Chuck Page #5

I said one woman. You.

- Bullshit.

- Come on, Phyll.

I'm just mouthing off.

You know what it's like.

No, I don't know what it's like, Chuck.

And I don't care.

It was a big night for me, all right?

We're just having fun.

They were all, you know...

They were eating it up, you know?

I was doing the Bayonne thing.

They loved it.

Yeah. Everybody loves you.

I didn't hear a freakin' word she said.

Truth is, I was so high on cloud nine,

I couldn't hear anything

but the sound of my own voice.

And I buy her this beautiful

powder blue negligee.

And I says, "Honey, I want you to

wear this tonight, because tonight,

"you're gonna be sleeping with

the heavyweight champion of the world."

So, after the fight,

I come back to the hotel, I let myself in,

she says to me, "So, do I go to

Ali's room, or does he come to mine?"

How you doin' for Smirnoff?

Good, Champ. I'll take whatever you got.

People doing a lot of celebrating this week.

That's what I like to hear.

Hey, Red, do me a favor.

Give me a round for everybody on me.

Wait your turn. I got customers.

- Wait my turn?

- Easy, Chuck. Chuck, easy, easy, easy.

That's Linda. You don't wanna mess with her.

Linda! Linda, come here.

Don't you know who this is?

Yeah, the Bayonne Bleeder.

How you doin'?

Ali says you stepped on his foot,

that's why he went down.

Yeah? He said that? Well, that's bullshit.

That's what he said.

Dirty fighter. Called you a punk.

Punk, huh? I ain't no punk.

I was almost the heavyweight champion

of the world.

Well, you're no Mountain Rivera.

Wait a minute, you saw that movie?

Requiem for a Heavyweight? Sure.

F*** me.

Not in this lifetime.

But now it's your turn.

So, what are you having?

I'll have a vodka rocks, and

whatever these jim-jims are drinking.

Sure.

- Thanks, Champ.

- What'd you say her name was?

Linda. Linda.

Here you go. Sorry for the wait.

Hey, Chuck. Show her that ring.

- What?

- Show her that ring.

I designed it. It's a metaphor.

The black onyx represents Ali.

I'm the diamond.

Yeah? If I was you, I'd find

the gumball machine you got it from

and get my quarter back.

Let me ask you something. What sign are you?

- You're kidding, right?

- Dead serious.

Pisces.

- No sh*t! That's my sign!

- Like that's not a line.

- I'm not lying to you.

- What's your birthday, big shot?

February 26th. What?

- That's my birthday.

- Shut up.

- No, that's my birthday!

- Come on.

Here, look at this.

Linda Pandilano.

Anybody ever tell you

you take a beautiful picture?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, I'm serious.

Hey, I'm so in love right now, it hurts.

What are you doing later on?

Let's get married.

Sure. Let me call your wife.

Look, Chuck, you don't know nothing about me.

And I don't know nothing about you.

So, what are you doing?

Put this one over here.

That's pretty.

Chuck. Will you get it? I'm busy.

Yeah. This one's so cute.

Hello? Yeah, this is him.

What?

About a year and a half after the fight,

I get a phone call.

Guy says he's a producer in Hollywood.

Says some guy named Stallone wrote a

screenplay inspired by me. I was like...

What?

That don't matter either, you know?

So, I was thinkin'...

It really don't matter if I lose this fight.

It really don't matter

if this guy opens my head, either.

'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance.

- Chuck?

- I know.

Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed.

And if I can go that distance,

just hearing that bell ring,

you know, I'm still standing...

Chuck Wepner. You're Chuck Wepner, right?

- Hey, how you doin'?

- It's nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- It's Chuck Wepner, guys.

The real Rocky!

You hear that?

Chuck Wepner, the real Rocky.

I told you you know me.

Thank you very much.

Bye, everybody. Come on. Let's go.

I felt like a movie star.

This guy, he really got me.

The job as a debt collector,

running the steps,

even the conversation I had

with my wife, for Christ sakes.

That was me. I was Rocky.

Ladies and gents,

look who just walked in here!

It's the king himself!

It's the guy who went 15 rounds

with Muhammad Ali!

The real life Rocky Balboa!

Come on, and the toughest

son of a b*tch in the Garden State!

Give it up for Chuck Wepner!

Thank you!

Hey, there he is! Yeah!

All right! All right!

How about that band?

Hit movie, hit song.

What can I say?

I'm a lucky guy.

Having fun tonight?

Go get a drink. How you doing?

This will be right here.

Hey, John, look at that.

Yo, Champ!

I gotta tell you,

that movie was f***in' unbelievable.

Thanks, pal. Appreciate it.

- How many nominations you get?

- Ten.

Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director...

Holy sh*t! You must've made

a f***in' fortune! Am I right?

- I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.

- Yeah.

When Sly told me about Rocky,

he offered me 70 G's or 1% of the box office.

I took the 70 G's.

What do I know about movies?

I'm from Bayonne, you know?

Hey, a bird in the hand, am I right?

Hey, bird in the hand is good as

a hand in the bush. Capisce?

Double capisce!

Hey, doll, set my man up

with whatever he wants! On me!

- Right on. Thanks, Champ.

- All right.

All right, pal.

You got 70 grand for that?

Shut up, John.

You hear that? 70 G's.

What?

Chuck got 70 big ones for Rocky!

John, John, would you

shut the f*** up, please?

Seriously. You know what I mean?

You're not my f***in' agent, John.

That's my business, you know that?

I don't want my business on the street.

You know, I apologize.

- I... I didn't mean...

- All right, all right, all right. Stop.

- I didn't mean it...

- Forget it. Forget it.

Sweetheart, can I get

a vodka on the rocks, please?

I'm sorry.

Truth is, I didn't make a f***in' dime

on that movie.

Really?

Not a dime.

That's f***ed up, Chuck. I'm sorry.

- I know, but the guy asked me...

- Yeah.

...you know, in front of the girls,

I didn't wanna look like a chump,

so I had to say something.

- You know, this stops with me. All right?

- Thank you.

Loose lips sink ships.

- You know me, I'm not a talker.

- Yeah, yeah.

- I'm not gonna bring it up.

- Okay.

- 70 grand, out of my mind.

- Thank you.

- All right? I'm not bringing it up.

- Will you stop!

Hey, Chuck! I got a friend in the bathroom

that wants to make your acquaintance.

You want me to meet somebody in the toilet?

No, nobody wants to meet you in the toilet!

I want you to do a bump with me.

A what?

A bump! Come on, come on, come on.

Let's go, let's go.

What is... This is great, you know?

This stuff's f***in' great.

Yeah. You've never done this sh*t before?

John, you try this sh*t?

No, but I definitely...

I think I should do it again, you know.

Yeah, absolutely, definitely you should.

Holy sh*t!

It's like it goes right through you.

That's right.

John, you gotta try this sh*t.

- F***, yeah!

- Yeah!

Hey. Wanna bump?

- No? Wanna do a bump?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Half's for her.

Here you go.

Say goodbye, Chuck.

Say goodbye.

Bye. Where are you going?

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