ROCKY DIRECTOR SPILLS THE BEANS

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Uploaded by on Nov 13, 2011

The first "ROCKY" movie began filming in November 1975. Even though the story takes place in Philadelphia, the producers, Chartoff & Winkler, wanted to shoot the entire film in Hollywood to save money. Luckily, I was able to convince them that by using a New York based, non-union crew we could shoot our exteriors in Philly and still be within our less the one million dollar budget. I had made four low budget movies with these guys and they were all terrific. I was my own director of photography and camera operator on these four movies.
So Llyod Kaufman, Ralf Bode, Aristides Pappidas, Mike Scott and a few others (including Philly native and inventor of the Stedi-Cam Garett Brown) set sail for Philadelphia and history was made.
This video was edited by Anthony Avildsen and is a compilation of the many "ROCKY" interviews I've given over the years.

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  • Mr. Avildsen, no movie has, or will ever instill emotion as much as Rocky! Brilliant post. Thanks for sharing.

  • Truly a one in a million movie with a director who made all the right decisions. Inspiring stuff like the movie itself.

  • Unemployed...........haha.

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