{"id":74030,"date":"2022-12-09T17:24:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T16:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runlovers.it\/?p=74030"},"modified":"2022-12-12T11:33:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T10:33:55","slug":"how-the-famous-running-scene-in-rocky-was-filmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runlovers.it\/en\/2022\/how-the-famous-running-scene-in-rocky-was-filmed\/","title":{"rendered":"How the famous Rocky running scene was filmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

If<\/span> you have never at least once thought while running of the scene of the first Rocky Balboa climbing the stairs of the Art Museum of Philadelphia at the end of his workout and jumping like a happy child because he made it, well, you have missed something unmissable. Especially the first few times you run, when you realize that – miracle! – you’re making it, the temptation to climb any staircase you find (even the one in the supermarket parking lot) and jump with your arms up in the air is so strong.<\/p>\n

The oddities about that very famous training are several, and today I’m about to tell you just a few of them.<\/p>\n

Small budget Very small<\/h3>\n

Today Rocky I would be described as an indie film: “independent,” in fact, meaning that it was made without any major studios to finance it and with a budget of $1 million. If that still sounds like a lot of money to you, think again: it was so little that all the exteriors were shot with only natural lighting and there was no catering. The only thing to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner was pizza. Always.<\/p>\n

The final fight is not so dark because of dramatic issues but because they could not pay enough extras to fill all of Madison Square Gardens and so the highest stands were left in total darkness and stock footage was used for the overall shoot. When they say “make a virtue out of necessity.”<\/p>\n

Stallone recently recounted that the first version of the script was very dark and depressing. He himself proposed to rewrite it so radically as to leave only 10% of the original. It may well be said that he forged the character of Rocky not only through his acting proof but in a much more integral way: he invented him altogether, in short.<\/p>\n

How the scene was shot<\/h3>\n

You probably remember especially the ending of that famous sequence, that is, the staircase of the Art Museum of Philadelphia and the dance of happiness at having succeeded. In fact, that is just the climax of a scene that has gone down in film history for pathos and relentless pacing, as much as for the quirks and sequel it had in the 1979 second episode.<\/p>\n