Hi, this is Steve. I spent the last half an hour trying to come up with a clever little preview for Rocky this week's episode on the cinephiles. I've tried introducing it from a historical perspective, from a personal one. I've tried contrasting Rocky with the other great movie franchises.

spoiler alert, Rocky is completely unique. I've tried to be funny, serious, educational, and all of that sounds just plain terrible.

In the end, there's really only one thing I have to say about our upcoming episode.

Rocky is special. It's a special character, a very special film, and a special place in both our hearts.

John and I couldn't wait to talk about it and we can't wait to share our thoughts with you. So that's

1976 Rocky starring Sylvester Stallone this Friday on the cinnophiles. The Hello and welcome once again to the cinnophiles where each week we enter the world of a great film,

we explore its themes, the history, the filmmaking, and the influence it has on us today.

My name is Steve Morris, I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.

Hello everyone, my name is John Roca.

I'm a voice over artist and host of numerous shows here in Los Angeles,

and also occasionally an actor on camera.

There we go.

And today we're doing a movie that's just really special to me. Yeah special to both of us. Yeah, this is Rocky yeah

1976. How'd you first come to it? Rocky was something I saw as a kid. I remember seeing it on TV. My parents did not take me to see this one, but I did see it on TV and I just was obsessed. Like I'm one of these guys that is a massive Stallone fan, massive Rocky fan.

So for me, it was great to see that film and connect with some of the character as downtrodden

as against the odds as Rocky was, you know, growing up in as with the world as it was here in this country at times and also like not having a lot of money

I identified so powerfully with Rocky like we didn't we grew up poor like we didn't have a car

for the first two years that my parents and I lived together in this country and so

it was just like there was so much about the rocky story that was the American

story like this idea of overcoming the odds and succeeding and succeeding not in

the way you thought right succeeding still though and it was just such a powerful powerful film and I remember it affecting me

so much so that I would you know the sequel effect I saw the sequel on TV and then of course I was

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