Rocky III

Synopsis: Three years and 10 successful title defenses after beating Apollo Creed, with whom he has become great friends, a now wealthy Rocky Balboa is considering retirement. Fame and complacency soon cause Balboa to lose his title to Clubber Lang, who inadvertently causes the death of Rocky's trainer Mickey. Rocky sinks into a depression, and Apollo decides to train Rocky for a rematch against Lang so Rocky can try to win the title back.
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): Sylvester Stallone
Production: MGM
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
PG
Year:
1982
99 min
Website
5,181 Views


(crowd cheering)

(commentator) It's blind instinct.

But now it is Creed coming back

with the left hand!

What's keeping these two guys up?

A tremendous closing moment!

Here comes Balboa back, but

the champion's back with another left.

A right hand! It's Creed.

Now it's Balboa! Now it's Creed.

A tremendous left by Rocky.

They're dead in the centre, toe to toe!

(cheering)

(woman screams)

One!

Two!

Creed will retain the title.

If neither gets up, Creed will win the title.

- Four!

- Get up, my man.

God!

Six.

Each fighter is trying to beat the count!

Get up there!

Eight!

- Nine!

- The champ is down.

Ten!

He's done it at the last second!

He made it!

Rocky Balboa has shocked the world!

He is the new heavyweight

champion of the world!

Ladies and gentlemen...

...in a stunning upset,

scoring a win by knockout...

...the new heavyweight

champion of the world...

...Rocky Balboa!

(Rocky) Excuse me. Excuse me.

I just wanna say one thing...

to my wife, who's home.

Yo, Adrian. I did it!

I love you. I love you.

(# "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor)

# Risin' up, back on the street

# Did my time, took my chances

# Went the distance

Now I'm back on my feet

# Just a man and his will to survive

# So many times, it happens too fast

# You change your passion for glory

# Don't lose your grip

On the dreams of the past

# You must fight just to keep them alive

# It's the eye of the tiger

It's the thrill of the fight

# Risin' up to the challenge of our rival

# And the last known survivor

Stalks his prey in the night

# And he's watching us all with the eye

# Of the tiger

# Face to face, out in the heat

# Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry

# They stack the odds

Still we take to the street

# For the kill, with the skill to survive

# It's the eye of the tiger

It's the thrill of the fight

# Risin' up to the challenge of our rival

# And the last known survivor

Stalks his prey in the night

# And he's watching us all with the eye...

# Of the tiger

# Risin' up, straight to the top

# Had the guts, got the glory

# Went the distance

Now I'm not gonna stop

# Just a man and his will to survive

# It's the eye of the tiger

It's the thrill of the fight

# Risin' up to the challenge of our rival

# And the last known survivor

Stalks his prey in the night

# And he's watching us all with the eye...

# Of the tiger

# The eye of the tiger

# The eye of the tiger

I want Balboa. I want Balboa.

You hear that, old man? You tell Balboa.

Nobody can beat me. Tell him what I said.

And he's next. I'm gonna kill him.

Nobody can stop me.

You tell Balboa that. I'm comin' after him.

I want a shot at the title if Balboa's

got the guts to meet me in the ring.

My whole life's been directed

towards this title.

I live alone. I train alone.

I'll win the title alone. I want him.

He can't duck me forever.

He can run, but he can't hide.

Another southpaw,

champion Rocky Balboa...

... isn't worried about much these days.

He's defended his title for the tenth time...

... and will face the world heavyweight

wrestling champion in a charity benefit...

... with all the proceeds

to go to a local youth foundation.

I'll have to give him credit. Mr Balboa

stays busy. He's a true sportsman.

It looks like the no. 1 contender, Clubber

Lang, will have to play the waiting game.

But that should be a great match-up.

(man) Paulie, take it easy, OK?

(barman) Hey, you goin'?

Hey,

don't forget to give Rocky my best, huh?

You know, I've been comin' here years.

How 'bout you give me,

Paulie, your best once?

Take it easy, Paulie.

(man #2) Hey, Paulie, you heard me?

When you see the Rock,

tell him the boys all said "Hey"!

(alarm rings)

Paulie.

You wanna hear I owe ya?

You, I owe nothin'.

Nah, you don't owe me nothin'.

So, what do ya want I should do?

- My sister ain't here?

- She's home.

Me and her were tight until you come in.

I raised her. She don't come down.

She don't know about this.

You and her can go to hell,

you know that?

Watch your mouth, Paulie.

You gonna whack me?

I don't sweat you. Come on.

Come on, Paul. Screw your head on right.

Nah, your freakin' head

is the one on wrong.

- Yeah? What did I do?

- What'd ya do? Nothin'.

For yourself? Oh, nice! You fixed

your face up handsome. Nice clothes.

What'd ya do for Paulie?

Three years - did ya get me a job?

Look at this! You gave me

a lousy stinkin' Ex-Lax watch. This!

- Paulie...

- What? What?

That's right. No, leave it down!

It never kept good time anyway.

You forget when you were a punk

and those guys used to laugh at you.

- Who used to whack them bums out?

- They laughed at both of us.

No-one laughed at me.

Tell me. Who fixed you up

with your first woman? Me, Paulie!

- She was pregnant.

- So what? You was no prize either.

You know, I always give ya. I give ya.

What do you do?

You buy a new house. You move Mick in.

Did you ask me?

Is there somethin' the matter with me?

I got feelings. This ain't cardboard.

Everybody's got 'em, Paulie.

- The hell with everybody.

- Maybe it's the hell with you.

- I don't wanna listen to this crap.

- You talk like everyone owes you a living.

Nobody owes nobody nothin'.

You owe yourself.

- You're wrong! Friends owe.

- No! Friends do because they wanna do.

Shut your freakin' mouth.

You keep me down.

Down? You're like a crazy brother

to me. You really are.

So I wanna tell you somethin'.

This is comin' straight from the heart.

You ain't down. And you ain't a loser.

You're just a jealous... lazy... bum.

OK. I'm gonna break your mouth.

I'm gonna bust your mouth up!

Can I have a job?

All you had to do was ask.

- You punch pretty good.

- Think so?

Oh, superb!

- It cost a lot, huh?

- Yeah, a few bucks.

Got an extra one?

- Any trouble with Paulie tonight?

- Nah, nothin' unusual.

Are you really gonna fight that wrestler?

That's all right. It'll be fun.

Mind if I serenade you awhile?

# Doo doo doo-doo...

Come on, it's your part.

- What are you doing?

- Come on, you can do it.

# Doo doo doo-doo

- Come on. You're gonna wake the baby.

- Adrian, let's do a duet.

# Doo doo doo-doo

- # Doe doe doe-doe...

- No, no.

That's good, but it's not "doe doe".

It's # doo doo doo-doo.

- # Doo doo doe-doo...

- That's good, darlin'.

- # I been told

- # Doo doo doo-doo...

- # By people, and they all

- # Doo doo doo-doo...

# They said to take you back

Take you back like before

What's the matter?

I don't know any more of the composition.

- Maybe we're lucky.

- Yeah, maybe we're very lucky.

- # Doo doo doo-doo...

- # Hm hm mm-mm

Howdy, sports fans. This is Dennis James

with Jim Healy down here at ringside.

Tonight we have a most unlikely match,

the boxer against the wrestler...

...with all the proceeds going to charity.

What do you think about

a boxer against a wrestler?

You know the theory. Once the wrestler

grabs the boxer, that's all she wrote.

What the hell goes on inside your head?

Anything normal functions?

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