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#94 - Rocky (1976)

Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast

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The Story of Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler was at the peak fawns days. Sylvester Stallone told Howard this story so this is like a second hand third hand anyway that he sold it to the TV production company that was that made Happy Days, and they were changing the script because they were going to make it a made for TV movie. So he begged Henry Winkler, like, can you like use your weight to like get me the script back? Because if they're going to change the script, then like I don't want to sell it. He convinced the execs there to give Sylvester stallone the rights back to the script. And so it was almost a made for television movie

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