's just a lunch joke, you know?
- Thanks, Dad. - OK, then, I'll see you later.
Remember, Daddy loves you. You're number one. Home team.
Just be nice, right? You'll be OK.
And don't mess with nobody's girlfriend. They don't like that around here.
You know, I'm really worried about the kid.
He ain't used to livin' like this. He don't know the streets.
At school, I know what's gonna happen.
Some wise guy's gonna come up to him cos he's my kid and try to bang him out.
Give him a cheap shot, you know? I mean, jeez...
- Mr Balboa, my name's Tommy Gunn. - Yeah? How you doin'?
With that name, you better be tough.
It ain't easy. Anyway, I'm from Oklahoma. My amateur record is 45 to one.
- I turned pro at 18 and I had eight fights. - You're a fighter?
And now that I'm 20, I'd just like to show you what I got.
- I've saved up about 400 bucks... - Mr Rocky Balboa!
Excuse me, I have some business here. Good to see you again, friend.
- How you doin'? - My health is fine. What more can I ask?
- Listen, I gotta go to work now. - What, here? ln a sweatbox?
- Can't be good for the image. - Urban light. What can you do?
What'd you say? It's blight. Urban blight.
George wants you to consider wearing gloves again. It's a helluva payday.
- I'm officially expired. - You have marquee value.
You put asses into seats. A businessman don't retire if he can still pull in the bread.
- Only America gives these opportunities. - Union Cane's going for the title.
Here's some tickets. We've a strong feeling about this.
- If he takes it, that's the time to challenge. - People love comebacks.
There's nothing more commercial than a long-shot comeback
of a down-on-his-luck underdog.
As Mark Twain said: "Virtue has never been as respectable as money".
- Who's Twain? - A painter.
You're the Great White Hope.
You mean Great White Dope. No, forget it.
Hold the bullshit. I know the problem. You think I was born yesterday?
Merlin, show him the paper. This is your medical report. We can work around it.
- Where'd you get this? - It doesn't matter.
If you fight Cane, George can guarantee to get you a license.
- Guaranteed. - You can do this?
- No problem. - This comeback's in the bag.
- The time's hot. The deal's hot. Caliente! - We could use one more payday.
- Adrian, where'd you come from? - Mrs Balboa just appeared! She's magic.
I don't think you're funny. Are you talking him into fighting?
Talking business, darlin'. Do you like feelin' hard up?
Do you like reachin' in your pocket and only feelin' your leg? I didn't think so.
I'm offering you the opportunity to dump this loser image.
- Who are you talking to? - You ain't workin' across...
What the hell are you talkin' about? 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.
Let's get serious. You represent the dreams of the long shots.
The little people identify with you. That is the key to public success.
You a true champion, a true product of the people. Sell it while they'll still buy.
That ain't gonna last forever. You say you a fighter, then fight!
And I'll make you so much money you can swim in it. You can swim, can't you?
Whaddaya say? Put some hustle behind this muscle.
He's done. He's done fighting!
You are a damn fool.
Maybe we oughta sign Mrs Balboa to fight Cane, huh?
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'll get him. - Rocky, I'm really sorry. I didn't wanna...
You guys want privacy? I'll be upstairs.
Rocky.
Rocky, I'm sorry. I...
But it just takes one bad hit and you could be an invalid.
I feel like an invalid already. Why'd you come back? You're too smart for this.
I got nothing to do. I called Gloria.
- She said she could use part-time help. - But why do you wanna do this?
Why go back to where you started? I gotta do it, but you don't gotta do it!
I wanted to be there so I could be close to you.
All right, yeah. You know, it's gettin' cold out here.
Maybe we better get inside, OK? I understand.
- Are you all right? - What?
- Are you all right? - Yeah, I'm all right. I'm fine.
Adrian, it's gettin' cold, OK?
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.
You won't get him. Balboa don't think straight.
- None of these bums do. I need an angle. - I'll fight Balboa right now.
- I'm better than Balboa ever was. - Hey!
I own the paper on you. You will fight who I tell you,
where I tell you and how I tell you. You got that?
Don't aggravate the hand that feeds you, huh?
None of these bums think straight.
All I need is a hook.
Hey! Ain't you Rocky's kid?
- Yeah! You Rocky's kid, right? - Yeah. How're you doing?
I've seen your picture in the paper.
- You know what? Your old man's a punk. - What?
- Get off me! - What are you wearing my coat for?
- Just leave him alone! - You wanna beatin' too?
- Gimme my coat! I'm not kiddin' around. - No way.
Don't get sick now!
Hope you don't catch cold, rich boy.
Keep it high. Slip and slide. That's it.
This is the cup Rocky drinks out of around the house. Ten bucks.
- How I know it's the real thing? - Look at the lip marks.
- All right. Five bucks. No more. - You got a deal.
- Excuse me. - Tommy Gunn!
- Is there some place I can change? - In there.
Time! Hey, Richard, good friend, listen to me.
If you wanna survive, you gotta slip the jab.
Keep it high and hit and not get hit, you know? OK, take off.
- Rocko, remember Tommy Gunn? - Oh, yeah.
He says he wants to fight. I tell him to get married.
Why?
That's gym humour, Rocko.
Let's see what you got there, kid.
Get married. I understand.
- Benson! Wanna move a little? - Yeah, all right.
Hey, Paulie, what's the cojones?
Cojones is Latin for Spanish nuts.
- Yo, Rock, we're ready. - Wonderful.
Hey, kid. You got the headgear?
Nah, I don't need one.
He's gonna get his cojones knocked out.
OK. Ready, guys?
- Benson, go easy, all right? - Sure. OK, Rocky.
Time!
All right, just go easy now. Slip the jab now.
- Hey, kid! What's his name again? - Tommy Gunn.
Tommy, whoa! It ain't no law to duck.
Go side to side. That's it.
- Hey, man, take it easy. - Come on, lighten up. It's called sparring.
Hey! OK. Hey, kid.
Hey, lighten up! Time out!
Smell that, Rocko? The odour of opportunity.
Hey, that's it. What did I tell you? Time!
Hey, that's it. Time!
Hey, back off. That's enough! What's the matter with you?
- Tommy, are you crazy or something? - What's the matter with you, man?
- I'm sorry. - Go cool off, kid. Sorry about this.
He stinks of opportunity, Rocko.
Hey, look, goin' easy don't mean breakin' bones.
- I'm sorry. But what do you think? - What do I think? I don't think you listen.
But you brawl like you was a street fighter.
I know somethin' about that, but this is boxing. It ain't mugging.
- I'm sorry, but I know I can do it all. - Yeah? Well, not on this date, OK?
- That's it? - I gotta work with these kids here.
How about you tryin' to manage me?
- Manage? - Yeah.
Unless you think I ain't got nothin' goin'.
Nothin' goin'?
Yeah, all right, you got a lot goin'. You got a lot of tools. But I ain't no manager.
The gentleman that owned this place was a manager.
But me, I was always the managed... guy.
Hey, look. Good luck, all right?
All right, guys. Let's go.
Come on. Move around.
That's it. Nice.
All right, you guys, come on. No cheap shots. Move it around.
How you doing?
Cold? You look cold.
I guess it has something 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 wanna 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 look, 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 cos I wanna get out. You know how it is.
You know, for an ltalian kid, you ain't got a bad butt.
- First money I get, I'm goin' to Miami. - Why Miami?
- Miami needs new gigolos. - Yeah, I read somethin' like that.
My back is getting bad. How come you don't have arthritis?
Ain't I got enough?
Adrian's too good for this.
This place really depresses me, Paul.
Yo! Rock. Come inside. Everybody's been askin' for ya.
- No, thanks. I'm a little beat. - Hey, I'm a little thirsty.
- You go if you wanna. - Mr Balboa?
- Look at this. Tommy Gunn. - Why are you still hanging around?
- Is there something I can do for you? - Yeah. I'd like to try again.
Kid, I'd like to help, but I really don't know nothin' about managin'.
Man, all I'm askin' for is a chance. If I screw up, then hell, I'll leave.
- What have you got to lose? - Me? Nothin'. It's what you got to lose.
- I got nothin' to lose. - Maybe you do.
What if I don't do good, right? And you don't make it?
I don't want you blaming me for this, kid, you know?
Here's what I would do if I was you. Listen to me. If I was you,
I would go home and talk to your family people. Come up with somethin' better.
I got no family people. All I got is what you see here.
I know all about you, back from your first fight with Apollo Creed.
I read about how no one ever gave you a chance.
I'm not from the same streets as you, but I'm hungry, like you were.
Ever since I put on gloves I've wanted to meet you.
Cos I knew that if anybody could make me a winner, it was you.
Hey, Paulie, you see a winner standing here?
Yes! Man, you beat the best. Nobody could ever say different.
Look, Rocky, you don't know me, but anything you want me to do, I'll do.
And if I can't, I'll bust my butt tryin'.
I'm not hustlin' you, man. All I'm askin' for is a chance. I mean, just one shot.
Are you hungry?
Yeah.
Yeah? Come on.
You're really gonna like the way Adrian cooks.
She does 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? - It really doesn't matter, Dad.
- It does matter. They took his coat. - I don't want the coat.
They took the one with the collar?
- I'll go to your school and... - You'll make it worse.
- Can't I do what I think is right? - What do you think is right?
- A baseball bat across the face. - Paulie!
- Adrian, can I have the plate? - Yes, Rocky.
I had trouble like that when I was in school.
Every day I got chased by this kid, till one day my mother said to me:
- "Pretend the guy's like a balloon". - Balloon?
She said if you pop 'em hard, these guys just go away.
Tommy, we're trying to raise our son so he can handle his problems
with his mind, not his muscles.
- Sorry. - That's why I'll get mangled.
- You ain't gonna get mangled. - Dad, will you teach me how to fight?
A baseball bat would be nice.
Do you wanna grow up and just use your fists?
Adrian, I don't think it'd be so bad
if I taught him how to throw a few... deadly punches.
Tommy, did your dad teach you to fight?
- No, not exactly. I had to... - Sweetheart, don't get personal.
No, it's OK. You see, my old man, he used to drink a lot. Seriously.
He'd go out with his friends, then he'd come home, look to punch on me.
He'd punch on my mother, too. He did that a lot of times.
So growing up, I only thought about fightin' my father.
You know, 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 couldn't do anything.
The first guy I ever knocked out was my father. In the ring, it's like all I see is him.
That's kinda sick, huh?
Yo, Tommy, at least you had an old man to knock out, you know?
Yeah.
- I didn't even have that. - Some day you can punch out your pop.
- Paulie, what you telling him that for? - It's the fittest of the survival.
- Tommy, where you stayin' tonight? - Oh, I'll find some place to stay.
No, I tell you what. We got room down in the basement.
- What about me? - Your son is sleeping there.
- Well, he can stay with his uncle. - What am l, a pit stop?
I don't wanna cause any problems. I can find a place to stay.
No, it's OK. It's just for a little while, you know.
Right? No problem at all. Hey, kid. I appreciate it. It's cold outside.
- I'm not changing no sheets. - Hey, since when have you ever?
Tommy, why don't you come on down? We'll show you the whole place.
Why don't you go downstairs and show your father what you did today?
Hey, Junior! Your plumbing don't leak, do it?
- You know this guy? - Yeah. He hits hard.
- Adrian can really cook! - Yeah, she's OK. Listen, Tommy.
We ain't had a chance to get this place too nice.
We'll get it together in a while, you know?
- Wow! Man, this is what it's about. - Holy mackerel!
Why do you keep this stuff down here?
When did you get a chance to do this? He took it all out of a box. It's beautiful.
You painted... When did you get a chance to do this, kid?
- After school. It's no big deal. - Where'd you get the glove?
Oh, this? Thanks. This is one of my favourite objects.
Mickey give me this before he departed. It was Rocky Marciano's cuff link.
- Really? The real Rocky Marciano? - You got me thinkin' about Mickey.
I wanna show you something. He told me a long time ago...
He says that fighting is like 90% in the skull
and 10% in the body. This is what he says to me.
- Dad, I met this really nice girl today. - Really? That's wonderful.
- She's a lot better than... - Wait a minute. Don't change the station.
I'll be right back. I just wanna tell Tommy a few things.
Hey, who was your best friend back in Orlando?
- That's Oklahoma. - Well, yeah.
- Eric Elder. - No, no.
Your best friend is a guy named Frankie Fear.
You see, fear is a fighter's best friend. It ain't nothin' to be ashamed of.
You see, fear keeps you sharp. It keeps you awake. It makes you wanna survive.
But the thing is, you gotta learn how to control it.
Cos fear is like this fire 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 controls you,
it's gonna burn you and everythin' else around you up. That's right.
Anyway, these are the things that was taught to me
and, if you want, I'd like to teach to you.
This mean you're gonna manage me?
- Absolutely. Hey, home team. - All right!
- Let's go for it. - Do you mind showin' me a few things?
Sure, Tommy. I'll show you a lot of things.
Hey, rich boy. How much you got in your pocket today?
- Nothin'. - Come on, let's have it.
- I got nothin'. - Come on, gimme the money.
- Come on! - Hey, I gotta eat.
He's hungry, he's gotta eat. Well, eat this.
I got it. Go!
Father Carmine!
- Maybe he's not home. - Priests is always home.
I didn't wanna disturb you that much, Father.
Oh, excellent. Everything is perfect.
Father, this is my new friend, Tommy Gunn.
I was wondering... Tommy here's a fighter and I'm his manager.
I wondered if you'd do me a favour, if you ain't busy.
Could you throw us a couple blessings? One, that I don't mess up as 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 love it when he does that. Thanks, Father! Really appreciate this.
- Any time. - OK. I'll see you in church.
- Hey, man, what'd you do this for? - It don't hurt havin' an angel on your side.
- Hey, Rock. How's it going? - Doin' great, guys.
Slow down or you'll get a ticket!
- This is Tommy Gunn. He'll be a champ. - How you doin', Tom?
All right, break it up. Break!
Get off the ropes!
- Go easy. - Man, I need more work.
- No, you're ready. - No, this guy's killing me.
- You're ready now. You're perfect. - He's killing me.
- I feel weak. - No, listen to me. Shut up!
Mick used to say the only difference between a hero and a coward
is the hero's willing to go for it. Take the shot.
This guy here is scared too. You're both scared.
Remember in the basement we talked about fear? How it was like this fire?
You gotta control it or it burns you up. Or it's gonna burn him up.
Make it work for you, Tommy.
I would never do nothin' to hurt you, understand?
Fear is like this fire, OK? Now let it burn until it becomes like this volcano.
When you see the openin', explode all over this guy, OK?
Now, you can take him, OK? It ain't all muscle, it's all heart.
Heart and fire! OK, now you do it.
Remember, I'm like this angel on your shoulder.
I ain't gonna let nothin' happen to you. Go for it.
Come on, Tommy. Jab!
Left, right!
The body!