Rocky III Page #5

- Yeah. Rocky, we did it.

- You gotta get to hospital.

You ain't as young as you used to be, OK?

You know what?

We did everything right.

I did everything right?

Listen, you done everything right.

Listen, we got more to do. Mick,

whatever you wanna do, we'll do it, OK?

I love ya, kid. I love ya.

Mick.

It hurts me.

(breathing stops)

Mick?

Mick!

Mick!

Mick... Christ.

(sobs)

Don't go away. Please don't.

We got more to do...

We got more to do. We got...

Oh, God. Oh, Jesus.

(yells)

(rabbi) Ve-al kol Yisrael...

(Rocky) Ve-al kol Yisrael...

...ve-imroo...

...ve-imroo...

...amen.

...amen.

- Oseh shalom...

- Oseh shalom...

...bim-romov...

...bim-romov...

...hoo yaseh...

...hoo yaseh...

...shalom...

...shalom...

...aleynu...

...aleynu...

... ve-al kol Yisrael...

... ve-al kol Yisrael...

...ve-imroo...

...ve-imroo...

... amen.

... amen.

This concludes our service.

(man) That's not the way to do it.

Who's that?

Why don't you hit it straight?

Step into it.

- Apollo?

- Right.

I waited at your house for an hour.

Your wife said you might be here.

- What are you doin' here?

- Business.

If the papers knew we were talkin' like

this, they'd think we was crazy. Why you?

Cos I'm the best and you need

somebody to teach you different.

- Why?

- You can't pull it off without me.

You still didn't give me the answer.

What's the real reason?

Listen. It's quiet, isn't it?

When you retire, it's too quiet.

We too young to retire, anyway.

Besides, I could promote this thing into

the biggest gate ever. Bigger than ours.

Heaven knows, I don't mind being

involved with large numbers, right?

I don't need this no more.

I... I don't want this no more.

Look, man. When you beat me...

...I hurt all over. I didn't wanna know

from nobody, not even my kids.

Every fighter knows that hurt.

We get sick inside trying to live

with it, so don't back off now.

Make it right for yourself

or you'll be sorry you didn't.

We held the greatest title

in the whole world, babe.

You lost that fight for all

the wrong reasons. You lost your edge.

All right. I know your manager dying

had you all messed up inside.

But the truth is you didn't look hungry.

Now when we fought...

...you had that eye of the tiger, man,

the edge.

Now you gotta get it back, and the way

to do it is to go back to the beginning.

Maybe we could win it back together.

Eye of the tiger, man.

Why'd you have to come here?

I have the plan. Get back, man.

You got me curious.

You got me curious, Rock.

Clubber, do you accept the challenge

for a rematch with Balboa?

I reject the challenge

because Balboa is no challenge.

But I'd be happy to beat up on him

some more. I always said he was nothin'.

I can't wait to see this bum fall.

What do you think of him

being trained by Apollo Creed?

Apollo who? That old fool Apollo Creed?

- Shucks. One has-been...

- Just keep talkin', pal.

Been runnin' off at the mouth.

When I see him, I'm gonna close it.

- When will the match take place?

- The sooner, the better.

I'm the champion of the world.

I can't be beat and I won't be beat.

This time I'll train harder.

There won't be no quick knockdowns.

I'm gonna torture him.

I'm gonna crucify him - real bad.

Hard words from a hard man.

The odds against Balboa making

a comeback at 34 are very long indeed.

Can he do it? Most experts doubt it.

Balboa was a fine champion, but his

time has passed. I wish him luck.

- Don't listen to it, Rocky.

- No, do listen to it, Rock.

When this is over, a lot of folks are

gonna owe you an engraved apology.

- And you're gonna owe me a big favour.

- What favour?

When it's over. Hm?

(Paulie) Rocko, come on! We're gonna

be late at the airport. Let's go!

- Think we forgot anything?

- I think we have it all.

- Maybe another sweater.

- No. California's not that cold, is it?

OK, listen.

I want you to be a good boy, OK?

- Don't give anybody a hard time.

- OK.

Gimme a kiss.

- We'll call when we land.

- Yeah, we'll call.

# I been told by

# Some people, and they all

# Say to take you back

# Take you back like before

# I don't call that a reason

# I just call it believin' in myself

# Believin' in myself

- What the hell are we doin' in LA?

- This is where I started.

- So?

- So this is where he's startin'.

This place is disgusting.

Let's stay at your place.

You're missin' the point.

Let's check in and get over to the gym.

Rock, we don't need this.

It's below your standards.

We gotta give it a try, Paulie.

Come on, Adrian.

# I don't call that a reason

I don't even have a gun.

# I just call it believin' in myself

# Believin' in myself...

(Paulie) Fun is fun. I like those

kind of things, but this, I don't like.

Look at this place. Rats even have

more pride than to be caught dead here.

I mean, look at the dump.

I just don't like it.

- Think of Adrian's health.

- (Adrian) I'm fine, Paulie.

Check this out.

(Apollo) Yeah. Yeah...

- This is where I started.

- That's your problem.

Rocko, let's leave

before they leave us for dead.

Yeah. You see that look

in their eyes, Rock?

When we fought, I trained hard

but I didn't have that look.

You had it and you won.

Gotta get that look back, Rock.

Eye of the tiger, man.

Eye of the tiger. Come on.

Come on, let's go.

Look at this place. No class in here.

- Is he always so cheerful?

- I don't sweat you.

- Hey, Paulie. Don't get mentally irregular.

- It's a free country.

- Just don't get irregular.

- I don't need no philosophy lesson.

- It takes six years to get to know him.

- I ain't got six years.

Come on, Paulie, just relax. Come on.

We're on business.

- Hey! Hey, champ!

- Hey, Duke, my man!

- Hey, everything's set up.

- Good. I know you know this man.

Yeah. It's gonna be good workin'

with you and not against you.

- How you feel?

- Pretty good, thanks.

We've been livin' modern.

Now we're gonna train old.

I'm goin' over here to talk to the guys.

Hey! The champ is home.

- We gotta leave. I got a reputation.

- What do you mean, reputation?

- You heard. I don't like these people.

- You don't like 'em?

Well, maybe they don't

like you either, Paulie.

What'd I do to them?

And they call me punchy.

- Stallion. Come over and meet the fellas.

- I'll be right back.

How you doin', guys?

(# "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor)

That's it, that's it.

Come on, on the toes. On the toes!

On the toes. On the toes. On the toes.

Come on, Rock.

- He ain't too graceful.

- That's why we're here, Paulie.

Waste of time. He's got heavy feet.

Get on the balls of your feet.

Come on, relax, Rock.

- Come on, get those feet outta concrete.

- It'll take time but it'll come.

He can't train to the jungle junk music.

(Duke) Come on, relax, Rock. On the

balls of your feet. Find the rhythm.

We'll start a new dance called the crawl.

You can't train him like a coloured

fighter. He ain't got no rhythm.

Come on.

- How stupid do I look!

- You look great.

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