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As an actor Stallone has had in ups and downs. His roles as Rocky Balboa in the Rocky saga, John Rambo in the Rambo trilogy, the movie “Cliffhanger”, and “Demolition Man” were some of his best roles. But after the success of “Demolition Man”, Stallone’s career began to fade away. His career hit rock bottom in 2002 with the movie “D-Tax” which only earned fifty-five thousand dollars on its opening weekend (that’s pretty bad). His career then took off again when he was 60 when he returned to the role of Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in “Rocky Balboa” the sixth and final movie to his rocky series. Stallone has earned many awards and nominations along the years. He has won two Oscars and won 27 awards and has had 31 nominations. He also holds the record for being the “only actor to open a number one film over five decades”. His career is still rolling strong today. Stallone is starring in an upcoming film called “Grudge Match” that comes out Christmas Day and had announced the production of an “Expendables 3” and also a spinoff of Rocky “Creed.”
One of Stallone’s greatest accomplishments was the creation of a little man with a big heart, Rocky Balboa, who overcame adversity and won the hearts of millions. In 1975, Stallone was out of work and his hopes where low, but then became inspired by a boxing match he witnessed, he soon wrote the script of “Rocky” in just three days. He made his first mark in his career whenever he went to sell the script. He was the first person to write a script and refused to sell it unless he played the starring role. Nobody had ever done this before but it soon caught on with actors like Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Owen Wilson.
Most people shot him down because of his rule but he was finally accepted by Robert Chatoff and Charles Winkler and they soon began production. “Rocky” wasn’t just a hero but an icon for many, not because it was a boxing movie but because it was a movie of overcoming the odds, a true underdog story, and also a love story. The Rocky saga was seen as “this great symbolism of never give up and that your dreams can come true” (Stallone, The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance) or “A saga about America with the backdrop of boxing.” (Carl Weathers, The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance) these aspects are what made the series such a success.
Today there is a marathon based off of the workout route Rocky took during his training in the movie called “Rocky 50K Fatass Race.”, “Rocky Balboa wasn’t just an underdog boxing hero, but a full-fledged ultra-marathoner, the waiting began. Someone, at some point, would emerge to stage a run based on the 30.61-mile course McQuade determined Rocky ran in the training sequence in Rocky II.” (Hamilton, Fun Run on Rocky’s 30-Mile Philly Route is On!). The route starts at Rocky’s home and ends at the iconic stairs leading to the Philadelphia art museum. Rocky also left his mark on the city of Philadelphia; there is a statue of Rocky Balboa that stands at the front of the iconic museum where Rocky would end his workout run.
When filming the scene of Rocky running up the stairs, Garret Brown got a chance to try out his newest creation the Steadicam, “Rocky” wasn’t the first movie he used it on but it was the first film that showed how useful the Steadicam is, the Steadicam is commonly used nowadays in most films. Rocky Balboa also has been inducted to the Boxing Hall of Fame for his influence on the boxing community and the world.