"ROCKY II" (1979)

STARTS WITH FILM CLIPS FROM ROCKY I .•. THE CLIPS WILL FILL IN ALL THE STORY POINTS UP TO SCENE 2. THE CRED- ITS ROLL OVER THIS.

IS IN ITS BRUTAL FOURTEENTH ROUND ... THE CROWD IS FRAN- TIC AND CHANTING THE FIGHTERS' NAMES. THE ARENA TREM- BLES TO ITS FOUNDATIONS.

IS SLUMPED IN HIS CORNER AS HIS CORNERMEN FRANTICALLY WORK ON HIM ... HE IS CRAMPED IN PAIN.

MICKEY FRANTICALLY WORKS TO REVIVE ROCKY.

MICKEY NODS TO AL SILVAN!, WHO SECRETLY OPENS ROCKY'S EYE AND DRAINS THE BLOOD.

APOLLO'S TRAINER PLEADS WITH THE CHAMP.

SWAYS TO HIS FEET, WAITING FOR THE BELL.

ROCKY'S OT.HER CORNERMAN, MIKE, SCREAMS DIREC.TIONS AS THE ARENA RUMBLES WITH NOfsr.

CIRCLE WIDELY, AWAITING THE PERFECT MOMENT TO ATTACK ... CREED FEINTS ANO ROCKY FAlLS FOR IT ... THE CHAMP POWERS A PUNCH I~TO ROCKY'S JAW THAT SAILS THE CHALLENGER'S MOUTHPIECE INTO THE SECOND ROW ... THE CROWD GOES INSANE.

ROCKY'S BLOODY TEETH SNARL AS HE BECKONS THE CHAMPION TO COME AHEAD ANO FIGHT TOE-TO-TOE ... CREED DOES AND SENDS OUT AN EFFECTIVE BURST OF LEFT JABS ... ROCKY COUNTERS BLOW-FOR-BLOW.

CREED PAINFULLY DRIVES A PAIR OF JABS INTO ROCKY'S EYES.

MICKEY LOOKS AT T~E. CLOCK ... TEN SECONDS TO GO.

BLOOD SPRAYS OVER THE ROPES AND ONTO THE HORRIFIED RINGSIDE PHOTOGRAPHERS.

THE FIGHTERS STAND TOE-TO-TOE AND DRAG EVERY REMAINING BIT OF STRENGTH FROM THEIR SOULS .•. THEY APPEAR TO HAVE ENTERED A DIMENSION BEYOND BLOOD AND PAIN.

THE FINAL BELL RINGS ANO THE ARENA EXPLODES WITH AP-

PROVAL ... BOTH FIGHTERS COLLAPSE INTO EACH OTHER S ARMS.

COMES RUSHING THROUGH THE CROWD ... ROCKY IS NOW SUR- RO~NDED BY REPORTERS.

\ SHOVES THROUGH THE CROWD ANO IS ROUGHLY BUMPED AROUND.

DID NOT EXPECT THIS AND TENSES ... HIS CORNERMEN TRY TO REASSURE HIM ... IT DOES NO GOOD.

IS STILL PESTERING ROCKY, WHO LOOKS WILDLY FOR ADRIAN.

APOLLO IS RIGID ..• FEAR RADIATES FROM HIS EYES.

ADRIAN SLIPS THROUGH THE ROPES AND RUSHES TO ROCKY.

THEY EMBRACE LIKE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO, AT THIS MOMENT, HAVE BECOME FULFILLED, WHOLE PEOPLE.

ROCKY WATCHES APOLLO BEING CARRIED OUT OF THE RING ON THE SHOULDERS OF HUNDREDS OF FANS.

THROUGH PHILADELPHIA

A SHORT WHILE LATER, THE AMBULANCE PULLS INTO THE EMERGENCY EXIT OF A NEARBY HOSPITAL ... TWO ATTENDANTS HELP ROCKY OUT ... ADRIAN IS WITH HIM, SO IS MIC~EY AND * AL AND PAULIE. THE ACTION IS FRANTIC ... TEN * P~OTOGRAPHERS FLASH PICTURES OF ROCKY.

PHOTOGRAPHER 1+2+3 * Rocky, over here! Rocky this way! *

ANOTHER ATTENDANT PULLS OUT A WHEELCHAIR.

MICKEY * Get back! Get back1 *

PHOTOGRAPHER #2 * Roc.ky, he re ! *

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PHOTOGRAPHER #4 Rocky, here!

ROCKY

--- .·ROCKY SITS IN THE· WHEELCHAIR AND THEY ROLL HIM INSIDE.----------

ROCKY IS BEING WHEELED BY AN ATTENDANT ••• SEVERAL PEO- PLE STICK THEIR HEADS OUT OF DOORWAYS AND CONGRATULATE

HIM ••• SOME ONLOOKERS ARE HORRIFIED. THE ACTION IS HURRIED •. MIKE AND AL ARE THERE. *

i< it , MICKEY

{1 ow)

*···:r:: .. Who do they think it is? ...,,. __ . ..--~~

PHOTOGRAPHER 1+2+3

i .. Rocky, can you look here! Thank _,_ ·-, you.

' ,,q::__ ... AL

~~~ - Back off!

::-a,,·- ·:1:_::;__

· MI KE __ His hands are· sore.

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-------i~ ....•....... -...... -..--.-·.. ·........................._.. ...... ---•- .... ;--··-:--·---·---·--· MICKEY. . ....._ ... _____ _

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FIVE M6RE PHOTOGRAPHERS CON~ERGE ON R6CKY. A FLASH I

· GOES. OFF IN ROCKY S FACE. M.I CKEY YEl.LS AT THEM. · ·

·REPORTER #1 Is this the worst be~tin' you ever got?

What did you think going into· · 1he 1.ast round?

ANOTHER fLASH GOES OFF IN ROCKY'S FACE ... ·

MICKEY IS ABOUT TO REACT WHEN THE DOORS AT THE END OF THE HALLWAY SWING OPEN ANU APOLLO CREED ENTERS ON A STRETCHER ... HE IS FOLLOWED BY AT LEAST A CROWD OF THIRTY PEOPLE. MOST.LY PRESS. APOLLO'S WIFE, MARYANNE I S AT HI S SI DE • . . . . .... . .

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\. ...... - MICKEY How's tha,t?.

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CREED PASSES ANO SEES ROCKY IN A WHEELCHAIR.

APOLLO'S BODYGUARDS HOLD THEM BACK ... FIVE HOSPITAL * ATTENDANTS AND TEN EANDYSTRIPERS WATCH THE EXCITEMENT. *

AP·OLLO (annoyed) You don't go the distance with me -- C'mon, get out of that wheelchair, let's finish this fight right now.

MARYANNE * Apollo, don't -- please sit down. *

~ GROUP OF REPORTERS STEP FORWARD.

REPORTER #1 * Apollo, were you going downJ Di~ the bell save you?

I. REPORTER #2

Does that mean there's going to be a rematch?

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REPORTER #3 * Rocky, a rematch would be worth millions.

APOLLO

--~------,,, Are you backing down Are you? ' ' ....... J

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MARYANNE *· Apollo, please. *

THEY START TO ROLL HIM AWAY.

think l m gonna be busy healin' ·for a while.

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PAULIE QUICKLY STEPS UP TO ROCKY AND WHISPERS, AS THEY MOVE ALONG.

ROCKY STIFFLY NODS "YES" AS AN AIDE PUSHES HIM AROUND THE CORNER. BEFORE HE DISAPPEARS FROM VIEW, HE WAVES TO ADRIAN.

ROCKY IS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM •.. SEVERAL INTERNS BUSY THEMSELVES WITH CLEANING ROCKY UP AND ADMINISTERING SEVERAL CC• S OF SODIUM PENTOT.HAL.

RQCtV * W'f\.at was p1:,1t tn tn.e··eye? *

··AL * (.NAM.E OF ME."DICfNEl * ROCKY.. (fading} My face fee ls 1 tke 1i ver.

( .

just re.lax. ·

PAULIE AND ADRIAN ARE AT THE BACK OF THE HOSPITAL ... THEY ARE WALKING TOWARDS SEVERAL CABS PARKED AT THE CURB.

PAULIE (CONT'D)

See what I'm sayin' is the guy's a born pug - - Fig hti n ' i s a 11 he knows from ... He don't know from nothin•·· ilse -- I think ya gonna find that out -- C'mon, get in the taxi.

PAULIE OPENS THE DOOR TO TKE TAXI.

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GAZZO, THE LOAN SHARK, IS VISITING WITH ROCKY ... THE LIGHTS ARE VERY LOW AND ROCKY IS HEAVILY BANDAGED, ESP EC I AL LY TH E RI GHT EYE. HE I S PIT I FU L.

THE NURSE ENTERS AND .IS SHOCKED BY GAZZO'$ PRESENCE.

THE NURSE STEPS FORWARD WITH A PILL CUP FULL OF MEDI-

CATION. ROCKY RESEMBLES A MUMMY.

THE NURSE ALREADY HAS A PAD AND PEN READY. ROCKY

STIFFLY WRITES ... THE NURSE EXITS.

A THIN BEAM OF LIGHT RACES ACROSS APOLLO'S ROOM AS

ROCKY ENTERi ... THE LIGHT FALLS ON CREED'S SWOLLEN FACE, OTHERWISE THE ROOM IS DARK.

ROCKY SILENTLY EXITS, AND THE ROOM GOES DARK.

ROCKY RE-ENTERS HIS ROOM ... MOVING STIFFLY TOWARDS THE BED HE SEES A SILHOUETTE MOVING BESIDE THE BED ... IT IS ADRIAN. SHE MOVES FORWARD AND EMBRACES HIM. .

SEVERAL DAYS HAVE PASSED AND ROCKY LOOKS MUCH BETTER, EXCEPT FOR THE BANDAGE OVER HIS EYE. HE IS WALKING DOWN THE BRICK LANE NODDING AT PASSERSBY. MOST OF THE BANDAGES ARE GONE, BUT HEAVY BRUISING REMAINS ... ADRIAN

WALKS BESIDE HIM ... A WELL-DRESSED MAN OF THIRTY-FIVE STRIDES BESIDE HIM. HE IS AN AGENT. A SECOND AGENT

ROCKY GLANCES AT THE CONTRACTS IN THE AGENT'S HANDS.

AGENT #1 ... Imported toiletries.

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THE NURSE WHO ASKED FOR THE AUTOGRAPH WAVES.

ROCKY GLANCES AT THE CONTRACTS IN THE AGENT'S HANDS.

AGENT #1 Plus a wide variety of fashionable products -- you'll provide an' honest image.

AGENT #2 The best.

A YOUNG BOY WITH HUGE BODY AND HEAD CAST IS.WHEELED UP.

YOblNG PATIENT Yeah.

AGENT #2 Now the point is we have to set things in motion while your name's still in everybody's mind.

i I ADRIAN I •

{leans over) Rocky, we've got to go.

AGENT #1

( More important than this?

CONTINUED ·

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:·-o ROCKY

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ROCKY AND ADRIAN ·ARE St ANDI NG IN FRONT OF A- PRIEST, FATHER CARMINE ••• -THEY ARE GETTING MARRIED ••• PAULIE

1·s THE BEST MAN. MICKEY STANDS BEHIND ROCKY. GAZZO

IS PRESENT. ADRIAN LOOKS BEAUTIFUL IN HER WHITE BRIDAL GOWN-ANO ROCKY OUT OF PLACE IN A SLIGHTLY SMALL TUX ..•

THERE ARE NEARLY THIRTY PEOPLE PRESENT. ANDY, GLORIA, *

MIKE AND AL ARE PRESENT. *

· ..... GLORIA

Luck to ya s~ *

'ADRIAN * Thank you. *

Thanks. *

- .. / PAULIE-· ·-'". Good luck~~. ya's need ft.

···--•----------------- :: AL-.~--~ ... ·•-"· --- ---- __ ,. __ ------·-·---···--·· .. ---* . - Good luck. *

,(f: •"!f . .f - --- --- ·-----.---- --·----·-.--ANDY •:·· __ ···---------------··--·

1f Congratulatijns -~ Rock; ya wanna

It's a solid joint_.

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· PAULIE C'mon, let's get d~unk •

Wait a minute -- I wanna talk to to the bridegroom, here -- C'mere, Rock -- (to Adrian) •- Ya look beautiful, Kid over ' here, Rock.

ROCKY STEPS TO THE SIDE WITH GAZZO •••

PAUtIE MOVES OVER TO ADRIAN.

PAULIE '· -. ··-·-·---- -·----·- ----- 'Bout an hour ago.

This weddin' was nice -- So, let's

'Bout th..ir.ty-seven grand.

Hey, I just•got married here.

, .GAZZO Yeah, condominiums?

ROCKY LOOKS AR0UNO 'TO SEE IF ANYBODY IS l1STENING.

.. · ROCKY (quietly) I hever use them.·

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IT IS AFTER THE WEDDING -- ROCKY AND ADRIAN MOVE AROUND THE CORNER. THEY ARE STILL DRESSED IN THEIR WEDDING CLOTHES.

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••• ON THE CORNER ARE THE STREET SINGERS. THEY DRINK WINE ANO HARMONIZE. .

· .ROCKY ROUNDS THE CORNER WITH ADRIAN IN HIS ARMS.

· ROCKY Them, they're like the neighborhood's jukebox -- Singin' all the time I never knew ya was so light.

ADRIAN

-.- . -~---···-···-··-- --No yer don't -- -Do -you?- -----\---:--·----- --~-------- ;.,,

ROCKY

:.;:-~:'4.::-::: ..an' by the end of. the night ·1 was

burnin' up!

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THEY CLIMB THE STEPS TO HIS BOARDING HOUSE.

Yeah,. three sweaters -- This is the best girl in Philly.

ROCKY

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ROCKY AND ADRIAN ENTER AND CLIMB THE STAIRS.

-..' ADRIAN

I How d ya· know?

i ..,. -.· ADRIAN :;;7 ,

ADRIAN UNLOCKS THE DOOR AND THEY ENTER.·

-~ ROCKY AND ADRIAN ENTER AND HE SETS HER DOWN AND LOCKS

THE DIMLY LIT ROOM. BUTKUS THE DOG IS ON THE BED.

;•:.:.'.. .-···· Here, w~ are -- safe an' sound.~. ~t;;. -.·-:-_. ----,.,-.. ·. '·.· . -----·---·-·-- ... Yo,··Butkus,·· find another seat,··· J~---

{the dog gets down)

~- .. --~~-· ------··•··- _,.___ ·•· ·-·:. (;:--.. ·--- -· - --~?: ~ ,:• - ROCKY STARES INTO HER EYES. ...,,_,:

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ROCKY KISSES HER ON THE LIPS LIGHTLY.

"ROCKY Me too.·

ADRIAN

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••• I hqpe nothing changes

..~/ ·t\..:: so much has happened. ~.:·- 1:f-···--------··---------· --- ------ --- -· -······ · - --~- · ·ROCKY· · -~1

I'm not changin' -- An' I sure

·,·. ain't ever changin' nothin' ~ ~ --·• -·--- ~ ···----·····--··-··about you. · --- ·------- --~ ·· ·-·-- ····-•·-·---·-···-· ·--··-

ADRIAN STILL IN HIS ARMS.

··.CONTINUED

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ROCKY GENTLY LOWERS HER ONTO THE BED.

ROCKY . -· ·--- - .. ... I lo.Ye. you.

T'HEY EMBRACE AND THE SCENE SLOWLY DARKENS.

APOLLO IS IN BED WITH HIS WIFE. SHE IS ASLEEP. APOLLO

IS RESTLESS AND FINALLY GETS UP AND GOES INTO ONE BATH-

ROCKY IS IN THE BEAUTIFULLY ORNATE RECEPTION ROOM ••• - l-\__ - HE STANDS BESIDE THE MAYOR. SEVERAL REPORTERS ARE ~--- PRESENT, LIKEWISE TWO MINI CAMERA UNITS. THERE ARE TWENTY OBSERVERS. i: J:;_·__ MAYOR

Rocky Balboa, the great cit~ of

•. Philadelphia is honored to bestow

I on one of its favorite sons this 1.fii:··~·-

plaque to serve as a reminder of

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one of the finest moments in sports,

:..-.

and a symbol of pride for e~ery

:.-. I~i- Philadelphian for years to come.

ROCKY STEPS FORWARD.

f: ROCKY

It's heavy•- Thank you, Mr·. Mayoi.

I ~- rr~( REPORTER ·

Roe ky ,- - now -··that ·you '·ve re t i·red , -------- ---""'- ~---- ---·- _: ------ ---- - what kind of work will you seek?

-· ·- ···--- ---- --·------ - ··ROCKY··--·---------···---·--- -- --------- ----·-··---· --- ------ ---·- Someth in I easy, y'know?

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ROCKY .· ·* I dunno Run for Mayor.

· .·· THE MAYOR LAUGHS, AND HE AND ROCKY SQUARE OFF FOR THE

CAMtRAS •

29 ..INT. HIGH SCHOOL .._ ·oAY 29

ROCKY IS ON STAGE AT A PHILAbELPHIA HIGH StHOOL. THE STUDENT.aODY IS PRESENT. ADRIAN SITS BESIDE HIM.

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South Pbiladelphia High School

;tt is proud to present you with an :.,+ •. ::1'i.. Honorary Diploma.· I ~L; -~:·:, .

EVERYONE APPLAUDS AND ROCKY RISES.

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ADRIAN OBJECTS WHEN ROCKY SLIPS A GOLD BRACELET ON HER

-~· •. HE REFUSES TO LET HER TAKE IT OFF ••• SHE SI,HS AND SMILES .• ~

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ROCKY AND ADRIAN ARE STANDING NEXT TO A BLACK PONTIAC TRANS AM ROCKY HAS JUST BOUGHT .•• THE SALESMAN SHAKES ROCKY'S HAND.

ROCKY, DRIVING LIKE A REAl NOVICE, JERKS THE CAR TO THE CURB ANO POINTS TO A NICE WOMAN'S COAT IN THE WINDOW, ALSO A MAN'S BLACK 'SILK JACKET WITH A TIGER ON -* THE BACK.~. ADRIAN SHAKES HER HEAD wNO" ... ROCKY PARKS THE CAR HALFWAf ON THE CURB, ALMOST HITS A.SOFT PRET- ZEL STAND. HE GUIDES ADRIAN INTO THE STORE.

ROCKY AND ADRIAN ARE AT SOUTH STREET JEWELRY STORE.

Yo, .now one I· ·.-."',.·:.·..... . ADRIAN w~_: ~sh o ul d_ :~uy:· later:;·"·-

problem •. :.·:;~ : ·· ;;~.:.}.-'-~:::>\- .. '.::':\:/j_;(_.,: -,

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'.fflE-~RJ.L·ANO ·P;OlNTS-::::lO>A\·\fi"lCE. -WOMAN •·s:~-coAt/t:N-::tfft':.:

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ROCKY, IN HIS CAR, DRIVES ADRIAN AND A REAl.ESTATE

,AGENT DOWN A SOUTH PHILLY STREET LINED WITH ROW HOUSES

..• IT IS A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD ••. THE CAR BUCKS TO A HALT ANO ROCKY LEAVES IT FIVE FEET FROM THE CURB AND GETS OUT.

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TWO GIRLS IN THE B.G. COME FORWARD.

ROCKY POINTS TO A CORNER.

I I. I ADRIAN

(smiles) What're the taxes a year?

ROCKY

Y'know ;;._· I like it, Adrian. I know a great deal when I see one.

ROCKY AND ADRIAN MOVE TO THE SIDE.

ADRIAN

e>· Are you sure? •, ... .,..

THE AGENT LEAVES AND ROCKY DRAWS ADRIAN ASIDE AND SPEAKS SOFTLY.

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ADRIAN

"ADRIAN TOUCHES ROCKY'S FACE AND KISSES HIM FULLY AS

THE SCE~E FADES.

TH£ CHAMP IS SWEATING PROFUSELY AS HE PUNCHES THE HEAVY BAG •.

APOLLO REFUSES TO STOP POUNDING AND THE SCENE FADES.

ROCKY STANDS IN THE HALLWAY OF A MEDICAL BUILDING. A SIGN ON THE OFFICE READS "DR. B0RSARA - GYNECOLOGY." ADRIAN STEPS OUT.

· ROCKY Yes?

ADRIAN

4.0 INT. STUDIO - STAGE - DAY 40

ROCKY IS HAVING MAKE-UP APPLIED BY AN EFFEMINATE MAKE- UP MAN ••• THE TALENT AGENTS STAND T-0 THE SIDE ••. DISCO MUSIC RISES FROM THE MAKE-UP MAN'S CASSETTE REC0RDE~ ... ROCKY STARES AT HIS FACE IN THE LARGE MIRROR SURROUNDED BY LIGHT BULBS .•• ADRIAN IS THERE AND FOUR MONTHS PRtG~ NANT. ROCKY IS DRESSED AS A CAVEMAN IN A TIGER-SKIN, * ACROSS.THE CHEST BATHING SUIT. *

~---·---" -------------------.. ·couple months to get you here,--- ·-·-------- ---- ·- ------ -- ·· · · · but the sponsors wanted to make

sure all the swelling was gone.

·-· ...

· ROCKY Sure.

... CONTINUED

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_. . ROCKY How do I 1ook?

ADRIAN

PICKS UP HIS CLUB. ROCKY CROSSES TO THE GLARIN~ * LIGHTS ••. *

·ROCKY (smiles) ••• Be honest, I look stupid.

THE CAMERA IS READY •. ~ THE DIRECTOR, A THIN~ SHORT MAN WITH A BEARD, KEENLY OBSERVES THE PERFORMANCE •.• TWO ·* GIRLS IN JUNGLE QUEEN OUTFITS GO OVER TO THE SET, *

· ·······-: -·-~·· - · CAMERAMAN · · -----. -- · -···· ·· · ---- ·----------·-·· · Ro 11 i ng •

·<.;;:\ ... Speed here.

ROCKY READS FROM LARGE CUE CARDS.

' ROCKY (stilted) Go now? Okay -- In the m-0rning I-splash-it-on-an'it-does- smell-mainl,:t ••.

0 .. (smiles) ·.• I mean, d'ya think this stuff smells '.,.

like a man -- I.would say no.

ROCKY LOOKS PAINFULLY EMBARRASSED. HE SMILES AT ADRIAN WHO SMILES BACK. ROCKY COVERS HIS RIGHT EYE AND LOOKS AT THE CUE CARD. IT IS BADLY BLURRED.

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41 CONTINUED- 2 41

CAMERAMAN

SOUND MAN

The whole morning s a bust.

ROCKY STANDS AND PR£PARES TO TRAVEL TO THE DRESSING ROOM.

( .·

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APOLLO CREED IS SHADOW aOXING IN FRONT OF A STAINED

·MIRROR. HIS EYES ARE INTENT. HIS BODY SHINES FROM

CASCADING SWEAT. THERE IS A PICTURE -Of ROCKY FROM A NEWSPAPER STUCK TO THE MIRROR •

ROCKY IS ONCE AGAIN UNDER THE LIGKTS, ONLY THIS TIME HE IS DRESSED AS A BOXER ... THE MAKE-UP IS HIDEOUS AND RESEMBLES ROCKY AFTtR HE HAD RECEIVED THE BEATING BY. APOLL-0 CREED. BEHIND HIM IS A BACKDROP OF FIGHT FANS AND ROPES. ADRIAN STANDS AT HIS SIDE.

THE MAKE-UP MAN STEPS UP AND SPRAYS ROCKY WITH A MIST

WHICH RESEMBLES HEAVY SWEATING ... ROCKY LOOKS PATHE- TICALLY DOWN.

DIRECTOR , Try to get it right -- Action!

A YOUNG BESPECTACLED MAN HOLDS UP A STACK OF PRINTED CUE CARDS. -

(reading) Hi -- My-name-is-Rocky-Balboa-the- Italian-Stallion-I-am-the-American Ore.am-but-not ... (pauses) Can_I do it over please?

ROCKY LOOKS MORE EMBARRASSED FOR ADRIAN THAN HIMSELF ..•

THE MAKE-UP MAN WETS HIM DOWN.

SEVERAL OF THE NEARBY WORKERS, THE SOUND MAN, A GRIP, AND SCRIPT GIRL APPEAR TO BE FEELING VERY SORRY FOR

ROCKY STOPS ANO FACES THE DIRECTOR.

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ROCKY PULLS OFF SOME OF THE THICK BOXING MAKEUP, WALKS OVER TO THE DIRECTOR AND CALMLY TAKES HIS ARM.

· ROCXY POURS lT ON THE DIRECTOR'S HEAD ... THE DIRECTOR IS OUTRAGED AND ROCKY TURNS TO ADRIAN.

ROCKY AND ADRIAN LEAVE.

APOLLO'S WIFE IS DOWNSTAIRS AND CROSSING INTO THE LIV- ING ROOM .•. HIS TWO YOUNG CHILDREN RUN PAST. · APOLLO COMES OUT OF THE BEDROOM, LOOKS DOWN OVER THE BALCONY AND CALLS TO HIS WI FE. .

( the fight was fixed •••

(MORE)

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yo urs e l f'... • • • •

MARYANNE * Wouldn't you like to play with your * children instead of reading hate * mail? *

APOLLO * (reading) * 'How much did you get to carry the bum for fifteen rounds You're a disgrace!'

MARYANNE * Why can't you ignore it?

have more than we'll ever need?

APOLLO JUST HEAVES THE LETTERS AGAINST A CHANDELIER AND GOES INTO HIS ROOM AND SLAMS THE DOOR.

, 45 ROCKY'S STREET - DAY 45

ROCKY IS OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE PLAYING STICKBALL WITH TEN NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS. ROCKY HAS A BROOMSTICK IN HIS HAND ANO LOOXS HAPPY ... A YOUNG BOY NAMED BILLY PITCHES ... ROCKY SWIKGS AND MISS£$.

ROCKY * Let me get ya in focus. *

ROCKY COVERS ONE EYE AND IT IS BLURRED. HE CLOS£S THAT EYE ANO SMILES.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 37A

ROCKY LEANS BACK AND SMACKS THE BALL FAR. ROCKY ROUNDS THE BASES ANO TEASES BILLY AN~ HIS TEAM. THEY TEASE ··BACK.

ROCKY AND ADRIAN ARE SITTING ON THE BACK STEPS OF THEIR

··HOUSE. ROCKY IS READING A PAPERBACK BOOK. ADRIAN FANS.

HERSELF. A BULB OVER THE DOOR IS THE READING LAMP. BUTKUS IS THERE.

ADRIAN • Good.

Ht KISSES HER.

ROCKY IS BEING INTERVIEWED BY A CHUBBY, STUBBY MAN IN HIS THIRTIES WHO APPEARS TO HAVE NOT SEEN THE JUN IN YEARS.

ROCKY SITS STIFFLY IN HIS NEW SUIT~

see if I can make a 1•ivtn sittin' down.

ROCKY STANDS AND SO DOES THE INTERVIEWER.

ROCKY GIVES A MILD SMILE ANO LEAVES.

THE CHAMPION IS SPARRING WITH ANOTHER LARGE FIGHTER. APOLLO MOVES WITH INCREDIBLE INTENSITY AS HE BANGS AWAY.

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~' \___ ' \?:;~~L,.s.:::·t,:.. :~ROCKY STANDS ~AND SHAKES HANDS WITH A THIN MAN BEHIND It.- _:· __ >·::{;~;\t:t._:.-:_:,;;:;;;•i)-··oEs-1< ••• <RocKv wEARs Hrs suir AND HASO:VER--GRooMED ~~ · ·• ·:,,~;:-;1::··.:t ·c· • ..HI MS ELF. . ·. · . . ·. ..•· .. ··

-- ··--;t~iltt;~n m; s Af SE~~~A~ ·:::::t~:::::~:A::TERV IEWS.

____ . _·_· ·_ '.::_:)t:itf;(_:.t~:~ ~OOK Al ~;~f:}~D_. COMMENT A~~NG THEMSELVES. ··-·--·---·-··---·{·.:·•.·.···_._.:,.~ ·.· . ···":'·.. :..-._;_.:,.,.~-~ -· .. ········- ·--------•··--:·--· ---_·--··.~-- ... --··-.::--".· . ·-· ···----------·--

-F::_ . ·:,~;+-?,.;;..~·:.;:?-:-- :(REED IS 'STILL SPARRING, HIS INTENSITY-aIS BUILDING.

It.:. ,, . ;;:~i¥i!I:\} _- . . -::~:::·- ·:· .:· ·--, ·' . ----·- :::- ; -• . --::/{~:;'51 -~'.\_>INT. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE - ·DUSK .51 ·t·c:::>J'::-<·;_.:s:11]:!~\:::t./ ·\· ·- · -r:X< :•a:: ·· · _:'<-·.·· '. ·.. · ·· ,. - ·, ;:: __ :··,. ,,:,;if/::'.'i.:.:~:::. .:.....ROCKY NOW. __ strs.- IN A. QJJALIT.Y. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE ••• HE IS ~+~i.:.. 7~-..~: :.•-·.~~~:~~-~;~{~·.. ···~:/;:-.::·;_:.-r.ENS.E AND ...EMOTIONALL y D·EPLETED • ... A MAN ·w·1TH GJtE·Y. H.AI'R' ...... ,. ·- .. -

-~i~if l~;~{ t;:s.~.~.~:tr;~sa1 ~O~- :~. ~~~A~!~e~-~~N le• --~··•= ~,-c.···

-i[]?{}lii;E'.;.;;~s- - -·_;{g!~1im;~u n~h~~: ;:~~~t~~" !o~-;- __ · ,.. ,. :'·~;:•:•~: :.;:--.· _:::;'content in a good paying menial ..-,-:_:,.,. }·<: -·. ::·' · ··· :·labor job?. . . ··• · · ·· ·· · · - ·. · ··· - · ·· ·• - - -

,J;zi~iS-f~tk1S ;,, - ·.____ ·• _: 51.,:i;~ •know,\/~~ K~ uy~ •· ~~ u1~:i ok··•· •·; ··•-. ·•· ·····, .... :f . ; ~':::'---<·>.·- :. ·•::-:::.-:-.f·.·~::_; ·:~.. _ · ..:;~asf the outside, you'd see th·ere . ·: · · . ~-- · -· · · .-.. :._- · . · ·

· ... ·-' ·-.\.. ···,

{~\l'POtLO. HAS:> NQW: SET THE. SPARRING PARTNER :,up AND .UNLEASH· .· \::::. . ... -,,.,'ff.FE:S A vrcrous··coMBlNATION :THAT.DROPS THE/.MAN COLO.:~"';.:c:_··•-:·,:·.·'.~~ " ;;~;:\:,c~'POLLO_'JUS;r::S.TARES AT.THE .. MAN WHILElUS:MIND RACES.~:-.·_-.•::·: - ~-"T:_:

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I; • ROCKY I I .,. Rev. 9/20/78 41

53 CONTINUED I• ,.~,·-:,/

SALESLADY

'. - I Do you have any preference in

:.; .: ~~..,'.~~:~<:- -. .

1 .. · .._ I,;;;-', ••«·l . . --ADRI-AN-----------~--~·-··•""

Roe ky 1 i kes· b 1a ck. · -- '. ::,:/.::: :·~·;:;·-.-.::">-:.: SALESLADY . ;/' _, (stunned) · ~;. ··:_:>· ••• Black baby furn1~ure?

ROCKY HAS A WORRIED LOOK IN HIS EVES.

:·.OMITTED.

,:.~;.-.:·.~ -fOREMAN Hey ,' that J. s .- all I· got - -an• ~e•re cuttin' back, ~oo, so, . Rocky, if ya wanna work,1 t' l l. be.week to week, y'know.

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n'.7/ \ ROCKY

When do I start?

ROCKY STARTS TO FOLLOW THE FOREMAN.

A LARGE TRUCK IS BACKED UP TO THE LOADING DOCK AND A GROUP OF MEN CLAD IN WHITE JACKETS ARE LUGGING SIDES OF BEEF OFF THE TRUCK AND PLACING THEM ON SUSPENDED HOOKS.

A YOUNG MAN HAULING MEAT MIMES LIKE HE IS HITTING A SIDE OF BEEF.

YOUNG LUGiER (YOUNG MAN) Rock ... like old friends ain't they?

i :

THE YOUNG LUGGER AND SEVERAL OTHER MEN LAUGH AND ~HE WORK CONTINUES.

ROCKY DRIVES HOME AND SLOPPILY PARKS AND HITS A TRASH CAN ... ADRIAN STEPS OUTSIDE.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/7/78 44 *

ROCKY GETS OUT OF THE CAR. HE PULLS OUT TWO HUGE BEEF

·THIGH BONES.

ADRIAN

What's that?

THE OOG COMES OUT AND ROCKY HANDS HIM A BONE ... ROCKY- WALKS TO THE HOUSE WITH ADRIAN.

ft~~:: ·..;-...,, ADRIAN ·:!r::·i-:-... ,··.. ". How'd your day go? ?~-~ ~jr:-:.·. ~~:::.·· ROCKY

Well, I lugged beef scraped marrow an' hauled fat trims But it's not as excitin' as it sounds!

ROCKY IS SEEN LUGGING MORE BEEF. THE WORK IS BACK- BREAKING. AND MONOTONOUS ... AS ROCKY WALKS BACK TO CARRY ANOTHER LOAD, HE UNCONSCIOUSLY JABS AT A HANG- ING BEEF. HE LOOKS AT GOLD WATCH ON HIS WRIST AND MOVES ON.

ROCKY TALKS TO AN OLD PAWNBROKER. ROCKY HOLDS HIS GOLD WATCH.

.. -.....:..- ROCKY -·- .... -····--· -··· ···---······---··-··· - .

It cost ~lmost five-thousand.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/7/78 44A

Come back soon, I like your * business.· *

ROCKY * Yeah, I'm real shrewd. *

ROCKY AND ADRIAN DRIVE UP TO A MATERNITY SHOP. THE CAR JERKS TO A STOP .•. HE IS EATING AN ORANGE.

ROCKY OPENS THE DOOR FOR ADRIAN.

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60 CONTINU·ED 60

IT IS LATE EVENING AND ROCKY IS SCRAPING DOWN THE MAIN FREEZER ROOM ..• HE IS THE ONLY ONE THERE AND IS DWARFED BY THE SPACE AROUND HIM ... HE SHOVELS MEAT WASTE, AND EVERY NOW AND THEN, SHADOW BOXES FOR A· BRIEF MOMENT •..

HE COUGHS, THEN MOVES ON.

THE CAR COMES TO A HALT, THE RADIO IS BLARING. ROCKY GETS OUT CARRYING A COUPLE MORE LARGE BONES FOR THE DOG ..• CATCHING A COLD, HE COUGHS AND LOCKS THE CAR

·,.. DOOR. HE IS EXHAUSTED. ' \ \. ,·) ............ ADRIAN LOOKS DOWN FROM THE BEDROOM WINDOW .

ROCKY ARRIVES AT THE DOOR AND ADRIAN OPENS IT.

ROCKY ANO ADRIAN START TO MOVE INTO THE HOUSE. THEIR VOICES TRAIL OFF.

ROCKY STRAINS AS ~E LUGS BEEF AND PLACES THE MEAT ON

~ HOOKS ... u~··- \...........,....THE FOREMAN WALKS UP TO HIM.

ROCKY II - Rev. 10/25/78 47 *

~OCKY STARES AT THE FOREMAN LEAVING AND PUNCHES THE MEAT.

ROCKY ANO ADRIAN SIT IN .THE CENTER ROW. THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY TWENTY COUPLES.

ROCKY

rAc Y'know ... I w.as canned today.

··......... ...

THE TEiCHER SAYS "SSSHHHH" AND ROCKY TURNS AROUND ..• PEOPLE ARE NOW GETTING VERY ANNOYED. (

ROCKY

{CONTINUED)

RO CKY I I - Rev . 10/ 25/ 78 48

-· · ROCKY No, he 'recommended' I don't fight -- I 'recommend' I do, y'know.

TEACHER * Quiet please. *

ROCKY II - Rev. 10/25/78 49-50

TEACHER * Why don't you both step outside * and discuss it. *

ROCKY TURNS TO THE ANGRY C~ASS.

ROCKY LOOKS SULLEN AND ADRIAN TAKES HIS HAND.

APOLLO rs WATCHING A TAPE OF HIS FIGHT WITH ROCKY ON HIS VIDEO TAPE MACHINE .. AT A CERTAIN POINT HE FREEZE FRAMES THE FIGHT, TAKES NOTES, THEN SWITCHES THE FIGHT BACK ON.

ADRIAN ENTERS THE PET SHOP •.. THE OWNER TURNS AROUND.

You look so different -- what is it. The hair -- the eyes?

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 51

ADRIAN

~-. rt:;:

ROCKY IS SITTING IN THE BATHTUB - HE HAS A GREAT DEAL * ON HIS MINO ••• BUTKUS THE DOG IS ALSO IN THE TUB WITH * WITH HIM. •

r \. ROCKY

••• Y'know, the problem the way

.. y'know, if I want, but do I wanna -- Do I wanna do somethin' I know, ain't gonna be ha~py ~oin' -- ya know what I mean -- Plus we·need money now -- Dogs don't wanna hear

ROCKY PULLS THE PLUG.

ROCKY AND BUTKUS WALK ALONG.

ROCKY

gotta do some things ya just cut -out to.do, like ya speciality ts ·._ barkin' -- Right? Ya.a great · barker ••• it would be hard for ·you to learn how to meow ◄ cause : it .~on't come natural --,'.you· : gotta be riatura1 with yaself, · -· y'know... ·

t·

I,_ i~~ ROCKY IS LAYING WITH BUTKUS ALONG JHE RIVtR. HE USES

----~~-~euTKUS FOR·A PILL-OW. ,_,. -···-- ·-- ------ ...... If!~

~;ff-· i/. ~:};.( _je. '':?:~

::;~;

RQCKY II~ Rev. 8/2i/78 52-53 I ,

' . have this proble~~~- but when

ia ~ive_y~ word, Butkus, that's it. I tan understand she's, she don't want me gettin' my head broke -- but I like boxin', so wh~tta I suppose to do -- ya words', ya word ••• you, Butkus, ya a smart dog, ya got any answers?

ROCKY AND BUTKUS STAND AT THE BOTTOM LOOKING UP. .,,

71A 7lA*

71AA ~XT. MICKEY'S GYM 71AA*

ROCKY IS WITH BUTKUS .... ROCKY UNLOCKS THE DOOR AND

ENTERS. - ' *

, ~1i · 72. INt. GYM STAIRWAY~ NIGHT 72 .. ,:· rZ.-~-

ROCKY AND BUTKUS ARE ASCENDING THE STAIRS W~EN SUDDENLY A PIPE SMAS~ES AGAINST THE WALL AT THE TOP ~F THE

';f ·\,J• SiAIRCASE. ·*~· ' i?t:~-> MICKEY

{roaring} . Who the hell is it?!

___ . -~~~F-"ff :-·. BA~EBALL·· BAT. -· · · ·_ --- ·--- -- ·· -- ·- - --- --- --------------- -------

MICKEY

'(/ •, . \ .: Rocky? I don't remember givin' :: J

_you a key -- Come up here, Rock.

CONTtNUEO

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/7/78 54

72 CONTINUE.D 72

~OCKY STEPS OUT OF THE DARKNESS.

,....-,,~;. .

'I 'f'M·,. ; •

()

·ROCKY Mick, I done you a favor last time, how 'bout doin' me one, this time.

(J I_

MICKEY MOVES CLOSER TO ROCKY .•. HE HOLDS HIS EXTENDED INDEX FINGER AT THE SIDE OF ROCKY'S LEFT EYE.

MICKEY MOVES IT FORWARD AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ROCKY SEES IT.

MICKEY HOLDS HIS FINGER NEXT TO ROCKY'S RIGHT EYE AND MOVES IT FORWARD. HE KEEPS MOVING UNTIL IT'S TWICE AS FAR FORWARD AS THE OTHER EYE ... HE CONTINUES TO MOVE HIS FINGER UNTIL IT IS ALMOST IN FRONT OF ROCKY'S FACE.

Y~ah? -- Maybe it s you who ain't got it no more!

MICKEY HOLDS A FINGER IN FRONT OF HIS OWN N-OSE. HE THEN SLAPS THE RIGHT SIDE OF ROCKY'S FACE.

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ROCKY 11 - Rev. 9/22/78 57

MlCKEY' (w-tt h S,Yll'IP~ thy)

from a se-vent·y ... r,tne-year ... ol d pug.,. W1)at d i_ya thi;nk a, __~hamp :~·~u1_d___ ~o ! ktd?

Kurt you bad. ·

· ·ROCKY'. · t'm qualtfied ... f·just wanna be around tt, Mtck, ·

MI'CKEY· •.• Come f;y tomorrow.

.. --- ····--··

: : 73 OMI'TTED

---~ ... , .. A-POLLO __ .CREED t$ S?TT!NG BEHIND HIS Q_ESK SURROUNDE:D j3Y ·.. THREE 'BUSfNESS 'ASSOCIATES· •. .'= - · ·<·. ·· . .: ._.. /:·•: ·. ->•-·-·.•~~•-a••~-·, . - ...-........ -,.. ~"-•~ - ·--•· . ··coNT:•;;hi:~ .::<:::-

...··• .. ·.... • i;ltl

-· --·- . ·-·-·- ,_# ·• ·-····~-;,

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 58

THE OFFICE IS TASTEFULLY DECORATED ..• A THIN SHAFT OF AFTERNOON LIGHT ANGLES ACROSS CREED'S EXPENSIVE DESK. ~HE WALLS AND SHELVES ARE COVERED WITH TONS OF TROPH·I ES:

else, but since I'm going to * be promoting this fight myself, I * want more pressure put on for a * rematch.

LAWY~R #1 * We're trying, but we haven't received any response. *

LAWYER #2 * To be honest, I think we ought to put our energies elsewhere.

TRAINER * If we can get the same price for * ~he top two contenders, why .go * after Bal boa? . *

APOLLO MOTIONS TO SACKS OF MAIL PROPPED IN A CORNER.

TRAINER * Apoll_o, d'you want to hear the * truth? The truth is last time he * was damn lucky, but now he's *

finished. He s been sittin' idle * for almost six months an' any good * trainer would pass him over -- * this time you'd beat him so bad * th~ press would tear you up for * whippin' a has-been -- I say we go * after some new meat an' forget this * bum. *

---

ROCKY II• Rev. 8/21/78 59 *

• him like nobody I ever seen

beat an' he kept comin' -- we don't need this man in our life.

P.R. MAN * You're aware if you use this

•

humiliation tactic ♦ you're setting yourself up as ·the bad guy.

THE TRAINER JUST SHAKES HIS HEAD . *

THE GYM IS FILLED WITH NEARLY FIFTY FIGHTERS OF AS- SORTED WEIGHTS AND RACES ...

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 59A

THE OVERALL POUNDING OF BAGS AND RHYTHMIC SKIPPING OF ROPES BRINGS TO MIND A CONDUCTORLESS SYMPHONY ••• SEVERAL FIGHTERS ARE GLANCING AT A NEWSPAPER, THEN

•.LOOK I NG AT ROCKY.

ROCKY IS NEARBY AND HOLDING THE HEAVY BAG FOR A YOUNG MIDDLEWEIGHT.... --··· - - -····· -- ..... --

MICKEY IS WORKING WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT ON ANOTHER HEAVY

· BAG ••• MIKE, HIS ASSISTANT, STANDS BEHIND HIM HOLDING *

THE LIGHTWEIGHT FAILS TO DELIVER THE DESIRED SNARL ... MICKEY FROWNS.

... • R.OCKY Sure.

ROCKY HITS THE BAG AND SNARLS MEANLY.

...,,..._------------·-··-·--..,---411 ke, ---ya --bett-er-:empty them -buckets------·--·-------------- -- *-- - ...

around the ring -- they' re spi 11 i_n' o.ver.

r. got .'em, Rock. *

· -ROCKY l' l1 do.it.

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ROCKY II - Rev. 9/22/78 60 *

75 CONTINUED

Mike 11 do it.

·. MICKEY ANO MIKE EYE EACH OTHER AND WATCH ROCKY WALK ·'AWAY.

ROCKY GOES OVER TO THE RING AND PREPARES TO TAKE HOLD OF A BUCKET FULL OF SPIT WHEN A LARGE HEAVYWEIGHT, - TURNS TO fUM. ·

HEAVY·w·E I GHT Hey, wait a minute! .. - ·-•.- :

KE SP!TS DOWN I:-NTO THE BUCKET, Tl:lEN HE AND HlS GIVE. 'ROCKY· ~ VERY· CONDE SC END I NG EXPRESS ION.·

ROCKY TURNS AND BUMPS fNTO T~£ HEAVYWEIGHT'S

A GROUP OF FIGHTERS LAUGH AT THE SITUATION. ROC.KY '.{:t - L.OOKS AROUND AND SEES MANY FIGHTERS ARE STARING AT HIM·. ROCKY LOWERS HIS EYES AND TAKES THE BUCKET AWAY ..... ~.;//':. MI'CKEY LOOKS AFTER.. .i7[t

·-:- ~ ~

75A ·· I'NT. _STAIRNAY ·NIGHT .... :··· _.. <..~ :.. :-.:;~;·:Jf:r1i~ 75A .

ROCKY STEPS OUT OF THE GYM •• --. GAZiO Is L-EAN..I NG)GAfi~'sr\ Ttf E N'ALL. i': >

Hey,, Rock. , ,. ·, r ":!~; .'·..

--------~-----'"-----ROC1C"Y ·-----·-------:: . - ........

Yo, Tony. Hov ya doin'? ..;~- .. _. .. ;· .. _:.: '·.-::~~- .

·--. ..... ·,•.... .. ' -

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ROCKY 11 - R~v. 9/22/78 61

75A CONT fNUE:D: 75A

_ . GAZZO Kow yeu dotn'? ...... Hear ya wt,rkin• tn th.ts pl ace .,._ .. W1tatta dotn', huh ~~ let's·hear tt~ _ -

::~' ' . ------------- ----R o·c-i<·r ------------ ··· -- ---- -- -·-------------- --------------- (!ii • ,j,,·~- Mak tn •··some money __; Cleantn• up • ~~,~· j}~.--. ,• i~-~~· :~~ ,· GAZZO

c•mon, you atn't no janttor. tou're·a standup guy •. You come and work for me. You're Italian. You dontt need ihts kind of work. -- •-· ,.. .. -·_ROCKY· Collecttn'?

wtiatta ya lfke-6ein 1 ··a jani·tor, fiuh.-·-- Forget these straight jobs. Ya need to be outside. ·

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ROCKY II~ Rev. 9/5/78 .61A

ROCKY * Tony, I can't do it no more -- * .·. I appreciate the offer. Hey,

·I gotta go.

ROCKY MOVES ACROSS THE STR.EET. *

ADRIAN IS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING A FISHTANK WHEN THE DOOR OPENS AND ROCKY ENTERS.

· ROCKY (broadly) How is everybody in the clubhouse tonight?

ROCKY

Everythin's great, y'know, need some help?

ROCKY COMES OVER AND AIDS HER WITH A POT OF WATER.

ROCKY

Yeah -- Hey, I found this joke

book.

ROCKY TAKES A PAP.ERBACK OUT OF HIS REAR POCKET, "THE WORLD'S WORST JOKES."

ROCKY 11 - Rev. 9/22/78 61B

ROCKY' AND ADRtAN STEP OUT OF THE PET SHQP, •• ACROSS THE

- ·. STREET SEVERAL GUY'~ S'TEP OUT OF GY,M. · * ·

F.!GHTER * (yells} Hey, tou clean.good, man. *

ROCKY· Uow-l

w-i:tt'I so-mecody. C'mon.

THEY MOVE AWAY·.

, ....

V ·····-··

,

ROCKY II - Rev. 9/5/78 618 *

ROCKY ANO ADRIAN STEP OUT OF THE PET SHOP .•• ACROSS TH.E STREET. CH INK IS GETT I NG INTO. A BATTERED FO RO WI TH ·SEVERAL GUYS. HE SEES ROCKY.

77 OMITTED 77 * & & 78 78 *

· .JHEY ENTER. ROCKY BENDS OVER AND PICKS UP HALF A

DOZEN TELEGRAMS FROM APOLLO CREED .•• ADRIAN TAKES THEM.

ROCKY ~ {reading one) 'Roses are red, * Violets are blue,

I can't wait ta * Really smash you,

Love, Apo 11 o. ' * He's spendin' a fortune. on insults~

ROCKY STEPS INTO THE LIVING ROOM .•. THE LIVING ROOM IS PATHETICALLY BARE. THE. TELEVISION SITS ON A CRATE. A

-'~·-'•,,...., . ·-

SIMPLE LAMP SITS ON A SECOND CRATE. THE ROOM ITSELF

~ .. ,.,.,.. IS ONLY HALF PAINTED AND A PAIR Of ALUMINUM KITCHEN

CHAIRS ARE STATIONED IN FRONT OF THE TELEVISION ... ·THE TURTLE BOWL SITS ON A CRATE ... THERE ARE MANY HUGE DOG BONES EVERYWHERE.

ROCKY HEARS .A 'KNOCK AND OPENS THE· DOOR.

ROCKY IS HANDED A LETTER BY AN OBNOXIOUS LOOKING YOUNG :1fil!.

THE SERVER RUNS AWAY ..

ROCKY ll - Rev. 8/2i/78 63

: ADRIAN COMES OVER AND LOOKS AT ROCKY STANDING IN THE

_ST~EET. ' ADRIAN Rocky, what're you doin' out here?

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/7/78 64

ROCKY STARTS TO WALK INSIDE. ADRIAN PUTS HER ARM AROUND HIM AND THEY ENTER TOGETHER.

BOA INT. BANK - DAY BOA

ROCKY COMES TO THE VICE-PRESIDENT'S DESK ANO SITS .•. THE VICE-PRESIDENT IS A STIFF LOOKING MIDDLE-AGED MAN.

ROCKY * Does that mean, ah, ya just kickin' * us out. *

BANKER * That's not exactly so -- we simply * reclaim the house. *

ROCKY * Without us in it. *

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/7/78 64A *

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ROCKY II - Rev. 9/22/78 65

0 80A CONTINUED· (21 BOA

ROCKY· No, you calm down!

' BANKER Please, Mr. Balooa -- you're dfstur6tng business.

EX lTS.

THE GYM IS THROSBING WITH LIFE AS USUAL •..

AT THE MOMENT ROCKY ENTERS. SEVERAL FIGHTERS ARE LOOK- ING AT A NEWSPAPER ... THEY COlOLY EYE ROCKY. ROCKY CROSSES TO ANOTHER FIGHTER WHO HAS A PAPER.

FIGHTER * Where's ya heart?

WALKS AWAY. ROCKY LOOKS AT THE PAPER AND SEES ft. '-P'.L * PAGE AD OF APOLLO CREED PLUCKING A CARTOON DRAWING OF A

• CHI'CKEN WITH ROCKY'S HEAD ATTACHED ...

ROCKY I I Rev. 9/22/78 65A

- *

(). 81 CONTI-NU ED 81

-: liE LOOKS AT TW.-0 FIGHTERS WHO TURN AW-/1,Y lN DISGUST, •.

MICKEY· COMES OVER. JOH"NNY' 1$ W'I:TH HIM.

MlCKEY- I dunn·o w-hat the hell Creed ts dotn'?

~OCKY· f thi'nk ? tm gtvi•n' the gym a bad name.

MICKEY· Tliese guys· don~t ltke ya 1i ke tf\ ;_- s. But w-hat the hell do they know·.

LAUGHS. ROCKY· TR t ES TO MAKE LIGHT OF THE SITUATION AND STRUTS TOWARDS THE LOCKER ROOM ... HE LOOKS AT A COUPLE OF FIGHTERS W'HO ARE LOOKING AT THE PAPER.

~ ROCKY ·•.,_,-.·· 1

Funny, atn t tt.

81A !'NT. LOCKER RQOM 81A

ROCKY ENTERS THE LOCKER ROOM •.. A FlGHTER SEES HLM AND STARTS OUT s·LOWL Y. . . ROCKY LOOKS AT THE. NEl>ISPAPER IN HIS HAND AND ANGRILY· THRQW·s· IT AGAINST THE WALL. .. HE LE'AVES. A SECOND LATER flE RETURNS, PICKS UP THE SCAT- TERED NEWSPAPER AND PUTS IT lN THE TRASH CAN.

thr·u thru

ROCKY IS WALKING HOME. HE PASSES SIX KIDS PLAYING TOUCH FOOTBALL.

THE KID PASSES ROCKY THE FOOTBALL. ROCKY CATCHES IT AND FLIPS IT BACK TO THIM.

ROCKY II - Rev. 9/22/78. 658

85 CONTlNUED 85

ROCKt SMILES AND ENTERS THE ROUSE.

86 ?NT~ ROCKf _S HOUSE~ Nt~HT 86

ROCKf ENT£RS THE HOUSE AND GOES TO TURTLE BOWL ... THE TELEV?SfON rs ON.

ROtKf ENTERS THE KITCHEN AND SEES ADRIAN COOKING.

ROCKY·

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 66

86 CONTINUED · 86

ADRlAN Are you hungry?

ADRIAN BENDg OVER TO CHECK THE OVEN~ SHE TENSES IN PAIN. ROCKY DOES NOT SEE IT.

ROCKY GOES TO THE COUCH. BUTKUS FOLLOWS.

ROCKY LOOKS AT THE TELEVISION AS APOLLO CREED COMES ON

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH AN ANNOUNCER.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 67-69

fellow named The Italian Scallion• -- But the man does not have the honor to meet me in the ring •..

here than meets the eye -- You ve been under heavy scrutiny since your split decision over Balboa, and in fact many, this reporter included, feel it was an even draw.

···- ..

; 87 INT. MICKEY S GYM - NIGHT ' .... ·

MICKEY LIES IN HIS DUMPY ROOM WATCHING THE SAME TELE- VISION BROADCAST.

that s what he was, lucky, cannot last five minutes with a superior athlete like me~ But he's hiding.

He won f face me.

I 88

ROCKY IS STILL WATCHING APOLLO'S RIDICULING.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 71

ROCKY WALKS AWAY AND GOES UPSTAIRS ••• ADRIAN FOLLOWS.

ROCKY SITS ON THE SIDE Of THE BED ••• THE ONLY ILLUMI- * NATION IS GIVEN OFF BY A SMALL TABLE LAMP. ADRIAN ENTERS AND GOES TO HIM. ·-··~ ..

ROCKY

: .,_.. /

Y'know, Adrian, I was thinkin' -- * I ain't suppose to do commercials, I ain't suppose to be in no meat house -- I think I'm s~ppose to * be a fighter. *

ROCKY * I know -- But I want you an' the * kid to have everythin' -- -not * nothin'. *

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 72

A KNOCK IS HEARD AT THE DOOR.

ROCKY WALKS TO THE FRONT DOOR AND PEERS OUT ••. MICKEY IS STARING AT HIM.

1,

ROCKY

THEY SHAKE HANDS, AND ADRIAN, IN A DISAPPOINTED FASHION, TURNS ANO WALKS FROM VIEW AS THE SCENE DISSOLVES.

ROCKY IS SEATED WITH APOLLO CREED AT A LONG TABLE SUR- ROUNOEO BY REPORTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND SEVERAL FILM CREWS ... MICKEY SITS BEHIND ROCKY, AND PAULIE OBSERVES FROM THE SIDE.

APOLLO'S TRAINER WIPES THE SWEAT FROM HIS HEAD AS APOLLO PUTS ON A SERIOUS SHOW. -•.

REPORTER #1

,....... i

Apollo -- Apollo -- has a site been chosen for the rematch?

ALL THE ROOM BEGINS TO BUZZ WITH EXCITEMENT.

ROCKY II •Rev. 7/24/78 74

REPORTER #4 (to Rocky)

~- \✓·•. Do you feel this time you have a ........... ·· chance against Apollo?

PAULIE

EVERYONE TURNS AND STARES AT PAULIE ... HE REMAINS RELAXED.

CONTINUED - 2 9.1

REPORTER #2 Rocky1 your pay for the fight is one mtllton dollars-~ what do you plan to do wtth the money?

ROCKY· (pulls out a list) Well, first I'm gonna pay the rent -- Then I wanna buy a couple hats, r thtnk a motorcycle, a couple quarts of purfame for Adrian, all the Muppets toys for the kids, y'know, Ernie Big Btrd, Burt an' the Frog Kermit, he's my favorite. r wanna get the church a. statue -- and a Snow Cone machine for Paulie. He likes Snow Cones.

REPORTER #1 Rocky, do you have anything derogatory to say about the Cf\arnpi•on?

APOLLO

••. Clown, does this look like a circus? ·

APOLLO LEANS CLOSE TO ROCKY'S EAR.

APOLLO EXITS AND ROCKY TURNS TO MICKEY.

ROCKY II - Rev. 9/22/78 75A

91A M?CKEY~S OFFICE 91A

-:MlCKEY· AND ROCKY' ARE WATCH.INS THE 8Mft1 FILM OF APOLLO

MICKEY See !\ow, s111ootft. he moves -.- see

how ne pumps that jab in to ya eye-~ ya got guts to go tn t~ere agatn, ktd~

ROCKY·

tHCKEY Y·a· style ts too easy to fi•gure out ... (MORE}

: . '•, ..· \ ~-.... v;: ',""'·

ROCKY II - Rev. 7/24/78. 76

91A CONTINUED 91A*

MICKEY STANDS UP AND STEPS IN FRONT OF THE PROJECTOR .. ~ IMAGES FLICKER ON HIS CHEST.

'~--- II . _,.,,•i

I can't ~hange styles.

No, "I can'ts." He ll beat ya uglier than ya are right now. We fight him right~handed until ya pound him down to o~r size -- an' when I tell ya, w~ gonna switch back to ya old southpaw style and flatten him -- but the first thing we gotta get is speed -- speed is what we need. C'mon.

MICKEY STANDS BY ROCKY. ROCKY LOOKS LACKLUSTER. HE IS WEARING HIS OLD SWEATSUIT. HE LOOKS AT A CHICKEN MICKEY IS HOlOING. *

I i(

ROCKY II - Rev. 7/24/78 77

MICKEY THROWS-THE CHICKEN ... ROCKY CHASES IT ALL OVER * BUT DOES NOT COME CLOSE.

93 I NT . CREE DI s GyM 93

TH£ CHAMPION IS IN THE PROCESS OF FLOO~ING ANOTHER SPARRING PARTNER ... THEY ALL RESEMBLE ROCKY IN APPEAR- * ANCE AND STY-LE.

ROCKY IS JABBING THE HEAVY BAG BADLY. ROCKY LACKS *

A CIGAR.

ROCKY II - Rev .• 7/24/78 78

till it hurts -- five hundred more times Get mad, get angry, get fast!

MICKEY * If ya do I'll chop it off. Now jab!

IN THE BACKGROUND CHINK·AND HIS FRIENDS LAUGH.

i i . THE CHAMPION .FLOORS HIS- THIRD SPARRING PARTNER ... HIS TRAINER LOOKS CONCERNED.

ROCKY IS HITTING THE SPEED BAG. ROCKY IS LACKLUSTER. MICKEY JUST SHAKES HIS HEAD.

CHINK BULLS ROCKY OUT OF THE WAY.

ROCKY JUST MOVES AWAY.

APOLLO IS GETTING POUNDED IN THE STOMACH WITH A MEDI- CINE BALL. HIS FACE GRIMACES WITH PAIN.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/7/78 78A

ROCKY IS JABBING THE TARGET GLOVES HELD BY AL SILVANI .•. MICKEY COAXES ROCKY ON ••• ROCKY IS NOT CONCENTRATING. JOHNNY IS ALSO PRESENT.

TAKES A TOWEL FROM JOHNNY. *

THE CHAMP IS POUNDING AWAY AT A REACTION BAG IN THE DESERTED GYM. HE IS ALONE. HE FLASHES BACK TO THE * FIGHT. HE FLOORS ROCKY, AND COMING BACK TO REALITY, HE * TURNS FROM THE SWINGING HEAVY BAG AND EXITS. *

THE GYM. IS EMPTY ... ROCKY IS JABBING THE REACTION BAG ... MICKEY RALLIES HIM ON. PAULIE WATCHES IN THE BACK- GROUND. HE IS BETTER DRESSED THAN EVER. JOHNNY'S * THERE. *

ROtKY IS DANCING ON HIS TOES IN THE RING LISTLESSLY

gonna be a greasy fast, 200 pound

Italian tank that ain't gonna be stopped!!! -- Catch that little guy -- cut off the ring -- pin him in a corner -- C'mon, move, ya look dead out there -- If ya

can catch that speedball, 'an you

can catch Creed easy!

PAULIE IS STANDING BESIDE THE RING .•. ROCKY IS BEING FAKED OUT BY THE SHIFTY LIGHTWEIGHT. MICKEY IS DISGUSTED!

(( r· /

l 01 CONTINUED l 01

UNABLE TO ANSWER, ROCKY MOVES AWAY. PAULIE MOVES CLOSER TO ROCKY.

, corner? -- Ya wanna get involved

in the fight?

ROCKY II - Rev. 9/22/78 80

PAULIE EXITS AND:NtCKE'(' _COMES OVER. *

·MICKEY * ... r ltRed ya Better when ya was

emptytn spi"t.

ROCKY * W'h.at's that mean? *

'MICKEY· * rt means ya traintn' like a * ninth-rate pug who oughta be *

pumptn gas in Jersey. *

W-ALKS AWAY.

I .~ •• '...\

.._,--"'~

PAULIE CROSSES TOWARDS THE PET SHOP AND ~NTERS.

ADRIAN rs WORKING IN THE BACK OF THE STORE. THE FRONT DOOR SLAMS SHUT AS PAULIE ENTERS.

AOR!AN Paulte?

HE COMES TOWARDS HER AS SHE KEEPS STACKING A RACK WITH BOXES OF BIRDSEED.

CONT lNUC.:

ROCKY II - Rev. 9/22/78 80A

·1~1 I ·<··-7(.,·--.. 103 CQNTlNUED 103

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 81

GLORIA * What's hi_.s .problem? *

PAULIE GRABS THE CASE OF BIRDSEED AND FLINGS THE CON- TENTS AROUND THE ROOM.

GLORIA * What is this?! *

·····,

, ..... "· You never taught me anythin' -- and *

I never do anything to hurt Rocky.

ROCKY ll - Rev. 9/22/78 82

~AULtE Go over there an' tell hi'm tt 's all r_iglit.

ADRIAN GOES TO LIFT A HEAVY CRATE AND BENDS IN PAlN.

ROCKY rs STI'LL GETTING DRESSED. HE rs BEING HARASSED BY MtCKEY ... SEVERAL FIGHTERS LEAN IN TO HEAR THE ARGUMENT.

MICKEY

{ MIKE COMES RUNNING IN.

ROCKY I I - Rev. 9/22/78 82A-84 *

O~-... 104 CONTINUED 104 -, ·,

MI:KE Rock --. They want ya across tfle streetJ

Ml'KE Ya wtfe's stck!

"'

•

ROCKY· RUNS OUT OF THE G'('M AND ACROSS THE STREET AND

,,. ' DASHES INTO TH.E PET SHOP.

106 l'NT. f)ET SHOP - DAY- 106

ROCKY ENTERS THE STOJE AND SEES ADRIAN LY-ING ON THE FLOOR tN PA!N. PAULIE CRADLES HER HEAD •.•· GLORIA IS THERE.

ROCKY II - Rev. 9/12/78 84A

106 CONTINUED:

• 106

··-·-·-,·······

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 85

THE SCENE DISSOLVES.

ROCKY AND PAULIE SIT IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

A DOCTOR ENTERS ... HE IS FORTY, TRIM.

THE DOCTOR'S VOICE, ALONG WITH ROCKY'S, ARE HEARD AS * ROCKY MOVES DOWN THE HALLWAY. *

CONTINUED.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 86

107A CONTINUED 107A*

ROCKY ENTERS THE DARKENED ROOM W~ERE ADRIAN LIES... * ROCKY APPROACHES THE BED WHERE SHE IS SUBMERGED * IN A COMA. HIS EYES REDDEN. HE KISSES HER AND * SITS MEXT TO THE BED. *

worry about nothin -- ya sleep as long as ya want 'cause I'm gonn~ be here when ya wake up.

ROC~Y LOWERS HIS HEAD AGAINST HER SIDE AND WEEPS SOFTLY.

THE DOOR OPENS AND PAULIE ENTERS, QUIETLY MOVES TO ROCKY. HE IS TRYING TO BE STRONG.

PAULIE REALIZES WORDS ARE USELESS AND WATCHES ROCKY LOWER HIS HEAD AGAINST ADRIAN'S SIDE, AND THE SCENE DARKENS.

109 OMITTED 109*

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 87

ROCKY IS STILL BESIDE HIS WIFE'S BED WHEN THE NURSE

HER HAND. THE ROOM IS DARK.

THE NURSE NODS "YES" ... ROCKY LEANS CLOSE TO ADRIAN.

ROCKY KISSES HER AND EXITS.

111 OMITTED 111 * thru thru 11 3 113*

ROCKY SITS IN THE TINY HOSPITAL CHAPEL STARING AT THE SMALL ALTAR ..• MOMENTS LATER THE DOOR OPENS AND MICKEY ENTERS.

ii\\

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 88

114 CONTINUED - lA 114

ROCKY

MICKEY SLIDES CLOSER, THEN GLANCES AROUND.

ROCKY II - Rev. 7/24/78 89

MICKEY STANDS UP AND STARTS TO PACE IN FRONT OF THE ALTAR.

MICKEY SLAPS THE SIDE OF A BENCH.

MIC-KEY

through y~ thick head but a very * tough man, the greatest fighter * in the world, 1ookin' to break ya * face in pieces an' show everybody * you're nothin' but a bum who got lucky! .•• I din't wanna get mad, * but now ya got me mad, 'cause what ya doin' is wroflg! What ya * do i n ' · i s d um b , so ya bet t e r * und$rstand that without you I'm nothin' but an old man with a

loud voice, an without me ya nuthin' but a has-been emptyin' spit buckets ... (MORE)

ROCKY II - Rev. 7/24/78 89A

... So if we're gonna blow this shot, dammit we're gonna blow it together, 'cause if you're stayin', I'm stayin' ... (mumbles) w•• We stay an' pray.

(

LIGHT FILTERS THROUG~ THE WINDOW AS ROCKY SITS BY THE BED HOLDING ADRIAN'S HANO ... MICKEY SITS IN THE CORNER. ·ROCKY READS TO HER FROM A PAPERBACK BOOK.

be 1ow •••

PAULIE STANDS IN THE HALLWAY AND LEANS HIS HEAD INTO ADRIAN'S ROOM ... THE SIGHT Of HIS SISTER DEPRESSES HIM AND~£ WITHDRAWS FROM THE ROOM.

THE SCENE DISSOLVES INTO NIGHT AS ROCKY HAS CONTINUED TO STAY AT HER SIDE ... MICKEY IS Sf ILL HERE. BEARDS DARKEN THE MEN'S FACES AND STRAIN IS REFLECTED IN THEIR EYES ... ROCKY'S VOICE IS SORE.

The rain was now falling heavy ...

ROCKY WEAKLY NODS.

ROCKY AND MICKEY ARE SITTING SIDE BY SIDE IN THE DIMLY LIT CHAPEL.

ROCKY SHAKES HIS HEAD 'NO.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 91

IT IS T~E FOLLOWING DAY AND ROCKY IS AGAIN BESIDE ABRIAN'S BED ••• MICKEY, LOOKING AND FEELING VERY OLD, SITS IN THE CORNER. ·

(readl~g hoarsely) •.. So Jim rode on, aware that the Desert was ahe~d .... '

THE SCENE DISSOLVES INTO NIGHT.

120 OMITTED 120*

THE SUN HAS SET AND ADRIAN'S NIGHTLIGHT IS ON.~. ROCKY IS READING. HE IS BEING ASKED TO LEAVE BY THE NURSE ... ROCKY KISSES ADRIAN GOODBYE AND LEAVES WITH MICKEY.

ROCKY SITS FORWARD WITH HIS FACE BURIED I~ HIS HANDS .•. MICKEY SITS SEVERAL ROWS BEHIND HIM. FOR THE FIRST TIME HE SECRETLY PRAYS.

123 OMITTED 123*

Paulie just sits alone on a banch staring at his hands. *

ADRIAN IS STILL IN A COMATOSE STATE. ROCKY STROKES HER HAND ..• MICKEY SITS IN THE BACKGROUND. ROCKY HAS LOOSE PAPERS IN HIS HAND.

MICKEY RUBS HIS EYES AND THE SCENE FADES.

125· INT. ADRIAN'S HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT 125

ROCKY IS NEXT TO ADRIAN ••. HIS FACE RESTS NEXT TO HER OUTSTRETCHED HAND ... MICKEY IS ASLEEP. LIKEWISE PAULIE. ROCKY RESTS HIS FACE NEXT TO HER HAND.

THE FIN&ERS NEXT TO ROCKY'S FACE MOVE. THE FINGERS

TOUCH HIM. ROCKY S REDDENED EYES WIDEN AND HE RAISES HIS HEAD. HER EYES OPEN AND SHE SEES ROCKY. HE CRADLES HIS HEAD TO HER BREAST ...

,

126 I NT. AD RI AN ' S HOS Pl TA L RO OM - DAY 126

ROCKY, GAZZO, PAULIE AND MICKEY ARE ALL IN ADRIAN'S ROOM.

THE NURSE COMES IN HOLDING THE BABY ... SHE HANDS IT TO ADRIAN. ROCKY IS NUMBED.

MICKEY, HANGING ON TO EVERY WORD LEANS OVER TOO.

MICKE¥'S FACE GOES BRIGHT.

ROCKY RUNS OUT OF HIS HOUSE ANO DOWN THE STREET.

ROCKY IS BLAZING AWAY ON THE SPEEDBAG.

ROCKY HANGING UPSIDE DOWN FROM TH£ WALL IS DOING ROMAN SITUPS AS MICKEY POUNDS HIS STOMACH WITH THE SIDE OF HIS HAND.

_,,•··

ROCKY IS KICKING UP A LOT OF DUST AS ~E REACHES OUT AND CATCHES A FLEEING CHICKEN ... MICKEY LAUGHS.

ROCKY II - Rev. 9/22/78 95

131 lNT. S't'M - DAY· 131

.. -ROCKY IS GETTING HtT WtTK THE MEDlCtNE BALL WHILE D0?NG SITUPS·. ·

132 fNT. MEAT K0USE .... 132*

·'ROCKY· POUNDS A Sl·DE OF BEEF. TACKED ON THE BEEF IS A * PtCTU~E OF APOLLO CREED ... *

133 t·NT. GY-M - DAY· 133

MICKEY- AND PAUL!E WATCH AS ~0CKY _SPEEDS TRR0UGH A SKIP ROPE SESStON°.· .

ROCKY· rs DOING 0NE .. ARM PUS£:rUP$' ... EXHAUSTED, HE COLLAPSES·.

........

ROCKY· CHASES THE LtGHTWEfGHT W'H0 MADE HIM LOOK SO

; , ......... •·

CLUMSY- LAST T?ME ... NOW, HE SWIFTLY CORNERS HIM ANO PLAYFULLY LtFTS HIM ?NT0 THE A?R.

ROCKY rs RUNNI'NG THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE ... PEOPLE CHEER HIM ON. CHILDREN FOLLOW. .

ROCKY RUNS ANO PASSES OVER T~E BRIDGE NEAR ANDY'S BAR. NOW THIRTY CHILDREN FOLLOW.

ROCKY· RACES DOWN THE CENTER OF THE BEN FRANKLIN PARK- WAY~ A HUNDRED CHILDREN FOLLOW BEHlND.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/29/78 96-98

(\ ·._tr·· 139 EXT. MUSEUM - DUSK 139 ...

THE .CHILDREN FOLLOW.

THE STEPS NOW SEEM STEEPER .THAN EVER BEFORE AND APPEAR TO REACH INTO TH£ HEAVENS. ROCKY PULLS AWAY IN A BbRST ~F SPEED, REACHE~ THE TOP OF THESE STEPS ALONE. THE * ·tHILDREN DANCE AROUND HIM.· HE KEEPS RUNNING. *

ROCKY SPRINTS UNDER THE ELEVATED TRAIN TRESTLES AND ENTERS MICKEY'S.

ROCKY SPRINTS UP THE STAIRS AND BURSTS INTO THE GYM.

ROCKY FLIES INTO THE GYM. STILL RUNNING HE SEES CH1NK WEBBER IN THE RING ... C~INK SEES HIM RUNNING TOWARDS HIM .•. ROCKY LEANS ONTO THE APRON OF THE RING, .OVER. THE ROPES, STRIDES ACROSS THE RING AND CLOBBERS CHiltK. WITH A SINGLE PUNCH ... CHINK DROPS AND THE GYM CHEERS

143 OMITTED 143*

-----i !

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 99

ROCKY IS ROCKING THE BABY TO SLEEP, HAVING JUST * GIVEN HIS SON A BOTTLE. ROCKY HUMS, THEN PLACES THE * -BABY IN ITS CRIB. ·*

ROCKY * Ya gonna ha_ve it a11 ...

EXITS. *

ROCKY ENTERS THE BEDROOM ••• ADRIAN IS SEATED ON BED. *

ADRIAN * How's the baby?

.. , \ .........i ADRIAN

ROCKY CLOSES HIS EYES AND ADRIAN PULLS OUT A GIFT- WRAPPED PACKAGE.

ROCKY OPENS THE BOX AND PULLS OUT A BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF BLACK SATIN BOXING SHORTS TRIMMED IN A BRIGHT GOLDEN YELLOW·· THERE ARE BLACK AND YELLOW SHOES TO MATCH ...

ROCKY II - Rev. 9/22/78 100

144 CONTINUED 144.

You really like them?

HIS MIND SEEMS TO BE ON ANOTHER SUBJECT.

ROCKY KISSES HER.

UNABLE TO SLEEP, ROCKY QUIETLY GETS OUT OF BED AND EXITS THE ROOM.

ROCKY STEPS OUT OF HIS HOUSE AND SITS ON THE BACK STEPS. HE STARES INTO THE DARKNESS.

THE CHAMPION SITS ALONE IN HIS LIVING ROOM, LOST IN THOUGHT.

thru thru 148 148*

PEOPLE ARE SELLING T-SHIRTS AND PROGRAMS.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/29/78 lOOA

•. FASCINATED BY HIS SLEEPING CHILD.

1488 INT-./EXT. 1488

ROCKY STANOS WITH ADRIAN AT THE DOORWAY ... PAULIE IS PRESENT.

------------------------------~- -

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 101

148B CONTINUED ,148B

ROCKY * Then I better get outta here. *

••• I'm gonna.try. Hard. *

ROCKY DASHES INTO HIS CAR. *

AS THE CROWD FILES INr THE COMMENTATORS PROVIDE THE LOCAL COLOR.

COMMENTATOR #1 •. ~ For all those watching tonight's telecast, we think you're in for a real battle in every sense of the word ••• This rematch was never to take place. · (MORE)

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 102

COMMENTATOR #1 {CONT'D) The champion has let it be known thdt he is in the best shape of his illustrious career, and as for Rocky Balboa; still a ·two-to-one underdog~ pile-driving street brawler from Philadelphia, can he du~licate his astonishing • j' ••• feat of ten months ago? -- Can he be the sam~ after the incredible beating he re~eived at the hands of the Champion•- The experts say no ••• this re~orter is not so sure.

THE ROOM IS THE SAME AS ROCKY'S •.. THE ROOM IS STUFFED WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SILENT. APOLLO'S WIFE IS PRESENT.

APOLLO'S HANDS ARE BEING TAPED.

ROCKY RUNS FROM HIS IDLING CAR AND STANDS ALONE IN THE CHURCHYARD AND CRANES HIS HEAD UP TO A THIRD STORY WI NOOW.

THE WINDOW OP-ENS AND A PRIEST IN HIS MID-FORTIES LEANS OUT. .

Absolutely. -- But I wanna ask a favor.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 103

THE FATHER BLESSES HIM AND ROCKY SMILES.

ROCKY RUNS BACK TO THE CAR.

·• *

·152 OMITTED 152

APOLLO'S EYES ARE BEING GREASED.

ROCKY IS DRIVING _LIKE A MANIAC.

ROCKY * .. . Mickey's gonna kill me. *

155 I NT. A-POLLO' S DRESS I NG ROOM 155

APOLLO IS HAVING HIS DIAPHRAGM STRETCHED.

COMMENTATOR #1 The area •is certainly packed with Rocky's people -- I've never seen so many Italians in one place.

( CREED IS BREAKING INTO A SLIGHT SWEAT AS HE SHADOW- BOXES.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 104

THE COMMENTATORS ARE DOING THEIR DUTY.

COMMENTATOR #1

· COMMENTATOR #2 The most ~b~ious being a definite desire for Apollo to draw first blood and end it quickly -- proving his claim the last fight was a fluke -- a fluke, again, I'm not so sure.

COMMENTATOR #1 There's bad blood here.

COMMENTATOR #2 That's an understatement, Bill.

ROCKY MOVES QUICKLY TOWARDS THE DRESSING ROOM. IN THE

HALLWAY ARE SEVERAL GUARDS. IRATE, MICKEY COMES TO-

AS ROCKY IS ABOUT TO ENTER, SUDDENLY .CREED COMES OUT OF HIS DRESSING ROOM ••• HE LOOKS AT ROCKY LIKE HE IS · CRAZY.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 105

ROCKY *

with 'The Stallion.

MICKEY LOOKS AT ROCKY AND HE NODS "YES" ... CREED MOVES FORWARD AND STANDS ALONE IN FRONT OF ROCKY'S * DRESSING ROOM. *

APOLLO STARTS TO TURN. *

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 105A

l

AND APOLLO EXITS AND RE-ENTERS HIS DRESSING ROOM .•• MtCKEY STICKS HIS HEAD OUT.

THE COMMENTATORS FACE THE TV CAMERA.

COMMENTATOR #2 Tonight we are being broadcast to millions of viewers around the world -- It might be interesting to note the fighters' records. The Champion has 47 victories and no losses -- The Challenger has 44 wins but 21 losses and the only time he was ever off his feet was in the first fight with Apollo Creed.

161 INT". ROCKY'S DRESSING ROOM 161

ALL ROCKY'S PEOPLE ARE PRESENf. AL, MIKE, GAZZO * AND MICKEY WHO WATCHES ROCKY PRAYING IN FRONT Of THE SINK.

, MICKEY

It's time, kid.

ROCKY GETS UP AND STARES AT HIMSELF FOR A SECOND IN THE MIRROR ANO TURNS AND EXITS THE RESTROOM.

ROCKY AND HIS CORNER MEN WALK TOWARDS THE ARENA .. ~ THEY ARE LED BY TEN SECURITY POLICE.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 1058 *

161A CONTINUED 161A'

THE COMMENTATORS SIT IN FRONT OF THEIR ROW OF MONITORS.

COMMENTATOR #2 The crowd is beginning to stir as•- yes -- Rocky Balboa, known to millions as 'The Italian Stallion~• is making his way towards the ring•- the crowd is chanting his name ..• Why this fighter of limited ability has gained such popularity is still a mystery.

ROCKY MOVES THROUGH THE WELL-WISHING CROWD WHICH CHEERS HIM TO THE RING ...

COMMENTATOR #1 He'd better be in shape because he's in for the challenge of his 1 if e.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 lOSC

161B CONTINUED 161 B

COMMENTATOR #2 Again an understatement ... But rumor has it that perhaps the Champion is in too good of shape -- in other words, could he have over-trainP.d, which is nearly as bad as being under-trained, and only in the latter rounds would that prove dangerous.

PAULIE SITS IN FRONT OF THE TELEVISION, tHUGGING DOWN BEER AND EATING PRETZELS. ADRIAN SITS BESIDE HIM.

ROCKY IS SEEN ENTERING THE RING.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/7/78 106

THE CROWD IS WAVING AND ROCKY WAVES aACK .•• MICKEY SCREAMS INTO ROCKY'S EAR AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE CROWD.

Tonight's our night -- tonight

you're gonna show the world who you

are! You're gonna be unstoppable

ton·ight. You're the best -- you're

the best.

THE COMMENTATORS SHIFT IN THEIR SEATS.

COMMENTATOR #1 Apollo Creed should be making his entrance any second, and the crowd is becoming restless.

164 ANOTHER ANGLE 164

A PLASTIC WEDGE SHIELD SPLITS THE PEOPLE AS CREED AND AN ARMY OF BODYGUARDS MOVE TOWARDS THE RING. APOLLO LOOKS DEADLY SERIOUS.

APOLLO IS DRESSED IN A WHITE ROBE.

COMMENTATOR #2 •.. Apollo Creed appears to be in a very serious frame of mind.

COMMENTATOR #1 I've seen Creed fight many times, but never have. I seen him so intense.

165 ROCKY 165

, ROCKY

Hey, Mick, while I got the chance,

' __).../ *

I wanna say I'm gonna be tryin' * hard for ya. *

16~ APOLLO CREED 166

INTERS THE RING ANO COMES CLOSE TO ROCKY. HE MOVES

167 APOLLO 167

TAKES OFF HIS ROBE AND STANDS PROUDLY IN A WHITE FIGHTING OUTFIT ... HIS CORNERMEN HOLD A MIRROR SO HE CAN COMB HIS HAIR. HE PUSHES IT AWAY.

168 THE PROMOTER, MILES JERGENS 168

STEPS TO THE CENTER OF THE RIN& ... HE TAKES HOLD OF THE MICROPHONE.

169 MICKEY 169

170 THE PROMOTER 170

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ROCKY II - Rev. 9/22/78 108

JER,SENS. lC0NT '0 l t·n th.e far corner, w-e_i9htng two hundred and one, a man who tnrtlled the world last jear from ifte-great fighttrg city nf Phtladelplta ~~ 'The ltalian Sta11ton,' Rocky Balboa!

GAZZO SITS WtTK H?S DATE AND APPLAUDS .

..

172 0MfTTE0 172*

173 tNT. R0CKT~S HOUSE - NIGHT 173

PAULIE SfTS WtTH ADRfAN.

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....... 174 · ?NT. SPECTRUM - NtGHT 174

NOW TURNS TO AP0L~0 CREED ANO WINKS. *

175 A ROAR 175

GOES UP, AND APOLLO WAVES SEDATELY TO THE CROWD.

17£ THE TIMEKEEPER 176 .......... ~- ...

RINGS THE BELL AND THE REFEREE WAVES THE FIGHTERS TO THE CENTER -OF THE RING.

C0NTlNUE.O

ROCKY I I - Rev. 8/ 24/ 78 l 09

~.

REFEREE

... You both know the rules --

'REFEREE An' come out fightin' .

Get ready for the storm, chump ..•

ROCKY SMILES ANO APOLLO ROUGHLY TAPS HIS GLOVES.,·

177 ROCKY 177

RETURNS TO HIS CORNER. HE DISROBES.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 110

178 APOLLO 178

(~, · STANDS IN THE CORNER, VERY CONFIDENT. THE TRAINER ~(, 1S TALKING INTO HIS EAR.

179 ROCKY 179

LOOSENS UP BY JABBING IN THE AIR.

180 THE TIMEKEEPER 180

RINGS THE BELL AND THE FIGHT IS ON ••. ROCKY HALF- KNEELS ANO MAKES THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AND TURNS.

181 APOLLO 181

COMES OUT WITH FIRE IN HIS EYES AND BOMBARDS WITH A FLURRY OF PUNCHES THAT FIND THEIR MARK.

ROCKY TRIES TO PUSH HIM AWAY, BUT CREED CONTINUES TO BOMB.

182 MICKEY AND MIKE 182*

ARE SCREAMI~S INSTRUCTIONS.

183 ANOTHER ANGLE 183

ROCKY CANNOT KEEP CREED AWAY. HE CIRCLES LEFT, HE CIRCLES RIGHT .. ~ HE IS FIGHTING MAGNIFICENTLY.

ROCKY II - Rev. 7/24/78 111

184 ANOTHER ANGLE 184

(OMMENTATORS ARE CAUGHT UP IN THE EXCITEMENT.

COMMENTATOR #1 I don't. believe it -- the * southpaw· from Philly ;·snow * fighting right-hand -- He als-0 * is faster than last time, but * so is the champ. Creed is * landing at will, and Balboa is taking a thrashin'.

COMMENTATOR #2 I hate to admit it, but it does

curious about Rocky's right eye -- Apollo's hooks appear to be landing at will.

COMMENTATOR #1 They certainly do! Ohi the Champion has never looked better or madder.

185 ANOTHER ANGLE 185

APOLLO SLAMS ROCKY BACK INTO ROCKY'S tORNER ANO BE- GINS TO WORK HIM OVER.

APOLLO SLAMS, TIES HIM UP, ANO SMILES.

186 ANOTHER ANGLE 186

APOLLO, NOW FEELING THE FIGHT IS BtCOMING ALL HIS, BACKS OFF ANO BEGINS TO BOX IN A UNIFORM MANNER ... ROCKY BOXES BACi.

CRIED SENDS A JAB THAT ROCKY DUCKS AND RECEIVES A HARD HEAD PUNCH, FOLLOWED BY DOUBLE HOOKS TO THE HEAD AND BODY ... CREED IS JARRED.

187 ANOTHER ANGLE 187

COMMENTATOR #1 What a combination -- I can't get over the transformation.

·CONTINUED

ROCKY II - Rev. 7/24/78 111A

COMMENTATOR #2 The Champion certainly f~lt that one~- now here comes B~l-boa!

(0··, 188 ANOTHER ANGLE 188 \. 'ROCKY CHASES THE CHAMPION INTO THE ROPES, AND APOLLO CREED COVERS UP. RIGHT AWAY, ROCKY BEGINS TO POUND CREED'S LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM. APOLLO TRIES TO TIE HIM UP BUT ROCKY PULLS HIM BACK IN THE CORNER AND CONTINUES TO BEAT THE ARM AND SHOULDER.

189 ANOTHER ANGLE 189

THE CROWD IS COMING ALIVE.

190 ANOTHER ANGLE 190

CREEb'S TRAINER IS SCREAMING.

:~ 191 ANOTHER ANGLE l 91 y"•

THE RING .•. ROCKY COMES AFTER HIM. CREED SHIFTS, SETS HIMSELF AND UNLEASHES A PERFECT ONE-TWO COMBI- NATION THAT FLOORS ROCKY.

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192 ANOTHER ANGLE 192

ROCKY IS UP IMMEDIATELY, BUT HIS EYE IS CUT.

193 THE CROWD 193

GAZZO JUMPS·TO HIS FEET.

TRE CROWD IS CHEERING THEIR MAN QN -- BUT THEY BE~ LIEVE THE END IS NEAR.

194 ANOTHER ANGLE 194

APOLLO GOES TO HIS NEUTRAL CORNER, SMILING, WAVING TO THE CROWD.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 113 *

195 ANOTHER ANGLE 195

COUNT ..• - ROCKY IS DYING TO GET AT APOLLO ..• ROCKY GETS DROPPED AGAIN.

195A ANOTHER ANGLE 195A -··

195B ANOTHER ANGLE 195B

l95C ANOTHER ANGLE 195C

COMMENTATOR #2 He down, but his eyes are clear He must be in great shape to withstand th~s butchering, and

that s what it is, butchering.

HE GOES AFTER HIM AND HE AND APOLLO ATTACK EACH OTHER WITH ROCKY GETTING THE WORST OF IT~ .. ROCKY ALMOST GETS DROPPED AGAIN ... THE BELL RINGS.

PAULIE LOOKS AT THE TELEVISION AND MUMBLES TO HIM- SELF.

TEARS WELL IK ADRIAN'S EYES.

ROCKY IS BACK IN HIS CORNER, THE CUTMAN IS WORKING FRANTICALLY ... MICKEY WETS HIM DOWN.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/29/78 114

" 198 ANOTHER ANGLE 198

APOLLO STANDS IN HIS CORNER, ANGRY. *

19QA ANOTHER ANGLE 198A

198B ANOTHER ANGLE 1988

APOLLO *

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ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 114A

199 ANOTHER ANGLE 199

THE COMMENTATORS SCAN THE M-ONITORS.

COMMENTATOR #1 Rocky Balboa is a more sophisticated fighter, but he has taken a terrific beating~-~ t~e big question is how much effect it has had.

200 ANOT~ER ANGLE ~00

I ROCKY STANDS AND MICKEY RUBS HIS SHOULDER.

MICKEY * Think you can't be hurt! You

can't, ya tough -- the toughest! *

better than you. You can beat * him! -- You're a tank -- a tank

-- go through him! *

ROCKY * A tank.

201 ANOTHER ANGLE 201

TEH BELL RINGS AND CREED COMES OUT, DANCING ... ROCKY GOES AFTER HIS BODY AND DRIVES THE CHAMP BACK.

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ROCKY II - Rev. 9/22/78 114B

.. ·ROCKY AND CREED SQUARE OFF IN THE CENTER OF THE RING, AND.APOLLO BACK-PEDALS AND PfCKS ROCKY'S FACE APART W-lTH JABS.

202 •ANOTHER ANGLE 202

ROCKY, ON THE OTKER KAND, CONTINUES TO BOX AND POUND CREED'S SROULDER.

ROCKY CATCHES Hl'M W'lTH A SOLID HEAD SHOT ... CREED B-OUNCES OFF TRE ROPES AND BOXES THE HELL OUT OF ROCKY ... H£ DRtVES ROCKY AGAIN ONTO THE ROPES, AND ROCKY ESCAPES AFTER A BRfEF BOMBARDMENT AND DRIVES CREED INTO A CORNER ••. TKE BELL RINGS. THEY ARE SEPARAtED BY THE REFEREE. .

ROtKY II - Rev. 8/29/78 115 *

COMMENTATOR #1 (V.O.) ••• It.--s ·my op1n1on we're in for a long night.

202A ANOTHER ANGLE 202A ·

THE BEAUTIFUL CARD "GIRLS SHOW THE ROUNDS PASSING . ..

202B ANOTHER ANGLE 202B

It is Round Six. Rocky slumps in the corner.

ROCKY

i. I ain't goin' down.

202C APOLLO'S CORNER 202r;

APOLLO'S EYE IS SWOLLEN BAD.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/29/78 116

203 ANOTHER ANGLE 203

-f0R· THE NEXT SIX ROUNDS, THE FIGHTERS POUND EACH OTHER WITH CREED TAKING A CLEAR ADVANTAGE ••• BUT ROCKY'S -BEATING OF CREED'S.BODY IS SLOWING THE

_ CHAMPION DOWN. CREED'S FACE IS A ·swOLLEN MASS.

204 iNOTHER ANGLE 204

AS THEY SIT IN THEIR CORNERS AND ARE ATTENDED BY THEIR CORNERMEN, THE BRUTALIZATION OF THEIR FACES IS APPARENT ••• ESPECIALLY ROCKY'S. HIS EYE IS CLOSING.

· . 205 ANOTHER ANGLE 205

IT IS NEARING THE END OF THE TWELFTH ROUND •.• APOLLO'S LEFT JAB IS USELESS, AND ROCKY'S FACE IS A PUlP ... THE CHALLENGER DRIVES HARD BODY SHOTS, BUT CREED COUNTERS WITH A BRILLIANT ATTACK OF STRAIGHT RIGHTS THAT STAGGER ROCKY AND LEAVE HlM HANGING ON THE ROPES AS THE BELL RINGS.

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-,~--.., --,·,

/ 206 ANOTHER ANGLE 206 .. ,.-

ROCKY IS AIDED TO HIS CORNER.

207 ANOTHER ANGLE 207

IN APOLLO'S CORNER, THE CHAMP IS BREATHING HARD ANO HIS FACE IS SW0lLEN BADlY.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/29/78 116A *

208 · .ANOTHER ANGLE 208

IN ROCKY'S CORNER, AN AGRUMENT RAGES.

ROCKY · Please, don't stop nothin't

208A ANOTHER ANGLE 208A

..... ---2.08.B ANOTHER ANGLE 2088

ROCKY II Rev. 8/29/78 1168

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(\ 2088 GONTINUED 2088 (f(') '•••"••••••

209 ANOTHER ANGLE 209

THE BELL RINGS AND THE FIGHTERS ALMOST STAGGER OUT OF THEIR CORNERS.

210 ANOTHER ANGLE 210

COMMENTATOR #1 ·Here we are in the 15th ~ound and in my opinion this has got to be even ~ore grueling than the first -- wby they haven't stopped it, God only knows.

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/29/78 117

COMMENTATOR #2 I have Apollo well ahead -- all he has to do is.stay away and he'll retain the title -- but he's fo there with a hellcat from Philly who's not about to lay down.

211 ANOTH ER ANGLE 211

APOLLO COMES OUT AND CIRCLES. HE LI,HTLY FLICKS THREE JABS AND TWO RIGHTS IN ROCKY'S FACE .••

ROCKY LEAPS FORWARD ANO EXPLODES WITH A THUNDEROUS RIGHT HOOK THAT NEARLY KNOCKS CREED OFF HIS FEET.

THREE MORE EXPLOSIVE HOOKS, THEN A LEFT, AND CREED NEARLY GOES DOWN ... THE ARENA IS IN PANDEMONIUM.

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\~ "\ ---~.... ,,,.-/. 212 ANOTHER ANGLE 212

leaping hook's caught the

exhausted Champion off-guard. Creed doesn't know where he is -- blind instinct. Balboa is _staggering from exhaustion -- now it's all conditioning and guts!

213 ANOTHER ANGLE 213

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Show him ya fire! Show him wh-0 you are! Hook -- Hook! Hook! *

ROCKY II - Rev. 7/24/78 117A

ADRIAN SITS ON THE EDGE OF THE COUCH.

GAZZO JUMPS TO HIS FEET.

APOLLO'S TRAINER IS POUNDING THE SIDE OF THE ROPES.

217 ANOTHER ANGLE 217

THE REFEREE MOTIONS FOR BOTH MEN TO CONTINUE ... APOLLO MOTIONS FOR ROCKY TO COME A~EAD.

218 ANOTHER ANGLE 21.8

COMMENTATOR #2 I can't believe it -- Apollo must be out on his feet -- he is challenging Balboa to come ahead!

219 ANOTHER ANGLE 219

ROCKY STEAMS AHEAD AND BLASTS CREED WITH DOUBLE HOOKS THAT SEND THE CHAMP AGAINST THE ROPES ... CREED FINDS AN OPENING AND CUTS LOOSE WITH EVERY- THING HE HAS, ANO ROCKY IS STAGGERED.

COMMENTATOR #2 I can't believe it-~ Balboa was caught with a ripping combination and he is in bad trouble.

COMMENTATOR #1 He's going down -- Creed's punches are landing at will -- how much can be take?!

PAULIE AND ADRIAN ~RE WATCHING THE TELECAST. PAULIE IS ON HIS FEET.

y, 220 CONTINUED 220 ' .... , .•.

THE CROWD HAS GONE BERSERK. THEY ARE CHANTING ROCKY'S NAME. ROCKY IS GETTING PUNCHED AROUND BY CREED.

COMMENTATOR #1

is desperately trying for the knockout but the Southpaw is taking the champion's best!

ROCKY LOOKS AT CREED ... · THIS IS THE FINAL MOMENT OF TRUTH.

222 ANOTHER ANGLE '222

APOLLO'S TRAINER IS SCREAM I NG.

223 ANOTHER ANGLE 223

MICKEY, MIKE AND AL ARE FLUSHED WITH EXCITEMENT.

MICKEY, MIKE & AL Ya got him use ya left!! Go for it!!

COMMENTATOR #1 Balboa's hurt but he's fa~ from out.

COMMENTATOR #2

.. ···· Neither man wants to back up (...

what we have now is a pier six b raw 1 .

224 ANOTHER ANGLE 224

APOLLO AND ROCKY ATTACK EACH OTHER IN THE CENTER OF THE RI NG ..•

CREED BEGINS TO TAKE THE ADVANTAGE, SLICING ROCKY WITH A VARIETY OF COMBINATIONS, THEN SLOWS DOWN. ROCKY STANDS TOE-TO-TOE WITH CREED AND IS GETTING THE ADVANTAGE.

225 ANOTHER ANGLE 225

COMMENTATOR #2 Apollo has dished out his best -- his punches are like lead.

COMMENTATOR #1 And Rocky has taken it and he appears to have gotten a second wind.

COMMENTATOR #2 Here comes Rocky::

226 ANOTHER ANGLE 226

ROCKY TAKES .A HARD CREED RIGHT, THEN STEAMS AHEAD, DRIVIN~ BLOW AFTER BLOW INTO APOLLO ... APOLLO IS ON THE ROPES, HE TRIES TO FEND OFF THE BLOWS ... ROCKY BACKS UP, CREED STAGGERS FORWARD, AND ROCKY RIPS A LEAPING RIGHT HOOK THAT CONNECTS PERfECTLY ON THE JAW ... TH£ GREAT CHAMPION IS DOWN .•. ROCKY IS SO EXHAUSTED THAT THE MOMEfiTUM OF Hij LAST PUNCH CAUSES HIM TO COLLAPSE TO THE CANVAS. NOW aOTH HE AND CREED ARE .DOWN TOGETHER AND THE AUDIENCE IS SCREAM- ING INSANELY,.

227 ANOTHER ANGLE 227

THE COMMENTATORS ARE ON THEIR FEET.

COMMENTATOR # 1 Unbelievable! Both men are down -- exhausted, beaten: (MORE)

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 121

227 CONTINUED · 227

COMMENTATOR #1 (CONT'D) Both are being counted out -- Creed and Balboa. are both trying to beat the count! -- In this case if Cree9 gets up he'll retain his title!!

COMMENTATOR #2 Balboa fs on one knee -- he's trying to make it!

227A ANOTHER ANGLE 227A

Apollo Creed's wife, Maryanne, is yelling:

228 ANOTHER ANGLE

- T~E REFEREE CONTINUES TO COUNT APOLLO ANO ROCKY OUT.

REFEREE

;~~§f.

Four -- five --

ADRIAN & PAULIE Get up, Rocky! -- Please get up!

229A ANOTHER ANGLE 229A

THE TIMEKEEPER IS STANDING AND COUNTING WITH A WOODEN GAVEL.

MICKEY, MIKE AND AL POUND THE SIDE OF THE RING. *

MIKE * Get up, Rock! Get on ya feet!! *

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ROCKY II - Rev. 8/24/78 122

231 ANOTHER ANGLE 231

232 ANOTHER ANGLE 232

ROCKY IS IN ANOTHER WORLD. HIS FACE IS SPLATTERED WITH BLOOD. SWEAT RAINS DOWN HIS AGONIZED FACE AS HE STRAINS TO GET TO HIS FEET.

232A ANOTHER ANGLE 232A

COMMENTATOR #1 The only inches .away, but neither man can hardly move!

:• ~r•--..I \ : . __ j_... 233 ANOiHER ANGLE 233

ROCKY LOOKS AT THE AUDIENCE AND APOLLO FROM HIS DISTORTED POINT OF VIEW. EVERYTHING APPEARS TO BE UNDERWATER.

234 ANOTHER ANGLE 234

IN A LAST SECON,D SHOW OF DETERMINATION, ROCKY MAN- AGES TO GiT TO HIS FEET ••• THE CROWD GOES BERSERK ••.

REFEREE

THE REFEREE GRABS ROCKY'S HAND AND RAISES IT IN VICTORY. MICKEY, MIKE AND AL RUSH ACROSS THE RING * AND HUG ROCKY. ROCKY BURIES HIS FACE ON MICKEY'S SHOULDER AND CRIES~

235 ANOTHER ANGLE 235

THE COMMENTATORS ARE FLUSHED WITH EXCITEMENT.

ROCKY II - Rev. 9./22/78 123

COMMENTATOR #1 He did it! At the very last second, Balboa got to his feet -- he ~~de it! Rocky Balboa has just shocked the entire sporting world like it has never been shocked! Now he is crying from fatigue and the extitement!

236 ANOTHER ANGLE 236

MANY PEOPlE STREAM INTO THE RING. POLICE SHOVE THEM BACK.

237 THE CROWD 237

GAZZO APPLAUDS WILDLY.

239 OMITTED 239*

AS EVERYONE TRIES TO TALK TO ROCKY, THE NEW CHAMPION i .·::·, MOVES row ARDS APOLLO Is CORNER ••. STILL SUPPORTED BY . HIS CORNERMAN, ROCKY GOES TO APOLLO. APOLLO IS WITH I Il -·· HIS WIFE.

APOLLO AND ROCKY EMBRACE AND APOLLO RAISES ROCKY'S HAND.

ROCKY II - Rev • 8 / 2 l / 78 124

:(~___ ___) ' 240A ANOTHER ANGLE 240A* (

MICKEY COMES OVER AND DRAPES THE HEAVYWEIGHT * CHAMPI-ONS~IP BELT ON ROCKY'S SHOULDER. *

241 ANOTHER ANGLE 241 .. TH£ COMMENTATORS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE RING ANO SHOVE A MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF ROCKY.

ROCKY * I didn't think I was gonna make * it -- He's great! *

COMMENTATOR #2 As Heavyweight Champion, what're your plans now?

COMMENTATOR #1 Give the Champ the microphone]! Give 'im the mike!

ROCKY FINALLY GETS TO THE MICROPHONE.

ROCKY'S VOICE BOOMS OUT ANO THE CROWD NOISE DIES DOWN.

I can't believe this •- I *· w~nna thank Apollo for fightin' me an' thank Mickey for trainin' * me, I wanna thank the great city *

.. of Philly~ I wanna thank God

for helpin' me -- an' except * for my son being born this is * the best night in the history * of my 1ife ! *

ROCKY WIPES THE SWEAT AWAY THAT RUNS DOWN HIS SWOLLEN FA CE. SOME BODY I N TH E CROW D YEL LS:

ROCKY II - Rev. 8/21/78 125

ROCXY TURNS TO TH£ TV CAMERA AND RAISES HIS FIST AND CHAMPIONSHIP BELT.

• THE CROWD STARTS CHANTING ROtKY'S NAM£ AND THE SCENE DIMS AWAY AS ROCKY IS SURROUNDED BY WELL-WISHERS.

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