E77: A Love Letter to Rocky

Published: Aug. 8, 2022, 7 a.m.

It's extremely hard for me to nail down my favorite of anything. Bands, songs, foods, tv shows, movies...it's always changing. But, after my most recent re-watch, if you ask me right now, in this moment in time, as I'm typing this, my favorite movie of all time is Rocky.

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That's worthy of me leaving a love letter to it. 

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We went through the big moments, some that may get overlooked, tidbits, jabs, and crosses, not to mention Stallone's recent social media beatdown of Irwin Winkler, producer of the Rocky franchise and, unfortunately, owner of the character, which leaves Stallone earning less than 1% of the profits from the franchise, and technically no creative control over future films, which has been a point of contention lately.

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The Academy Awards showed this movie love then, and I'm showing it love now. I'm not much for re-watching things as the listeners know, but Rocky? That's a full Sunday marathon. The Cold War ends today.

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Follow me @thelink_podcast on Twitter and Instagram for a Rocky quotes all week and beyond probably.

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