Rocky (1976)
1 - times Sylvester Stallone got drunk during the shoot (he gulped down a bottle of scotch to soothe his nerves before his night-before-the-big-fight scene).
2 - opponents Rocky Balboa squares up to over the course of the film (Spyder Rico and Apollo Creed).
3 - actors originally tapped to play Rocky Balboa: James Caan, Ryan O’Neal (!) and Burt Reynolds.
7 - days Stallone claims it took him to write the first draft of the Rocky script.
11 - films Stallone had appeared in before playing Rocky (his CV’s highlights included a bit-part in Woody Allen’s Bananas and a leading role the in soft-porn ‘classic’ The Party At Kitty And Stud’s.
1.7 - marks out of 10 given to The Party At Kitty And Stud’s on the IMDb.
32 - number of punches Rocky Balboa absorbs in the first round against Apollo Creed.
38 - Number of punches Evander Holyfield landed over the whole of his second fight with Lennox Lewis.
72 - steps Rocky sprints up to the reach the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of his rigorous training schedule.
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