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CHUCK: My name is Chuck Wepner.
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You don't know me.
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Well, you do know me,
but you don't know you know me.
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Once upon a time, I was
the heavyweight champ of New Jersey.
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They called me the Bayonne Bleeder.
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I always hated that name,
but for some reason, it stuck.
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Hoboken had Sinatra, Bayonne had me.
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Chuck fuckin' Wepner!
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I swear, this might be
the proudest day in my entire life.
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It's like Christmas and All Saints' Day
rolled into one. (CHUCKLES)
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John, you know who this guy is?
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Yeah, I know who Arty is.
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Did you know Arty invented
the wet T-shirt contest?
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- What?
- I shit you not.
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No, Arty Stock, no wet nip. Period.
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That was you?
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Hey, I was just trying to sell some booze
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without getting shut down,
if you know what I mean.
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That's genius right there,
that's what that is.
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Hey, no, Champ. You...
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- What?
- You're a legend.
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Ah! To legends. (CHUCKLES)
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CHUCK: I made a name for myself
by doing a lot of crazy shit.
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Not all of it's true, but this part is.
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In this corner, the former
New Jersey heavyweight champion,
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the man who went 15 rounds
with Muhammad Ali, okay?
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The pride of Bayonne, Chuck Wepner!
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(CROWD CHEERING)
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ARTY: And in this corner,
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you know him from his
Hollywood movie, Paint Your Wagon,
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his many Tonight Show appearances,
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he's undefeated in 1,303 bouts.
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It's Victor!
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(CROWD CHEERING)
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- All right, nothing to the face, okay?
- Did you tell him that?
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No face.
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(VICTOR GROWLING)
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Let's go!
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(BELL DINGS)
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CHUCK: For me, it was always about
putting on a show.
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Even when I was a kid, growing up in Bayonne,
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me and my brother Don
were a couple of real clowns.
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I was not really a fighter,
but this was Bayonne.
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One way or another,
you were gonna end up fighting.
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(GRUNTING)
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In 1954, Malphy Esposito stole my basketball.
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I didn't wanna do anything,
but he whacked me pretty good.
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I may not be the greatest fighter
of all time, but what I learned that day...
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BOY: Chuck.
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...is that I had a gift. I was special.
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When you stop any guy in the street
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and you ask him
who Chuck Wepner was, he'll tell ya,
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"That guy could take a punch."
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- (BELL DINGS)
- (CROWD CHEERING)
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For a guy who wasn't really a fighter,
I was doing pretty good.
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By 1974, I was flying up
the heavyweight ranks
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and primed for a shot at the title
against "Big George" Foreman.
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The only guy who stood in my way
was Terry Hinke, the Stormin' Mormon.
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- MAN: Hey, Bleeder!
- What?
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Let it go. Let it go. Let it go!
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Oh, shit. Bad?
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REFEREE: Come on, Al, let me see the cut.
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Looks pretty bad.
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All right, get the fuck out of this corner,
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and don't bother me
while I'm working, all right?
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CHUCK: Whatever we had to do, we did.
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Al and I had an agreement, always
move forward and never stop the fight.
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REFEREE: AI, let the doc see the cut.
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AL: Oh, sure, have a look there.
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- Yeah, he's good. He's good.
- Thanks, Doc.
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CHUCK: They called Al "The Butcher,"
but it wasn't just him.
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I wouldn't stop, either.
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Besides, it wasn't his fault I bled so much.
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I cannot close this fuckin' cut.
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It's time to send
this fuckin' Mormon back to Utah.
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- Are you with me?
- Yeah.
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- All right, let's do it.
- Go.
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AL: You're on, Chuck. You're on. Hit him.
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(CROWD CHEERING)
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And the winner by knockout,
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in two minutes and 18 seconds
of the 11th round,
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and still the North American and
New Jersey heavyweight champion,
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Chuck Wepner!
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CHUCK: Hey, baby.
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Daddy, were you boxing again?
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Yeah, as a matter of fact, I was.
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Is that why your face looks so funny?
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(CHUCKLING)
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No, sweetheart.
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Daddy's face always looks funny.
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The other guy was just trying to
spruce it up for me a bit.
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Come here, give me some sugar.
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Come on, Kimby. It's 8:00.
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You gotta eat your breakfast. Go. Go, go, go.
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Bye, Daddy.
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(CHUCK GROANING)
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(CHUCK COUGHING)
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PHYLLIS: Come here, let me look at you.
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I'm all right.
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Come here, baby.
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- Let me see.
- It's my ribs.
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Chuck, you look terrible.
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I'll be as handsome as ever a couple of days.
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Here, gimme some of that.
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Oh, yeah.
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- Oh, and a little bit of that!
- (LAUGHING)
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Chuck, no. Come on,
I have to get Kimberly to school.
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Plus, I'm still mad at you.
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- Will you stop with that, please?
- No!
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It's one of Arty's girls. I swear to God,
I never put a hand on her.
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It's not your hands I'm worried about.
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- I wrote you another poem.
- You can keep your poems.
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Ah, it's a good one.
Put it on the fridge for you.
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Yeah?
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- Come on, let me put it in.
- No!
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- Just the tip.
- (LAUGHING) Chuck! No!
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- Yeah, come on!
- Chuck, come on! I have 15 minutes...
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CHUCK: Ow! Fuck!
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...to drop her off and get to work!
God. I'm late.
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CHUCK: "My One and Only.
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"You alone are in my heart
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"From break of day till evening start
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"All the while I think of you
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"And the lucky day that made us two."
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I wrote Phyll poems all the time.
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Left them around for her, you know?
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How you doin'? Chuck Wepner.
Life treating you good?
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There was another fighter,
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name of Frankie Suppone,
owned the liquor route.
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He was retiring, said I had a good
personality and I should take his route.
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I'd make a good liquor salesman.
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How you doin'? Chuck Wepner.
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Let me ask you something, you like Dewar's?
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I figured, what the hell?
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I may be ranked eighth in the world,
but I still need a freakin' job.
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Before that,
I was a bouncer for a couple of years,
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then a debt collector for Frank Giglio.
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I was never good at roughing guys up.
Too nice.
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Felt sorry for them, you know?
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Besides, who wants to hang out
with a leg breaker
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when you could be rubbing elbows with
the heavyweight champ of New Jersey?
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Hey, Champ! Nice fight with Hinke last night.
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- Thanks, Joe.
- You really creamed his Mormon ass.
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Hey, hey. Bayonne makes,
the world takes, baby.
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JOE: You got it, brother.
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- CHUCK: Hello, hello, hello.
- Hey, here he is!
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- Congratulations!
- (ALL CHEERING)
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MAN 1: Hey, congrats.
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- How you doin'?
- MAN 2: Way to go, Champ.
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- How are you, Pete?
- Good. How's the face?
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How's my face? I don't know.
What do you think?
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- Oh! You're gorgeous. You're beautiful.
- Improvement, right?
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MAN 3: Beautiful.
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- Where's Johnny?
- Where the fuck you think I am?
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I'm bleeding the lizard,
and my prostate is fuckin' killing me.
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So, don't try to hustle me today, Chuck, huh?
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Johnny D, this is me. Who's hustling?
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You know I already got a deal
with those other guys.
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I got something I wanna show you.
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Look at this. See that?
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- That's my girl, Dot.
- Dot?
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Yeah, well, I call her Dotty.
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See, you turn her over
and she goes from Dotty to Naughty.
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- MAN 3: Yeah. That's beautiful.
- You like that? Who wants one?
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- I'll take one. All right.
- There you go.
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- CHUCK: I got one for all of you.
- How you doin', Champ?
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I'm good. How you doin'?
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Johnny, how much Wolfschmidts you want?
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All right, how bad
you gonna bang me up for two cases?
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Well, Johnny, for you,
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I'm gonna make you a very special deal.
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- Wolfschmidts, right?
- Yeah. Two.
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LIL: Black and blue,
and you still look good, Champ.
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CHUCK: Ooh.
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- Hey, Champ.
- How are you?
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Hey, Chuck!
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AL: Yeah, no, of course. Yeah, but listen...
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I mean, it takes two people to dance,
isn't that right?
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No, no, no.
Hey, calm down a little bit, okay?
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CHUCK: What's up?
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AL: Listen to me! Listen to me!
All right, listen to me, you fuckin' gonif!
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No... I mean...
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You got yourself a deal.
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Yeah. You, too. I'll see ya.
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How's the cut? Let me look at you.
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- What's that for?
- I wanna see if you're gonna bleed.
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Jesus, AI!
You nearly took my fuckin' head off!
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It's a good thing I know
how to take care of your cuts.
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Stormin' Mormon
almost turned you into a cyclops.
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- Stop!
- You fuckin' hemophiliac.
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Who was on the phone?
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AI, come on, I know you got
something going on. Who was that?
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That was Don King.
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No shit.
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Because of the beatin' you put on Hinke,
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I'm looking at a guy
who's got a shot at the heavyweight title.
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You fuckin' Polack.
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After Foreman takes care
of Mahatma in Zaire...
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It's Muhammad, AI. His name's Muhammad.
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You should say it right, okay?
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I don't give a fuck if it's Mukluk!
All right?
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When Foreman knocks Ali on his ass,
you're in.
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And what if Ali wins?
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Foreman is a fuckin' monster. It's a lock.
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I got...
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- Title shot, huh?
- That's right, kid.
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Hey, this is your lucky day.
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AI, lucky day, lucky man.
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Come here.
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I love you, AI.
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- Ah!
- Thank you.
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- CHUCK: Come on, you're missing it.
- PHYLLIS: Okay, okay.
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Uppercut. Sucker punch.
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CHUCK: That night, my favorite movie,
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Anthony Quinn, Requiem for a Heavyweight.
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Broke my heart, that movie.
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You see that, you can't help
but see yourself.
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Who have been your past employers?
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Well, you see, all I been doin'
for the past 17 years is fighting.
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You know, in the ring.
Man, in the prize ring.
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WOMAN ON TV: You mean a prizefighter?
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Here it comes, here it comes.
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MAN ON TV:
Miss, I ain't got no special problem.
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Now, to you I'm a big, ugly slob...
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"...and I look like a freak.
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"But I was almost the heavyweight
champion of the world.
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"Why don't you put that down
on that paper someplace?
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"Mountain Rivera was no punk.
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"Mountain Rivera was almost
the heavyweight champion of the world."
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(LAUGHING)
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You know what my old man used to say to me?
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What?
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He said, "When you're with a lady,
you gotta treat her special."
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- Yeah?
- Yeah.
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- How special?
- Very special.
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- Yeah?
- Especially a lady like you.
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With freckles.
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- You like my freckles?
- I like your freckles.
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- Especially this part in here.
- (PHYLLIS LAUGHING)
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PHYLLIS:
What are they fighting in Africa for?
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CHUCK: I don't know.
Two black fighters? Publicity?
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Trust me, Don King knows what he's doing.
243
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Hey, Champ. What the hell? Come with me.
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Jimmy! Appreciate it. You know Phyll, right?
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- Hey, how you doing?
- Hey, how you doing, Champ?
246
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- I hear you're next on the menu, huh?
- Yeah.
247
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Is that right? You gonna fight Foreman, huh?
248
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That's what they say.
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Move it! You got the Champ here!
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Hey, how you doin'?
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MAN: Yo, Bleeder!
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- Chuck, just don't...
- It's all right.
253
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MAN: Yo.
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Hey.
255
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What'd you call me?
256
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The Bleeder, that's what everybody calls you.
257
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The Bayonne Bleeder.
258
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- How you doin'?
- I'm good. You?
259
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- Good. Like the fights, huh?
- Hey.
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Sure.
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- What the fuck!
- PHYLLIS: Chuck!
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Relax, Champ. Come back for you
when I'm done with Foreman.
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MAN: Hey, Champ, who you like?
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- What are you doing, Chuck?
- Nothing. Just messing with him.
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What are you trying to do?
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Just don't worry about it, baby. It's okay.
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COMMENTATOR
Foreman comes stalking across the ring,
268
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delivering some light hooks
to the body of Ali
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that certainly are doing no problems,
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or causing any problems to Muhammad Ali.
271
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Ali spins him around out of the corner now.
272
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They're very even...
273
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- He looks good.
- Who?
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Ali, a sneaky right hand.
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Ali.
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Don't worry, Foreman will get him.
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(PEOPLE CLAMORING)
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CHUCK: If you had asked me
or any other bum on the street,
279
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"Was Ali gonna beat
'Big George' Foreman in Zaire?"
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I'd have said, "Hell no."
281
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But he did it.
282
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What were they gonna do,
put me in the ring with Ali?
283
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Let's go home, baby. Come on.
284
00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:23,911
I don't know,
285
00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,357
I think I might hit the diner,
maybe get a cup of coffee or something.
286
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All right. You want company?
287
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No, I gotta walk.
288
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You go home. I'll be all right.
289
00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:38,475
You sure?
290
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Yeah. I just, you know...
I gotta walk, that's all.
291
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Fine.
292
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CHUCK: It was like watching
my future go down the toilet.
293
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Phyll tried to help,
but I was after something else.
294
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Something I shouldn't have.
295
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It was after the Foreman fight, yeah.
296
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I took a beating, so I figured
I'd get myself something nice, you know.
297
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That's real nice. That's shiny.
298
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If I rub it, does something lucky happen?
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(BOTH CHUCKLE)
300
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- Phyll.
- Coffee, black. Thanks.
301
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- Excuse me!
- PHYLLIS: No, don't apologize.
302
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This is, uh... This is my...
303
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His wife. Your wife.
304
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Ah, shit.
305
00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,271
No, no, no. It's okay. It's okay.
306
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Trust me. It's not your fault.
307
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This is just what he does.
It happens all the time, okay?
308
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He sees a bimbo like you, you know,
309
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don't even have to be pretty, and you're not.
310
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And the bimbo says,
"I got freckles on my ass."
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And boom! Chuck here falls in love.
312
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(CHUCKLES)
313
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He just falls in love
with the freckles on your ass.
314
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I don't have freckles on my ass.
315
00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,111
- Phyll, please...
- Shut up. I'm talking here.
316
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Of course you don't have freckles
on your ass. That's not the point.
317
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You don't have anything at all to
recommend you, but that don't matter.
318
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See, you're just the next person in line.
319
00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:03,194
The next person who looks at him
like he's something special.
320
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You look at him like that, oh, you got him.
321
00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,951
No, no, no, it's okay. Stay.
You need to hear this.
322
00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,477
See, you think you're special
because of those freckles, right?
323
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And maybe you even marry him.
And have a baby with him.
324
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And go through fuckin' hell with him.
Year after year after year.
325
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Because you think that'll make him stick.
326
00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:32,440
That'll make him yours. Just yours.
Only yours forever.
327
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But you're wrong.
328
00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,070
You see?
329
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You're just so fuckin' wrong.
330
00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:58,234
I'm taking Kimberly to my mom's.
You do what you want.
331
00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,071
- Phyll...
- Fuck you, Chuck.
332
00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:13,310
- (PHONE RINGING)
- (TYPEWRITERS CLACKING LOUDLY)
333
00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,838
Hey, what is this, a typing class?
334
00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,879
All right, I'll give you a weather report.
The temperatures are rising.
335
00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:22,110
I need a dime, fatso.
336
00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,275
Forget it, we're even. Crocker.
337
00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:31,115
(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
338
00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:37,915
Hello?
339
00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,400
It's me, Al.
340
00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:40,550
Hey, AI.
341
00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,235
What are you doin'? You sittin' down?
342
00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:44,800
Yeah, I'm watching Kojak.
343
00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:49,076
- They're looking for a white guy.
- What?
344
00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:50,560
What are you talking about?
345
00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,235
Don King wants to make this whole fight
a race thing.
346
00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,198
So, he wants Ali to fight a white guy,
347
00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,749
and since you're the only one
in the fuckin' top 10...
348
00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,480
You hear me, bubala? You hear me?
349
00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,237
You're the fuckin' white guy!
350
00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:05,230
(AL CHUCKLES)
351
00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:09,030
CHUCK: Sometimes you just
can't believe your own dumb luck.
352
00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:14,080
Don King decided to get creative.
All they needed was a white guy.
353
00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:17,671
And by process of elimination, that was me.
354
00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,071
Ali could've been purple for all I cared.
355
00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,510
They wanted me, Chuck Wepner.
356
00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,831
The bum from Bayonne was getting a shot
357
00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,230
at the heavyweight champion of the world.
358
00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:35,949
(PHONE RINGING)
359
00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,032
- Hello?
- Hey, Phyll, it's me. You hear the news?
360
00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:46,634
Yeah, it was on the radio.
361
00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:49,155
- Pretty great, huh?
- Yeah, it's great, Chuck.
362
00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,277
But right now your daughter
is staying at Grandma's house
363
00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,676
because Mommy caught Daddy
with his hands in some panties
364
00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:55,433
that didn't belong to Mommy.
365
00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,992
Yeah. No, I know. I'm sorry.
366
00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,791
This is big for me, though, you know?
Big moment, huh?
367
00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,917
Yeah, lucky day, lucky man, right?
368
00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:12,195
Yeah. I just wanna share it
with you guys. Be a family?
369
00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,712
Used to be a family here, Phyll.
370
00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,231
Phyll? You there?
371
00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:21,879
Yeah, I'm here.
372
00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,275
I'm gonna train full-time
up in the Catskills.
373
00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:27,033
I never had that before.
374
00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:29,760
This is the real thing, you know?
This is different.
375
00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,309
I mean, everything's gonna be
different now, baby.
376
00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,434
Congratulations, Chuck.
I'm real happy for you, I am.
377
00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,040
Phyll? Phyll?
378
00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:42,679
Everything was different.
379
00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:44,831
I was fighting Muhammad Ali.
380
00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,196
The big press conference was in New York.
381
00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:51,115
I figured I'd better be prepared if I was
gonna get a word in edgewise with Ali.
382
00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,517
KING: He's one of the most
formidable foes, I think,
383
00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:54,556
that could come into the ring.
384
00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,792
He has an 18-inch neck
and a solid-rock granite jaw.
385
00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,957
So, I think that Ali's in
for an interesting evening,
386
00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,236
and he's not taking it lightly,
he's taking it serious.
387
00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:08,717
Muhammad is the master of the poem,
so I wrote a poem.
388
00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:10,990
Goes like this.
389
00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:13,919
"What's in a word?
390
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,832
"And who's to say what will be?
391
00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,032
"But there are those who say that
he's the best to ever wear the crown
392
00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:23,830
"And that this fight's a tune-up
against someone of little renown
393
00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:25,230
(CHUCKLES)
394
00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,710
"I proved them wrong time and time again
395
00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,871
"And won my fights in spite of them
396
00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,398
"So, don't write me off or count me out..."
397
00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,199
ALI: Hold on, Chuck. Hold on.
398
00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:36,475
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
399
00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,074
CHUCK: Did you have a feeling
that was gonna happen? 'Cause I didn't.
400
00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,230
What you gotta say now, Champ?
401
00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,472
Don King say
they gonna leave feminine napkins...
402
00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:45,755
Oh, okay.
403
00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,194
...in Chuck's corner.
404
00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:48,714
Because the way he bleed,
405
00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,757
that's gonna be the only thing
that mop up the blood.
406
00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,071
I will beat him,
407
00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,392
but no punches gonna land here, here.
Only in here.
408
00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:57,755
CHUCK: All right. All right. All right. Okay.
409
00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,036
'Cause I don't want no excuses about cuts.
410
00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:01,794
- MAN: Yeah.
- (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
411
00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,360
- Are you done? Yeah?
- For the moment.
412
00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,112
(MUSIC PLAYING OVER CAR STEREO)
413
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,918
CHUCK AND AL: (SINGING)
So I took what I could get
414
00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,636
(VOCALIZING)
415
00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,280
She looked at me with her big brown eyes
416
00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:23,955
And said, you ain't seen nothing yet
417
00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,110
Bop, bop
418
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,840
Baby, you just ain't seen nothing yet
419
00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:29,070
Bop, bop
420
00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:34,919
CHUCK: We trained at the Granit Hotel
in upstate New York.
421
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,550
This place was top shelf. I mean,
I never seen anything like it in my life.
422
00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:40,998
Come on, huh?
423
00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:42,594
MAN: I think you got a pool
in your room, bro.
424
00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,115
- (MEN LAUGHING)
- I heard they got two pools.
425
00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,277
I had my own room, separate dining room.
426
00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:50,159
No menu. I just, you know,
ordered whatever I wanted.
427
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:54,439
This was professional.
Finally, I was training like a pro.
428
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,035
It was a big step up
for a club fighter from Bayonne.
429
00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,234
REPORTER 1: Hey, Chuck. Hey, Chuck.
430
00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:03,469
CHUCK: How are you?
431
00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,313
Yes, yes. That's what we're talking about.
432
00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:07,709
REPORTER 2: Let's hear about this fight.
433
00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,473
How's it going, guys? All right.
434
00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,836
- AL: One at a time. One at a time.
- How you doing? Good to see you.
435
00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:13,320
Where's the guy from the New Jersey Sun?
436
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,551
- I'm here.
- Get him up front.
437
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,518
Some people are calling this fight
a joke, Chuck.
438
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:18,636
What do you think of that?
439
00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,440
They're saying it's a fight between
an artist and a house painter.
440
00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,035
Oh, yeah? Well, that's nice
they call me an artist.
441
00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:26,476
I'm in the best shape of my life,
so we'll see.
442
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:27,875
What are you gonna tell the fans
443
00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:29,997
who think that this fight isn't worth
the price of admission?
444
00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,993
They said that? Don't worry,
they'll get their money's worth.
445
00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:35,874
- How do you plan to fight him, Chuck?
- I'm fighting Bayonne style.
446
00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:38,956
What do you mean, you're gonna
bleed in his mouth until he drowns?
447
00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:40,509
(REPORTERS JEERING)
448
00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,479
Look, why don't you guys get
some new shtick, all right?
449
00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,199
The only cut Chuck needs to worry about
450
00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:46,396
is what I'm taking out of his purse.
451
00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:48,790
REPORTER: How do you define Bayonne style?
452
00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:49,916
Dirty.
453
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,038
Rabbit punches to the back of the head,
kidney punches.
454
00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:54,873
Ali's gonna be pissing blood for a week.
455
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:56,599
What about the sweet science?
456
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,320
Sweet science ain't so sweet, you got
a pile driver in your nuts, you know?
457
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,796
- (REPORTERS LAUGHING)
- All right, fellas, thank you very much.
458
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,678
That's gonna be it for today, all right?
459
00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,956
REPORTER:
Come on, we got a few more questions.
460
00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,551
"Wepner giving free transfusions."
461
00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,711
AL: "Bayonne's one-man blood bank."
462
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,316
Jesus Christ, these fuckin' writers.
Fuckin' animals.
463
00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,512
CHARLIE: Champ, you got this, man.
464
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,440
- (PHONE RINGING)
- CHUCK: John Stahl was my best friend.
465
00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,830
- (JOHN SIGHS)
- Knew each other since we were kids.
466
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:37,957
You need someone like that in life.
467
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,157
Someone who'll always answer the phone.
468
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:41,356
Hello?
469
00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,040
Hey, John. I'm not calling too late, am I?
470
00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,119
Hey. No.
471
00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,635
I was just...
472
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,316
I was putting together
the orders for tomorrow.
473
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,358
Thanks for covering my route, pal.
I really appreciate it. I owe you one.
474
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,558
Yeah, yeah. You got it. Everything okay?
475
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,360
Yeah, yeah. I was just, uh...
476
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,194
I just remembered that Vic over
at Sabatino's Lounge in Hoboken?
477
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,432
- Yeah.
- He gets extra cocktail napkins.
478
00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,557
I don't know if he's wiping his ass
with them, or what.
479
00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,360
(CHUCKLES) Yeah, yeah,
I did it, Chuck. I did it.
480
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,312
Good to hear from you, Chuck.
481
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,757
Yeah. Yeah.
482
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,115
You seen Phyll?
483
00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,920
Yeah, I saw her at the City Hall Park, but...
484
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,275
- Uh-huh.
- (JOHN SIGHS)
485
00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:32,629
How she doing?
486
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,152
- I don't know. Uh...
- I...
487
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,070
I'd really like her to come.
488
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:41,469
You know, to the fight?
489
00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:42,710
You want me to call her?
490
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,639
Swing by or something?
491
00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:47,393
Nah, that's okay. I was gonna...
492
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,920
- Would you mind?
- No. I mean, I'll talk to her.
493
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:56,480
JOHN: There she is!
494
00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:58,156
(CHUCKLING)
495
00:24:58,240 --> 00:24:59,674
Pretty lady.
496
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:01,353
Hey, John. What are you doing here?
497
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:06,071
Well, I was hoping you could give me
some discount on some stamps.
498
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,152
For postcards.
499
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,516
I figured I'd be sending some from Cleveland.
500
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:11,750
(CHUCKLES)
501
00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,715
- I'm busy here, John. You can see...
- Hurry up, pal!
502
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,314
Settle down, dickhead.
503
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:19,510
What do you say?
504
00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:22,794
What do you want me to say?
505
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,669
Sure? Why not? No big deal?
It is a big deal, John.
506
00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:29,915
Do you have any idea
what it's been like for me?
507
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,400
For my kid?
508
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:33,309
Even thought about what you're asking?
509
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,591
- He needs you, Phyllis.
- No.
510
00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:42,477
- MIKE: Can you beat Muhammad?
- CHUCK: What?
511
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,195
- Can you beat Muhammad?
- Oh, yeah, absolutely, Mike.
512
00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:49,115
I've been waiting 11 years for this,
you know, so, I'm hungry.
513
00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:50,709
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
514
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,269
MIKE: You hear that?
The man just said he's hungry.
515
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:55,280
He better go get himself something to eat.
516
00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:56,430
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
517
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,955
MIKE: How about two all-beef patties
with special sauce?
518
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:00,634
(ALL LAUGHING)
519
00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,320
CHUCK: I never been scared
of nobody my entire life,
520
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:10,031
but looking at my face for the first time
on that box, it was tough.
521
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:25,954
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
- (DOOR OPENING)
522
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:29,000
AL: How you doing, boychik?
523
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:32,992
- What's that?
- It's for you.
524
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,390
I guess somebody sent you some coconuts.
525
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:40,509
Gorilla balls.
My brother. It's a inside joke.
526
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,114
- Your brother?
- Yeah.
527
00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:46,080
- I didn't even know you had a brother.
- No, we don't talk that much.
528
00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,275
- So, why'd he send those?
- I don't know.
529
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,511
Hey, bubby. What's going on?
530
00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,360
I gotta go the full ride, AI.
531
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,716
I can't look people in the eye
if I don't make it 15 rounds.
532
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:05,553
Forty to one, you know that?
533
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,269
That's the odds they're giving me, 40 to 1.
534
00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:11,431
Stop being such a fuckin' pussy, you hear me?
535
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,394
Trust me, all right?
536
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,794
Ali is gonna look like
the schvartze putz of the century
537
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:19,872
when you knock him out.
538
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:21,189
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
539
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,714
You hear me?
540
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:28,799
JOHN: Special delivery.
541
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,360
John, what the fuck are you doing here?
542
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:31,920
You're supposed to be on my liquor route.
543
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,914
Relax. No one's left in Bayonne to drink.
Everyone's in Cleveland.
544
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,878
- PHYLLIS: Hello, AI.
- Hey, Phyll.
545
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,711
- Friend or foe?
- Friend.
546
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,230
That's good.
547
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,320
You do know
he's got a fight tomorrow night, right?
548
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:48,834
- Yeah, I know.
- Okay.
549
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:53,635
Thanks.
550
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,992
You see the, uh, Mike Douglas thing?
551
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:08,276
No.
552
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:33,950
Let me look at you.
553
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:37,634
(CHUCK SIGHS)
554
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,678
REPORTER: The new, not-so-well-known
Cleveland Coliseum,
555
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,229
where Muhammad Ali will be fighting tonight.
556
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:57,713
On this, the day of his title defense,
557
00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,560
Muhammad Ali spent his time resting, eating,
558
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,632
and visiting the site
of his planned shopping mall
559
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,200
on Cleveland's East Side.
560
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:15,839
(INAUDIBLE)
561
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:27,516
Come on.
562
00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,034
You like?
563
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,079
Yeah, I like.
I like it better when you take it off.
564
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,560
Yeah, I bet.
565
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:42,555
(CHUCKLING) What are you doing? Stop it.
566
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,199
Come here. I wanna look at you.
567
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,237
- You know how gorgeous you are?
- Thank you.
568
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:52,839
All right, get out. I gotta get changed.
569
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,196
I don't wanna go back out there.
The lady is giving me the stink eye.
570
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:56,350
Okay.
571
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,874
Ali's saying he's gonna knock me out
in three rounds like I'm nothing.
572
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,710
Like I didn't belong there
in the first place.
573
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,033
I gotta show them, Phyll, you know?
574
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:17,952
I gotta show them I belong there.
575
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:21,078
Show who, Chuck? Who you gotta show?
576
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:24,756
You know, you know... Them.
577
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,513
Okay, "them."
578
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,596
Hey. Come here.
579
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,114
Come on, stop.
580
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:38,790
What?
581
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:41,230
I don't know, I just...
582
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,152
I don't wanna see you get hurt, Chuck.
583
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,034
I don't like seeing it.
584
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,559
I don't care about getting hurt.
585
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,680
I just gotta show them I belong, you know?
586
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,712
Go the distance.
587
00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:58,956
Yeah.
588
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:04,114
Why are you here, spending
the kind of money that you did on tickets
589
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,192
to see Ali and Wepner?
590
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,194
Ali's a good fighter. He's the best.
591
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,392
Well, a lot of people think that
it's gonna be a quick fight.
592
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,073
I think it's gonna be a good one.
593
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:22,076
So, I got mixed emotions, but I'd
like to see Muhammad Ali win in five.
594
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:27,030
Well, I enjoy Muhammad Ali,
and, you know, that's the whole kit.
595
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,396
And I call him one of
the greatest performers there are.
596
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:31,640
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
597
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,154
(SINGING U.S. NATIONAL ANTHEM)
598
00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,751
CHUCK: Let's face it, nobody
gave me a chance in hell.
599
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:02,240
But I didn't care.
600
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,676
For me to turn around and see Muhammad Ali
601
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:08,800
standing right there in front of me,
15 million people watching,
602
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:10,599
that was the best.
603
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,957
I'll never forget that feeling.
604
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,315
(BELL DINGS)
605
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,074
Bell rings, I rush forward
trying to be aggressive.
606
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,800
Ali's dancing around me talking.
Never stops talking.
607
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,156
He's saying, "Come on, whitey,
let's see what you got."
608
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,471
Couple of other choice words
I'd rather not mention.
609
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:25,755
(ALI SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
610
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:27,236
ANNOUNCER: Let's not forget one thing,
611
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,552
Ali does not dance like that for
seven or eight, nine rounds anymore.
612
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:31,790
He puts on these displays.
613
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,111
Wepner will look slow and awkward,
because he is slow and awkward,
614
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,795
but he does deliver a pretty good blow.
615
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,759
Finally, I get him on the ropes.
He's doing his rope-a-dope thing.
616
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,274
Bayonne, Chuck! Bayonne!
617
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:42,714
CHUCK: He doesn't give me much.
618
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,120
You know, I take what I can get.
619
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,035
Couple of kidney shots,
behind the head... You know, dirty.
620
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,114
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
621
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,437
ANNOUNCER: To the best of
my knowledge, that was Muhammad Ali
622
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,352
that was unloading the illegal shots.
623
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:56,760
Shots to the head.
624
00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,038
ANNOUNCER:...if they do penalize him
for it or not is a big question.
625
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,352
But certainly, Muhammad Ali
was no more the winner of that round
626
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:04,954
than Chuck Wepner.
627
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,475
Ali clearly has a much more fluid motion,
628
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:14,960
much more ability.
629
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:16,997
It's clear that he's getting through
with the jab...
630
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:18,594
Bring your guard up.
631
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:20,674
- (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)
- There's a quick combination.
632
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,991
Another three, four punches
to the face of Wepner.
633
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,515
But Wepner not visibly shaken,
as he continues to come in.
634
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,034
This man does not back up.
635
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,396
CHUCK: What good was backing up gonna do?
636
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:30,880
Look, my thing was this.
637
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,520
I couldn't hit him, so I figured
I'd wear him down with my face.
638
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:37,071
It was working great for five
or six rounds until finally, boom.
639
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,079
ANNOUNCER: Now it looks like Wepner
may possibly have a cut above the eye.
640
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:43,996
I think I see some red stuff
that might possibly be hair.
641
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,072
No, Wepner is cut above the eye.
642
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:47,560
Looks like a pretty good gash, too.
643
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:48,676
Come on!
644
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:50,035
Wepner holds his arm up and says,
645
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:51,839
"Come on, Champ,
is that the best you can do?"
646
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:53,639
Wepner's a tough kid.
There's no doubt about it.
647
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,116
I have tremendous respect
for the courage of this man.
648
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,635
- Ali has no respect for his ability.
- (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
649
00:33:58,720 --> 00:33:59,949
(AUDIENCE CHANTING)
650
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,556
CHUCK: All I know is they all said
I was gonna be done in three rounds,
651
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,233
and now they're chanting my name.
652
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:09,200
Sure, he was beating the crap out
of me, but they loved it. They loved me.
653
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,430
Hey, John!
654
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:14,434
You hear that crowd, Chuck?
They love you, Chuck! They love you!
655
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,039
- Hey!
- What?
656
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:20,550
Look at me, you dumb fuck. Focus!
657
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:21,956
(BELL DINGS)
658
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,117
ANNOUNCER: Wepner not concerned
with the left jab at all,
659
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:25,395
he just takes the punch.
660
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,474
Ali fakes the top part of his body back
and slips a punch to his left and...
661
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:31,993
- Whoa!
- (ALL EXCLAIMING)
662
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:36,074
ANNOUNCER: Vicious shot to the ribs
of Muhammad Ali, and what a surprise!
663
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,312
Chuck Wepner gets to the body
of Muhammad Ali!
664
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:41,953
- (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
- Chuck! Holy shit!
665
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:43,952
CHUCK: I was as shocked as anyone else.
666
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:45,872
I mean, my head was spinning.
667
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,560
I knew I hit him hard,
but to see him on his ass like that...
668
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,916
I saw myself as
the heavyweight champion of the world.
669
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,596
Didn't last, though. He got back up.
Boy, was he pissed.
670
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,240
ANNOUNCER: Ali is now going to
have to get off his haunches
671
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:01,436
and start the fight!
672
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,194
This is no joke! Ali was surprised!
673
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:07,836
Ali sat right down on his seat.
674
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,116
Now watch Ali go to work.
675
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,671
Ali is aggravated.
It looks like Wepner's in trouble now.
676
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:16,754
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
677
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:24,636
CHUCK: By the 12th round,
678
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:26,951
he'd already closed both my eyes,
broke my nose,
679
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,839
and he was still dancing circles around me.
680
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:31,752
I didn't care.
681
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,877
I was just happy to be in the ring with him.
682
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,950
I don't remember much after that,
except trying to stay on my feet.
683
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:43,799
I could feel him hitting me.
No pain, just the thud of his fists.
684
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:44,870
Bone on bone.
685
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:46,470
Boom.
686
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:48,470
Boom.
687
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,034
Stay up, Chuck. Stay up.
688
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:54,149
- (BELL DINGS)
- (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
689
00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:55,356
ANNOUNCER: Round 15,
690
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:57,318
the heavyweight championship of the world!
691
00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,596
People are on their feet at the Coliseum.
692
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,000
- (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
- They are seeing a better fight
693
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,549
than they thought that they were
going to see for their money.
694
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,115
Mohammed Ali wants to knock this man out.
695
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,317
Wepner does not want to go down.
696
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,040
There's a good combination,
Wepner's ready to go.
697
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:15,637
Ali comes on. Wepner is staggering,
he's out on his feet right now.
698
00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:18,030
Ali has his man in trouble!
699
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,589
Wepner attempting to hang on viciously.
700
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,275
He's trying to hang on. He's out on his feet!
701
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:24,919
- Ali clocks him!
- (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
702
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:30,280
A right hand and a left hook
drops Chuck Wepner!
703
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:33,150
Get up! Get up!
704
00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:37,075
ANNOUNCER: Five. Six. Seven. Eight.
705
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:38,640
- The referee stops the fight!
- (BELL DINGS)
706
00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:41,713
It'll be scored as a technical knockout!
707
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:46,113
Muhammad Ali retains the heavyweight
championship of the world!
708
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:56,874
(INAUDIBLE)
709
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:05,751
(INAUDIBLE)
710
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,158
CHUCK: Nineteen seconds.
711
00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:16,755
They stopped the fight with 19 seconds to go.
712
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:18,234
I didn't make it.
713
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:23,440
Funny thing is, nobody cared.
They threw me a party anyway.
714
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:25,395
(CROWD CHEERING)
715
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,234
AI says to me,
"Forget the bank, we need a fire hose
716
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,118
"'cause Ali's getting up
and his ass is burnin'!"
717
00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:33,515
(ALL LAUGHING)
718
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,275
SPORTSCASTER: And what a reception
for you in Bayonne.
719
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,079
Yeah, that was some party, huh?
720
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:44,316
You think there'll be a rematch, Chuck?
You and Ali, one more time?
721
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:46,517
CHUCK: Could be. Why not?
722
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:48,910
You know, unless he's too scared of me now.
723
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,240
In the meantime, Bob,
I'm just gonna enjoy myself.
724
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:53,640
JOHN: Chuck, you look good.
725
00:38:53,720 --> 00:38:55,200
And what do you do for enjoyment, Chuck?
726
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:56,999
Wine, women, and song, Bob.
727
00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:59,959
Wine, women, and song.
Not necessarily in that order.
728
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:01,235
SPORTSCASTER: Okay.
729
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:02,720
CHUCK: Guess what I like first.
730
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:04,359
SPORTSCASTER:
I'll leave that for the folks at home.
731
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,352
Getting back to the fight.
732
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,672
This photograph
is of the knockdown in round nine.
733
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:10,750
CHUCK: Oh, come on.
734
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:14,231
SPORTSCASTER: Now, Ali says
that's your foot stepping on his foot.
735
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,518
And he said it threw him off-balance,
and that's why he went down.
736
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:18,829
Bullshit. Not even close.
737
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,031
I step on your foot, you goin' down,
you protest, wouldn't you?
738
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,635
Of course, that'd be the first thing
you do. You stand up and you say...
739
00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:26,030
Referee calls it a knockdown
and it's in the books. It's a knockdown.
740
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:27,076
That's why there's a referee there.
741
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:28,719
- Daddy.
- Yeah, honey.
742
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,359
This guy's just trying to
make something, you know?
743
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:31,590
Daddy.
744
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,637
- Ali knows what happened.
- Oh, my God.
745
00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:36,393
- Is that supposed to be me?
- Yeah.
746
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:37,994
Look at this.
747
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:39,309
Who is that, Bigfoot?
748
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:40,800
- (CHUCK LAUGHING)
- No, it's Daddy.
749
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:42,473
That's my girl.
750
00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:47,870
(DISHES CLATTERING)
751
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:50,353
I'll be right back.
752
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,396
- What are you doing?
- Just leave me alone.
753
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,392
Don't you wanna watch the show? It's still...
754
00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,199
- You kidding me, Chuck?
- What?
755
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:03,910
What, "Wine, women, and song"? On television?
756
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:08,199
You know, it's bad enough
what you do on the streets, but on TV!
757
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:12,035
I said "woman," not women.
I said one woman. You.
758
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:13,873
- Bullshit.
- Come on, Phyll.
759
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:15,839
I'm just mouthing off.
You know what it's like.
760
00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,760
No, I don't know what it's like, Chuck.
And I don't care.
761
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,400
It was a big night for me, all right?
762
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,876
We're just having fun.
They were all, you know...
763
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:31,160
They were eating it up, you know?
I was doing the Bayonne thing.
764
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:32,430
They loved it.
765
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:36,549
Yeah. Everybody loves you.
766
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,115
CHUCK: I didn't hear
a freakin' word she said.
767
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:46,590
Truth is, I was so high on cloud nine,
768
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,275
I couldn't hear anything
but the sound of my own voice.
769
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:51,272
And I buy her this beautiful
powder blue negligee.
770
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:52,953
And I says, "Honey,
I want you to wear this tonight,
771
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:54,110
"because tonight,
772
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:57,159
"you're gonna be sleeping with
the heavyweight champion of the world."
773
00:40:57,240 --> 00:40:59,880
So, after the fight,
I come back to the hotel, I let myself in,
774
00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:03,032
she says to me, "So, do I go to
Ali's room, or does he come to mine?"
775
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:04,520
(ALL LAUGHING)
776
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:10,479
How you doin' for Smirnoff?
777
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:12,279
Good, Champ. I'll take whatever you got.
778
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:13,635
People doing a lot of celebrating this week.
779
00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:14,836
CHUCK: That's what I like to hear.
780
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,560
Hey, Red, do me a favor.
Give me a round for everybody on me.
781
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:19,632
Wait your turn. I got customers.
782
00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:22,155
- Wait my turn?
- Easy, Chuck. Chuck, easy, easy, easy.
783
00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:24,357
That's Linda. You don't wanna mess with her.
784
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,318
Linda! Linda, come here.
785
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:27,800
Don't you know who this is?
786
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:29,479
Yeah, the Bayonne Bleeder.
787
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:30,676
How you doin'?
788
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,315
Ali says you stepped on his foot,
that's why he went down.
789
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,995
Oh, yeah? He said that?
Well, that's bullshit.
790
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:39,118
That's what he said.
Dirty fighter. Called you a punk.
791
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,157
- Oh!
- MANNY: (LAUGHING) Oh!
792
00:41:41,240 --> 00:41:43,960
Punk, huh? I ain't no punk.
793
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:47,078
I was almost the heavyweight champion
of the world.
794
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:49,516
Well, you're no Mountain Rivera.
795
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:51,353
Wait a minute, you saw that movie?
796
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,318
Requiem for a Heavyweight? Sure.
797
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:54,516
Fuck me.
798
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:56,319
Not in this lifetime.
799
00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:59,918
But now it's your turn.
So, what are you having?
800
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:01,750
Uh...
801
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,559
I'll have a vodka rocks, and
whatever these jim-jims are drinking.
802
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:06,710
LINDA: Sure.
803
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,519
- MANNY: Thanks, Champ.
- CHUCK: What'd you say her name was?
804
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:09,795
MANNY: Linda. Linda.
805
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,280
(DISCO MUSIC PLAYING)
806
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:17,999
Here you go. Sorry for the wait.
807
00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:22,712
MANNY: Hey, Chuck. Show her that ring.
808
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:24,439
- What?
- Show her that ring.
809
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:29,557
I designed it. It's a metaphor.
810
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,360
The black onyx represents Ali.
I'm the diamond.
811
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:35,877
Yeah? If I was you, I'd find
the gumball machine you got it from
812
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:37,110
and get my quarter back.
813
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:40,880
Let me ask you something. What sign are you?
814
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,236
- You're kidding, right?
- Dead serious.
815
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:44,549
Pisces.
816
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:47,394
- No shit! That's my sign!
- Like that's not a line.
817
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:49,278
- I'm not lying to you.
- What's your birthday, big shot?
818
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:51,955
February 26th. What?
819
00:42:52,720 --> 00:42:54,598
- That's my birthday.
- Shut up.
820
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:56,911
- No, that's my birthday!
- Come on.
821
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:58,150
Here, look at this.
822
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,080
Linda Pandilano.
823
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:08,231
Anybody ever tell you
you take a beautiful picture?
824
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:09,800
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
825
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:13,556
No, I'm serious.
Hey, I'm so in love right now, it hurts.
826
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:15,154
What are you doing later on?
Let's get married.
827
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,511
Sure. Let me call your wife.
828
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,840
Look, Chuck, you don't know nothing about me.
829
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:26,594
And I don't know nothing about you.
So, what are you doing, huh?
830
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:50,190
Put this one over here.
831
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:53,235
(PHONE RINGING)
832
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:56,714
That's pretty.
Chuck. Will you get it? I'm busy.
833
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,309
Yeah. This one's so cute.
834
00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:04,709
Hello? Yeah, this is him.
835
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:06,830
What?
836
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,472
About a year and a half after the fight,
I get a phone call.
837
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:12,677
Guy says he's a producer in Hollywood.
838
00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:17,118
Says some guy named Stallone wrote a
screenplay inspired by me. I was like...
839
00:44:17,240 --> 00:44:18,356
What?
840
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:40,792
ROCKY: That don't matter either, you know?
841
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:44,509
So, I was thinkin'...
842
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,195
It really don't matter if I lose this fight.
843
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:51,114
It really don't matter
if this guy opens my head, either.
844
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:55,591
'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance.
845
00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:59,909
- Chuck?
- I know.
846
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:03,038
ROCKY:
Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed.
847
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:04,918
- (BOTH CHUCKLING)
- And if I can go that distance,
848
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:09,793
just hearing that bell ring,
you know, I'm still standing...
849
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:13,474
(ANNOUNCER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
850
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:20,398
MAN: Chuck Wepner.
You're Chuck Wepner, right?
851
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:21,755
- Hey, how you doin'?
- It's nice to meet you.
852
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,435
- Nice to meet you.
- It's Chuck Wepner, guys.
853
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:25,840
The real Rocky!
854
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:27,240
(ALL APPLAUDING)
855
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:28,720
CHUCK: You hear that?
856
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:31,315
Chuck Wepner, the real Rocky.
857
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:34,559
I told you you know me.
858
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:38,236
Thank you very much.
Bye, everybody. Come on. Let's go.
859
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:43,076
I felt like a movie star.
This guy, he really got me.
860
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:45,959
The job as a debt collector,
running the steps,
861
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,760
even the conversation I had
with my wife, for Christ sakes.
862
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:51,878
That was me. I was Rocky.
863
00:45:55,240 --> 00:45:56,799
(DISCO MUSIC PLAYING)
864
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:16,512
Whoa! Ladies and gents,
look who just walked in here!
865
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:18,637
It's the king himself!
866
00:46:18,720 --> 00:46:21,599
It's the guy who went 15 rounds
with Muhammad Ali!
867
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:24,400
The real life Rocky Balboa!
868
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:27,951
Come on, and the toughest
son of a bitch in the Garden State!
869
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:31,078
Give it up for Chuck Wepner!
870
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:32,594
(ALL CHEERING)
871
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:34,839
(ROCKY THEME PLAYING)
872
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:36,476
CHUCK: Thank you!
873
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:39,280
Hey, there he is! Yeah!
874
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:41,551
All right! All right!
875
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:43,359
- (WHISTLING)
- (WHOOPING)
876
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:57,319
How about that band?
877
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:58,914
Hit movie, hit song.
878
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:00,320
What can I say?
879
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:01,993
I'm a lucky guy.
880
00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:04,037
- (BLOWS WHISTLE)
- (DISCO MUSIC PLAYING)
881
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:27,590
CHUCK: Having fun tonight?
882
00:47:29,240 --> 00:47:31,232
Go get a drink. How you doing?
883
00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:35,116
Oh, this will be right here.
884
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:37,997
Hey, John, look at that.
885
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:39,196
JOHN: Whoa!
886
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:40,350
Yo, Champ!
887
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:43,956
I gotta tell you,
that movie was fuckin' unbelievable.
888
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:45,076
CHUCK: Thanks, pal. Appreciate it.
889
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:47,356
- How many nominations you get?
- Ten.
890
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:49,636
Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director...
891
00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:52,798
Holy shit! You must've made
a fuckin' fortune! Am I right?
892
00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:54,997
- I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.
- Yeah.
893
00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:56,992
When Sly told me about Rocky,
894
00:47:57,080 --> 00:48:00,232
he offered me 70 G's or 1% of the box office.
895
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:01,356
I took the 70 G's.
896
00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:03,312
What do I know about movies?
I'm from Bayonne, you know?
897
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:04,874
Hey, a bird in the hand, am I right?
898
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:08,397
Hey, bird in the hand is good as
a hand in the bush. Capisce?
899
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:09,994
Double capisce!
900
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:11,275
(BLOWS WHISTLE)
901
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:14,558
Hey, doll, set my man up
with whatever he wants! On me!
902
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,313
- Right on. Thanks, Champ.
- All right.
903
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:17,390
All right, pal.
904
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:19,517
You got 70 grand for that?
905
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:21,190
Shut up, John.
906
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:23,237
You hear that? 70 G's.
907
00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:24,276
WOMAN: What?
908
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:26,113
Chuck got 70 big ones for Rocky!
909
00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:28,078
John, John, would you
shut the fuck up, please?
910
00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:29,560
Seriously. You know what I mean?
911
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:31,438
You're not my fuckin' agent, John.
912
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:32,840
That's my business, you know that?
913
00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:34,513
I don't want my business on the street.
914
00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:36,120
You know, I apologize.
915
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:38,715
- I... I didn't mean...
- All right, all right, all right. Stop.
916
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:41,156
- I didn't mean it...
- Forget it. Forget it.
917
00:48:41,240 --> 00:48:43,072
Sweetheart, can I get
a vodka on the rocks, please?
918
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:46,674
I'm sorry.
919
00:48:47,720 --> 00:48:50,076
Truth is, I didn't make a fuckin' dime
on that movie.
920
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:51,116
Really?
921
00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:52,674
Not a dime.
922
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:54,831
That's fucked up, Chuck. I'm sorry.
923
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:56,394
- I know, but the guy asked me...
- Yeah.
924
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:58,756
...you know, in front of the girls,
I didn't wanna look like a chump,
925
00:48:58,840 --> 00:48:59,956
so I had to say something.
926
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:01,912
- You know, this stops with me. All right?
- Thank you.
927
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:03,599
Loose lips sink ships.
928
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:05,239
- You know me, I'm not a talker.
- Yeah, yeah.
929
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:06,754
- I'm not gonna bring it up.
- Okay.
930
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:08,758
- 70 grand, out of my mind.
- Thank you.
931
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:10,758
- All right? I'm not bringing it up.
- Will you stop!
932
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:13,230
Hey, Chuck! I got a friend in the bathroom
933
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,789
- that wants to make your acquaintance.
- Ooh.
934
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:18,117
You want me to meet somebody in the toilet?
935
00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:21,117
No, nobody wants to meet you in the toilet!
936
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:23,510
I want you to do a bump with me.
937
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:24,590
A what?
938
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:26,478
A bump! Come on, come on, come on.
Let's go, let's go.
939
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:30,029
(LAUGHING)
940
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:32,758
What is... This is great, you know?
941
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:34,035
This stuff's fuckin' great.
942
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:35,759
ARTY:
Yeah. You've never done this shit before?
943
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:37,240
CHUCK: John, you try this shit?
944
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:39,471
No, but I definitely...
I think I should do it again, you know.
945
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:42,029
Yeah, absolutely, definitely you should.
946
00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:44,589
Holy shit!
It's like it goes right through you.
947
00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:46,160
That's right. Boom!
948
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:47,674
John, you gotta try this shit.
949
00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:49,479
- JOHN: Fuck, yeah!
- Yeah!
950
00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:52,155
- (GIRLS SCREAM)
- CHUCK: Hey. Wanna bump?
951
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:54,836
- No? Wanna do a bump?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
952
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:56,513
Half's for her.
953
00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:58,080
Here you go.
954
00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:18,520
(WHOOPING)
955
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:57,034
PHYLLIS: Say goodbye, Chuck.
956
00:50:58,680 --> 00:50:59,670
CHUCK: Huh?
957
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:01,954
Say goodbye.
958
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:07,796
Bye. Where are you going?
959
00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:10,520
Nope, not me. You. You're going someplace.
960
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:12,719
Now. Today.
961
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:15,433
Oh, fuck.
962
00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:19,992
What are you talking about?
963
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:22,117
I don't want you in my house anymore.
964
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:24,995
I don't want you near my kid.
965
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:27,595
You stink, Chuck. Okay?
966
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:29,637
You stink like leftover pussy.
967
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:32,439
It's making me sick.
968
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:34,591
- I'm taking Kimberly, and I'm going.
- What?
969
00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:37,070
And when I come back, you're gone. Okay?
970
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:39,311
- Phyll, wait a minute.
- No.
971
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:40,754
Now, hang on a second. Just...
972
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:43,674
You're gone. That's all.
973
00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:46,831
Listen, Phyll, please. I...
974
00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:49,109
I...
975
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:53,159
I can't even fuckin' think straight
right now. My head hurts so much.
976
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:55,794
You wanna talk about hurt,
977
00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:58,634
you live five minutes in my shoes.
Then we can talk about hurt.
978
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:06,116
(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)
979
00:52:53,720 --> 00:52:54,995
(AL GRUNTING)
980
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,392
What are you doin', AI?
981
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:02,434
I got three words for you, bubala.
982
00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:04,113
Andre the Giant.
983
00:53:04,240 --> 00:53:06,516
What about him?
984
00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:08,831
You're gonna kick his freak show
keister, that's what about him.
985
00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:10,832
I just got off the horn with Vince McMahon.
986
00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:14,550
He's talking about doing a mixed match,
wrestling and boxing.
987
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:16,518
- Wrestling?
- Yeah.
988
00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:18,671
What's the matter?
You can't get me a legit fight?
989
00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:21,798
Look, you wanna keep working,
you're gonna have to stay famous.
990
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:24,270
And dancing around
with a giant in Shea Stadium,
991
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:25,953
that's not gonna hurt anybody.
992
00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:29,393
Chuck Wepner, Garden State Goliath!
993
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:31,869
Shea Stadium?
994
00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:32,916
Yeah.
995
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,276
A crowd of 50,000 plus.
996
00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:37,120
Lucky day.
997
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:38,874
Lucky man.
998
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:42,390
Hey, AI?
999
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:43,596
Yeah.
1000
00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:45,436
Is it real?
1001
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:46,636
What?
1002
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:50,075
Wrestling, they fight for real?
1003
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:51,355
(CHUCKLES)
1004
00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:53,793
CHUCK: What's so funny?
1005
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:55,712
I don't fuckin' know.
1006
00:53:56,160 --> 00:53:58,072
Andre the Giant, huh?
1007
00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:06,555
ANNOUNCER: I don't think Wepner's
gonna be able to get to him!
1008
00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:08,399
Andre now has him!
1009
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:11,591
Hanging a right to the kidney now!
1010
00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:13,911
Andre has him,
but doesn't know what to do with him!
1011
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:15,753
MAN: He can't get out of a head lock.
1012
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:16,990
Linda!
1013
00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:24,635
- MAN: Tell him that'll cost a beer.
- (MEN LAUGHING)
1014
00:54:27,080 --> 00:54:30,915
I think Andre showed a little mercy
by just kind of dumping him down.
1015
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:34,274
ANNOUNCER: The 49th Annual Academy Awards.
1016
00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:36,636
Live from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
1017
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:41,071
JEANNE: And the winner is
1018
00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:44,471
- John G. Avildsen for Rocky.
- (EXCLAIMING)
1019
00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:46,552
- (AUDIENCE CHEERING ON TV)
- (LAUGHING)
1020
00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:47,710
All right!
1021
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:50,519
Oh, my goodness.
1022
00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:56,550
I guess what Rocky did was
give a lot of people hope.
1023
00:54:56,640 --> 00:55:00,600
And there was never a better feeling
than doing that.
1024
00:55:01,720 --> 00:55:03,552
JACK: And the winner is
1025
00:55:04,560 --> 00:55:05,550
Rocky.
1026
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:10,399
Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, producers.
1027
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:13,278
Yeah! What the...
1028
00:55:13,360 --> 00:55:14,635
Holy...
1029
00:55:29,080 --> 00:55:30,400
(DOORBELL RINGING)
1030
00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:39,636
Chuck.
1031
00:55:39,720 --> 00:55:41,677
Hey, Flo. How you doin'?
1032
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:44,750
Well, Chuck, come on in.
1033
00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:46,955
- That's for you.
- Thank you.
1034
00:55:47,040 --> 00:55:49,157
It's called a mother-in-law's tongue.
I thought that was funny.
1035
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:51,749
Don! It's your brother.
1036
00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:52,990
It's Chuck.
1037
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:54,270
DON: What?
1038
00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:56,477
CHUCK: Your brother, you shit bird.
1039
00:55:56,560 --> 00:55:57,676
What the fuck?
1040
00:55:57,760 --> 00:55:58,750
Hey, Donny.
1041
00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:00,480
What are you doin' here?
1042
00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:01,676
What, no "hello"?
1043
00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:03,035
Hello. What are you, uh...
1044
00:56:03,120 --> 00:56:05,510
- What's the matter? What's wrong?
- Nothing.
1045
00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:07,034
Nothing's wrong. Everything's great.
1046
00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:08,998
I got something in the kitchen. Excuse me.
1047
00:56:09,080 --> 00:56:11,197
- You got some glasses, Flo, for...
- Yeah.
1048
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:12,555
Thanks.
1049
00:56:12,680 --> 00:56:13,875
(CHUCKLES)
1050
00:56:16,640 --> 00:56:18,711
- You look good.
- What's going on?
1051
00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:20,755
You don't know, do you?
1052
00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:22,636
Don't know what?
1053
00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:24,080
(LAUGHS)
1054
00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:25,196
The awards!
1055
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:27,636
The fuckin' Academy Awards, you goon!
1056
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:30,711
I don't really watch that shit.
1057
00:56:30,800 --> 00:56:31,916
You didn't see it?
1058
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:33,559
No, I didn't see anything.
1059
00:56:34,640 --> 00:56:35,835
We won.
1060
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:37,955
Who won, you?
1061
00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:40,072
Yeah, me. Rocky. Rocky won.
1062
00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:41,276
Oh.
1063
00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:42,830
So?
1064
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:44,794
What do you mean "so"?
1065
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:46,354
It's me. I'm him.
1066
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:49,035
- Who's you?
- Rocky. It's my life.
1067
00:56:49,120 --> 00:56:51,316
Without me, there's no Rocky, Don.
1068
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:53,150
Okay.
1069
00:56:53,840 --> 00:56:55,035
So?
1070
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:01,114
What's with the fuckin' "so," Don? I...
1071
00:57:01,720 --> 00:57:03,632
So, never mind, you know.
1072
00:57:04,760 --> 00:57:07,832
(SIGHS) All right.
You know, you don't get it.
1073
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:11,838
- I gotta go.
- All right, Chuck.
1074
00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:13,240
- CHUCK: How's the kids?
- DON: Kid.
1075
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:15,152
We got one kid.
1076
00:57:15,240 --> 00:57:16,640
Yeah, I know. How is she?
1077
00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:17,756
He.
1078
00:57:18,840 --> 00:57:20,672
- Jesus.
- Yeah.
1079
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:23,112
It's like that, right?
1080
00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:26,191
Chuck, what...
What the fuck are you doin' here?
1081
00:57:27,160 --> 00:57:28,594
Why'd you come?
1082
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:30,512
I don't know.
1083
00:57:30,600 --> 00:57:33,240
I just wanted to celebrate.
Thought I'd come say hi.
1084
00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:34,595
The movie?
1085
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:36,473
Yeah. My life, you know?
1086
00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:40,670
My lucky day on the big screen,
Academy Awards, Oscars, you know?
1087
00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:43,753
It's nothin' to you.
It was a big fuckin' deal.
1088
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:48,519
Congratulations.
1089
00:57:51,120 --> 00:57:52,349
Thanks.
1090
00:57:57,280 --> 00:58:00,352
What's his name? The boy, your boy.
1091
00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:02,272
What, you talking about your nephew? Danny?
1092
00:58:02,360 --> 00:58:04,317
That's it. I... I knew that.
1093
00:58:06,680 --> 00:58:08,478
Tell him I said hello.
1094
00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:11,120
Tell him the champ was here and, uh...
1095
00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:13,995
You know.
1096
00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:17,200
Chuck, you, uh...
1097
00:58:18,920 --> 00:58:19,990
What are you doing?
1098
00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:22,470
You... You wanna stay for dinner?
You can stay for dinner.
1099
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:24,592
No, I can't. I got people.
1100
00:58:24,680 --> 00:58:26,194
Some other time, though.
1101
00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:27,873
See you, Donny.
1102
00:58:51,160 --> 00:58:52,514
(LINE RINGING)
1103
00:58:54,200 --> 00:58:59,229
Hello. Yeah, hi. I'd like the number for
United Artists in Hollywood, please.
1104
00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:00,549
Hollywood.
1105
00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:04,358
Hey, Mr. Stallone,
I'm sorry to bother you, but you know...
1106
00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:06,033
Hey, Sly, my name's Chuck Wepner.
1107
00:59:06,120 --> 00:59:07,918
I just wanna say I'm a big fan of all your...
1108
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:09,878
(CHUCKLING) Hey, Sly. How are you?
1109
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:11,235
My name's Chuck Wepner.
1110
00:59:11,360 --> 00:59:13,352
I just wanna say
I'm a big fan of all your movies.
1111
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:14,874
You know, uh,
1112
00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:17,993
Rocky, that was, you know...
1113
00:59:18,200 --> 00:59:19,520
Yeah, hi, this is Chuck Wepner.
1114
00:59:19,600 --> 00:59:22,559
I'd like to speak to
Sylvester Stallone, please.
1115
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:24,429
Wepner.
1116
00:59:25,120 --> 00:59:27,840
W-E-P-N-E-R.
1117
00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:32,273
Yeah. Yeah, I think he knows who I am.
1118
00:59:32,520 --> 00:59:33,590
(SCOFFS)
1119
00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:36,835
Listen, you ever heard of Rocky?
1120
00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:38,800
Hello?
1121
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:40,470
Hello?
1122
00:59:41,640 --> 00:59:43,154
Motherfucker.
1123
00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:46,155
It wasn't the money, I just wanted to
meet the guy, you know?
1124
00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:49,039
It's like having a twin out there
in the world that you never met.
1125
00:59:49,120 --> 00:59:51,510
JOHN: So, what did he talk about? Pussy?
1126
00:59:51,600 --> 00:59:53,512
I bet that guy cleans up, huh?
1127
00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:56,399
John, please. Sly's discreet.
That's how it is in Hollywood.
1128
00:59:56,480 --> 00:59:57,914
- You don't talk about that stuff.
- Of course.
1129
00:59:58,000 --> 00:59:58,956
Besides, guys who get it,
1130
00:59:59,040 --> 01:00:00,269
- they don't talk about it.
- Yeah.
1131
01:00:00,360 --> 01:00:01,760
Me and him, it's professional, you know?
1132
01:00:01,840 --> 01:00:04,560
We talk about the Ali fight, my strategy,
I give him tips.
1133
01:00:04,640 --> 01:00:05,756
You gave him tips?
1134
01:00:05,840 --> 01:00:07,115
You didn't hear that from me, all right?
1135
01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:08,520
- Yeah, but that's cool!
- I'm not supposed to
1136
01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:09,590
talk about that, John.
1137
01:00:09,680 --> 01:00:11,592
- All right, but what do they talk...
- Will you wait a second?
1138
01:00:11,680 --> 01:00:13,034
We go in here, can you just...
1139
01:00:13,120 --> 01:00:14,600
- Why are you nervous?
- Just...
1140
01:00:14,680 --> 01:00:15,670
I mean...
1141
01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:18,911
CHUCK: Stallone was an off-limit kind of guy,
1142
01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:21,356
but I had a friend worked in
the liquor business in New York.
1143
01:00:21,440 --> 01:00:22,920
He knew where Sly was hanging out,
1144
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,435
so we told the bartender
to give me a heads-up.
1145
01:00:25,520 --> 01:00:26,636
I appreciate that.
1146
01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:33,512
Sorry, sir,
we're closed for a private function.
1147
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:36,240
Yeah, I know.
How you doin'? I'm Chuck Wepner.
1148
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:39,112
How can I help you, Mr. Wepner?
1149
01:00:39,200 --> 01:00:40,520
You follow boxing?
1150
01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:43,316
Rocky? Tell Sly, Chuck's here.
1151
01:00:43,400 --> 01:00:45,471
- I can handle this.
- He should know.
1152
01:00:45,560 --> 01:00:47,916
Would you mind telling Mr. Stallone that
1153
01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:50,879
Chuck Wepner's here?
1154
01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:55,673
Is he expecting you?
1155
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:56,750
What?
1156
01:00:56,880 --> 01:00:58,599
Is he expecting you?
1157
01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:01,631
Yeah. Yeah, he's expecting us.
1158
01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:04,798
Hang on just a minute.
1159
01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:14,670
JOHN: Is that him?
1160
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:15,955
Put your fuckin' hand down.
1161
01:01:16,040 --> 01:01:17,030
SYLVESTER: Yeah. No shit.
1162
01:01:18,520 --> 01:01:19,840
Oh, my God!
1163
01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:21,434
Hey, come here.
1164
01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:23,000
- CHUCK: Hey, hey, hey.
- JOHN: What?
1165
01:01:23,080 --> 01:01:25,720
Do me a favor.
Just hang back here a minute, okay?
1166
01:01:25,800 --> 01:01:27,439
- What? Why?
- Give me a moment alone
1167
01:01:27,520 --> 01:01:28,670
with Stallone, all right?
1168
01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:31,116
SYLVESTER: Tough guy.
Tough motherfucker. Yeah.
1169
01:01:31,200 --> 01:01:33,192
I cannot believe my eyes.
1170
01:01:33,280 --> 01:01:34,350
Chuck Wepner.
1171
01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:35,510
CHUCK: How are you, Sly?
1172
01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:36,795
Better now. I been wanting to meet you
1173
01:01:36,920 --> 01:01:38,400
- for a long time, Champ.
- Thank you.
1174
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:39,834
- It's an honor.
- Oh, me, too.
1175
01:01:39,920 --> 01:01:40,910
Hey, meet the guys, all right?
1176
01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:42,400
- Hey, guys, you know Chuck Wepner.
- How are you?
1177
01:01:42,480 --> 01:01:44,153
Hey, everybody! Chuck Wepner!
1178
01:01:44,240 --> 01:01:46,436
How are you? No. Please.
1179
01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:50,279
Hey. Hey, look, Sly, I hope
you don't mind. I didn't mean to...
1180
01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:51,430
SYLVESTER: Come here. Come here. Hey.
1181
01:01:51,560 --> 01:01:53,791
CHUCK: Turns out, my twin had been
wanting to meet me, too.
1182
01:01:53,880 --> 01:01:56,554
He even gave me a script for
the new Rocky movie he was making.
1183
01:01:56,640 --> 01:01:59,997
Ching Weber, get it? Ching Weber,
Chuck Wepner? It's good, right?
1184
01:02:00,080 --> 01:02:02,037
Hollywood doesn't do a sequel
unless it's a sure thing.
1185
01:02:02,120 --> 01:02:04,032
This is a sure thing. Like chicken vindaloo.
1186
01:02:04,120 --> 01:02:06,919
Ching says, "Couldn't you think of
anything tougher to say
1187
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:08,559
"than, 'Oops, no stones'?"
1188
01:02:08,640 --> 01:02:11,360
I mean, come on,
how fuckin' good is that? Right?
1189
01:02:11,440 --> 01:02:12,669
- It's pretty great.
- You know?
1190
01:02:12,760 --> 01:02:14,274
You thought the Ali fight was big.
1191
01:02:14,360 --> 01:02:17,990
Ali's small potatoes compared to this.
They should call it Wepner 2.
1192
01:02:18,120 --> 01:02:20,396
What are they gonna do about your face?
1193
01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:22,153
(ALL LAUGHING)
1194
01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:25,515
It's like I been training for this
my whole life.
1195
01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:29,116
Going toe-to-toe with Sylvester Stallone
on the silver screen.
1196
01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:30,873
Notify the other planets, John.
1197
01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:32,758
A star is born.
1198
01:02:32,840 --> 01:02:34,559
In fuckin' Bayonne.
1199
01:02:34,640 --> 01:02:35,756
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
1200
01:02:35,840 --> 01:02:38,036
Right? Give me another one of these?
1201
01:02:41,880 --> 01:02:43,712
That's it right there.
1202
01:02:43,800 --> 01:02:44,870
Rocky II.
1203
01:02:45,560 --> 01:02:46,710
Wow.
1204
01:02:46,800 --> 01:02:47,995
I never seen one of these.
1205
01:02:48,080 --> 01:02:50,549
Not many people have. Very... Very hush-hush.
1206
01:02:50,640 --> 01:02:52,313
It's called a screenplay.
1207
01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:53,880
- Well, how'd you get it?
- Yeah.
1208
01:02:53,960 --> 01:02:56,395
What do you mean, how did I get it?
I'm in it.
1209
01:02:56,480 --> 01:02:59,473
Sly wants me to go down to Philly
tomorrow, meet with the producers.
1210
01:02:59,560 --> 01:03:01,199
Wrote me a part.
1211
01:03:01,840 --> 01:03:03,718
- You wanna run some lines?
- What?
1212
01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:05,797
It's what they do, they run lines.
1213
01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:08,111
All right, let's run some fuckin' lines.
1214
01:03:08,200 --> 01:03:11,193
Here we go. Hey...
1215
01:03:11,840 --> 01:03:13,320
Oh, those lines.
1216
01:03:29,240 --> 01:03:30,196
(WOMEN SQUEALING)
1217
01:03:30,280 --> 01:03:33,557
CHUCK: "You know, in 1952,
they had me ranked number five.
1218
01:03:34,400 --> 01:03:38,394
"I'm not... I'm not kidding you.
They... They ranked me number five.
1219
01:03:39,080 --> 01:03:42,630
"Marciano, Walcott, and Charles
are still around.
1220
01:03:42,720 --> 01:03:45,076
"But they had me up there
ranked number five."
1221
01:03:46,160 --> 01:03:47,879
Watch. This is good.
1222
01:03:49,960 --> 01:03:53,397
"Miss, I got no special problem.
1223
01:03:54,280 --> 01:03:58,035
"I tell you what, I'm a big, ugly slob.
I look like a freak.
1224
01:03:58,120 --> 01:04:00,840
"But I was almost
the heavyweight champion of the world.
1225
01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:04,638
"Why don't you put that down
on that paper someplace?
1226
01:04:04,720 --> 01:04:07,110
"Mountain Rivera was no punk.
1227
01:04:07,600 --> 01:04:11,640
"Mountain Rivera was almost
the heavyweight champion of the world."
1228
01:04:11,720 --> 01:04:13,951
- (APPLAUDING)
- WOMAN 1: Oh, my God.
1229
01:04:14,040 --> 01:04:15,474
That was good.
1230
01:04:15,800 --> 01:04:17,553
Seriously, that was really good.
1231
01:04:17,640 --> 01:04:18,994
CHUCK: Thank you.
1232
01:04:19,280 --> 01:04:22,159
You are ready for your close-up, Mr. Deville.
1233
01:04:22,240 --> 01:04:24,709
WOMAN 2: I got a lump in my throat, I swear.
1234
01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:27,115
For my second act,
1235
01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:29,635
I'd like to do my impression of Sonny Liston
1236
01:04:29,760 --> 01:04:31,991
in his last fight with Muhammad Ali.
1237
01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:33,920
Taking a dive.
1238
01:04:35,040 --> 01:04:36,156
(WOMEN SHRIEKING)
1239
01:04:42,440 --> 01:04:45,194
We gotta finish it.
We gotta finish all of it!
1240
01:04:58,760 --> 01:05:00,399
Come on, come on, come on!
1241
01:05:00,480 --> 01:05:03,075
Chuck, hey, hey. You're supposed to be late.
1242
01:05:03,160 --> 01:05:04,719
It's show business.
1243
01:05:04,800 --> 01:05:05,916
All right.
1244
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:10,590
Where's the button?
1245
01:05:10,680 --> 01:05:11,716
- Where's the button?
- JOHN: I'll get it.
1246
01:05:11,800 --> 01:05:12,756
Where's the fuckin' button?
1247
01:05:12,840 --> 01:05:14,320
There's gotta be...
1248
01:05:14,400 --> 01:05:15,754
- (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
- (WOMEN GIGGLING)
1249
01:05:15,840 --> 01:05:17,160
Get your boobs out of the way.
1250
01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:18,909
Mr. Wepner.
1251
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:20,275
Hey, how you doin'?
1252
01:05:20,360 --> 01:05:22,920
- Right this way. They're waiting for you.
- She knows you. You're in.
1253
01:05:23,000 --> 01:05:24,992
- This is like a no-brainer.
- Give me one of them Tic Tacs?
1254
01:05:26,200 --> 01:05:28,192
I gotta be fuckin' crazy.
1255
01:05:28,520 --> 01:05:30,751
WOMAN: I need your friends to wait here.
1256
01:05:30,840 --> 01:05:32,911
- Wait. They can't come with me?
- Follow me.
1257
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:34,434
Excuse me. Miss?
1258
01:05:34,520 --> 01:05:36,273
Miss, they came all the way
from Jersey to meet Sly.
1259
01:05:36,360 --> 01:05:38,352
- You don't think...
- Come on.
1260
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:40,757
JOHN: Hey, you wanna run lines?
1261
01:05:40,840 --> 01:05:42,399
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
- (ALL LAUGHING)
1262
01:05:44,760 --> 01:05:46,160
SYLVESTER: Hey, there he is.
1263
01:05:47,400 --> 01:05:48,550
Hey, how are you, Chuck?
1264
01:05:48,640 --> 01:05:50,199
Hey, Sly. How's it goin'?
1265
01:05:50,280 --> 01:05:52,192
I'm good. Hey. You good?
1266
01:05:52,280 --> 01:05:53,953
- Yeah, I'm great.
- All right.
1267
01:05:54,040 --> 01:05:55,269
Thanks for making the trip down here.
1268
01:05:55,360 --> 01:05:57,556
- Hey, I was in the neighborhood?
- What?
1269
01:05:57,680 --> 01:05:58,796
- Nothing.
- Yeah.
1270
01:05:58,880 --> 01:06:00,633
Everybody, this is Chuck Wepner.
1271
01:06:00,880 --> 01:06:02,109
The real deal.
1272
01:06:02,200 --> 01:06:04,192
How you doin', everybody?
1273
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:06,233
Boy, that's some spread you got there.
1274
01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:09,117
Bagels and lox,
that's what I'm talking about.
1275
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:12,993
- Hey, so, uh, let's do this, huh?
- What?
1276
01:06:13,560 --> 01:06:14,880
You ready to read, Champ?
1277
01:06:15,600 --> 01:06:17,239
Oh, shit, yeah. Hey.
1278
01:06:17,320 --> 01:06:19,312
- I was born ready, you know?
- Great.
1279
01:06:19,400 --> 01:06:21,153
- Hey, all right, Chuck. Okay.
- It's what I do.
1280
01:06:21,240 --> 01:06:23,072
You stand right about there, all right?
1281
01:06:23,160 --> 01:06:24,799
All right, now, in this scene,
1282
01:06:24,880 --> 01:06:26,951
- Rocky and Ching are sparring, right?
- Yeah.
1283
01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:28,633
Mickey, your old trainer,
is watching ringside,
1284
01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:30,916
and you are jealous
because you feel that, really,
1285
01:06:31,000 --> 01:06:33,151
- it should be you getting the title shot.
- Uh-huh.
1286
01:06:33,240 --> 01:06:34,594
It's a bitter pill, you know?
1287
01:06:34,680 --> 01:06:37,149
There's somebody else
getting what's rightfully yours.
1288
01:06:37,240 --> 01:06:38,515
Try and feel that.
1289
01:06:38,640 --> 01:06:42,236
Hey, I ain't gotta try to feel that, Sly.
It's, you know, it's me.
1290
01:06:42,320 --> 01:06:44,516
Yeah, that's right. That's perfect.
That's beautiful. All right.
1291
01:06:44,600 --> 01:06:45,716
Uh...
1292
01:06:45,800 --> 01:06:48,440
So, I'll do Rocky,
and Charlotte's gonna read Mickey.
1293
01:06:48,520 --> 01:06:49,715
- All right.
- Ready?
1294
01:06:49,800 --> 01:06:51,120
Yeah. So, we're just...
We're just moving, right?
1295
01:06:51,200 --> 01:06:52,236
- We're just working.
- We're just sparring.
1296
01:06:52,360 --> 01:06:53,350
- We're in the gym, yeah.
- All right.
1297
01:06:53,440 --> 01:06:54,430
All right, ready?
1298
01:06:55,440 --> 01:06:56,556
Hey!
1299
01:06:56,640 --> 01:06:58,120
Hey, come on!
1300
01:06:58,520 --> 01:06:59,954
Hey, what was that?
1301
01:07:00,040 --> 01:07:01,633
We're supposed to be working here.
1302
01:07:01,720 --> 01:07:03,916
- I'm sorry, Sly.
- No problem. Take your time.
1303
01:07:05,480 --> 01:07:06,960
"You're a bum.
1304
01:07:07,600 --> 01:07:12,197
"I can lick you and any other guy
in this gym! One day..."
1305
01:07:13,720 --> 01:07:16,189
Yeah, but we're just working.
1306
01:07:16,360 --> 01:07:18,158
I'm getting in shape for the title fight.
1307
01:07:18,240 --> 01:07:21,074
Listen, you're being paid to spar with him.
1308
01:07:21,160 --> 01:07:22,913
Just do your job.
1309
01:07:25,440 --> 01:07:27,955
- Oh, shit, I'm sorry. Sorry. This line...
- Nah, it's all right. Look. Look.
1310
01:07:28,040 --> 01:07:29,679
- Chuck, just relax. This is you.
- I'm sorry.
1311
01:07:29,760 --> 01:07:30,989
This is you. You got it. Just do you.
1312
01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:32,550
Just be yourself.
1313
01:07:32,640 --> 01:07:34,791
Let's start over. Let's do it again.
1314
01:07:35,360 --> 01:07:36,714
Yeah. All right.
1315
01:07:36,800 --> 01:07:37,870
Ready? Yeah, okay.
1316
01:07:37,960 --> 01:07:39,917
- We're movin'. Come on.
- Yeah.
1317
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:41,275
Just be loose.
1318
01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:43,275
Hey!
1319
01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:45,238
Hey, come on, what was that?
1320
01:07:45,320 --> 01:07:46,515
We're supposed to be working here.
1321
01:07:47,160 --> 01:07:48,674
You're a bum!
1322
01:07:49,160 --> 01:07:52,119
I can lick you and any other guy in this gym!
1323
01:07:52,440 --> 01:07:53,954
And one day...
1324
01:07:55,640 --> 01:07:57,677
Yeah, but we're just workin'.
1325
01:07:58,160 --> 01:07:59,753
I'm getting in shape for the title fight.
1326
01:07:59,840 --> 01:08:02,753
Listen. You're being paid to spar with him.
1327
01:08:02,840 --> 01:08:04,433
Just do your job.
1328
01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:07,038
What's goin' on, huh?
1329
01:08:09,680 --> 01:08:12,912
I mean, he's supposed to be
my sparring partner!
1330
01:08:15,520 --> 01:08:16,636
Thank you.
1331
01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:20,359
- We all right, Sly?
- Hey, look, come here.
1332
01:08:21,200 --> 01:08:22,395
Come here.
1333
01:08:22,480 --> 01:08:23,675
Did I do something wrong?
1334
01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:25,797
No, no, no. You didn't do anything wrong.
1335
01:08:25,880 --> 01:08:27,280
Now listen.
1336
01:08:27,360 --> 01:08:28,760
I want you in this movie.
1337
01:08:29,200 --> 01:08:32,352
Go in the bathroom, take a minute,
study the script, kick it around,
1338
01:08:32,440 --> 01:08:34,875
then come back, try it again.
1339
01:08:34,960 --> 01:08:36,679
You got this, all right?
1340
01:08:36,800 --> 01:08:38,393
All you gotta do is you.
1341
01:08:38,880 --> 01:08:41,270
- Okay, Champ?
- Yeah. All right.
1342
01:08:41,360 --> 01:08:43,352
- All right.
- Thanks, Sly.
1343
01:08:52,160 --> 01:08:53,640
(WATER RUNNING)
1344
01:09:20,760 --> 01:09:22,160
(INAUDIBLE)
1345
01:10:00,960 --> 01:10:02,110
Chuck.
1346
01:10:24,240 --> 01:10:25,799
(PHONE RINGING)
1347
01:10:33,480 --> 01:10:34,596
Yeah.
1348
01:10:36,160 --> 01:10:37,310
Hi.
1349
01:10:39,120 --> 01:10:40,270
Uh-huh.
1350
01:10:42,120 --> 01:10:43,395
Sure.
1351
01:10:44,760 --> 01:10:48,117
Two ounces? Gee, that's some party
you're throwing there, huh?
1352
01:10:49,400 --> 01:10:51,835
All right. I'll call my guy.
1353
01:10:51,920 --> 01:10:53,877
Yeah. Okay.
1354
01:10:54,320 --> 01:10:57,358
I'll see you at the Silhouette at 8:00.
All right, bye.
1355
01:10:57,480 --> 01:10:58,994
Was that Devon?
1356
01:11:00,680 --> 01:11:02,797
- Is that his name?
- Yeah, that's his name.
1357
01:11:02,880 --> 01:11:05,440
Devon. Wants two ounces.
1358
01:11:05,920 --> 01:11:07,957
Two ounces? Geez.
1359
01:11:08,640 --> 01:11:10,359
He say where he was going?
1360
01:11:10,440 --> 01:11:11,556
(CHUCKLES)
1361
01:11:11,640 --> 01:11:13,393
You got a fuckin' one-track mind.
1362
01:11:17,440 --> 01:11:18,590
(PHONE RINGING)
1363
01:11:21,640 --> 01:11:22,710
Hello.
1364
01:11:22,840 --> 01:11:24,672
- Hey, it's Phyllis.
- Hey, Phyllis.
1365
01:11:24,800 --> 01:11:26,951
- Where's Chuck? Is he with you?
- Yeah.
1366
01:11:27,040 --> 01:11:28,872
Well, he's supposed to be at school
with his daughter.
1367
01:11:28,960 --> 01:11:31,520
Right now? You sure? Chuck!
1368
01:11:33,200 --> 01:11:34,600
Chuck, it's Phyllis.
1369
01:11:34,680 --> 01:11:38,640
She says you were supposed to be
at some kid's thing? At school?
1370
01:11:46,480 --> 01:11:48,312
- Hey, Phyll.
- It's Parents' Day.
1371
01:11:48,400 --> 01:11:50,198
- Yeah.
- What? You forgot again?
1372
01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:51,999
No, I know. I didn't forget.
1373
01:11:52,120 --> 01:11:53,315
Are you coming?
1374
01:11:53,400 --> 01:11:55,915
- Yeah. All right, relax. Relax.
- She wants to see you right now.
1375
01:11:56,040 --> 01:11:58,600
I'm coming right now. All right. Bye.
1376
01:12:00,480 --> 01:12:03,712
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
You're going to school now?
1377
01:12:04,440 --> 01:12:07,274
Chuck, seriously, you don't look so good.
1378
01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:09,234
You wanna do a bump?
1379
01:12:11,200 --> 01:12:12,270
Yeah.
1380
01:12:34,760 --> 01:12:35,955
I'm here.
1381
01:12:36,600 --> 01:12:38,398
Here I am. I'm sorry.
1382
01:12:38,880 --> 01:12:40,439
Hey! Here's my little girl.
1383
01:12:40,520 --> 01:12:41,670
Hi, Daddy.
1384
01:12:41,760 --> 01:12:43,035
How's she doin'?
1385
01:12:43,120 --> 01:12:44,270
Smart as a whip, huh?
1386
01:12:44,360 --> 01:12:46,829
Takes after her mother, thank God.
1387
01:12:47,120 --> 01:12:48,270
Oh, where's my manners? I'm sorry.
1388
01:12:48,440 --> 01:12:49,635
I'm Chuck, Kimberly's dad.
1389
01:12:49,960 --> 01:12:51,314
Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Wepner.
1390
01:12:51,440 --> 01:12:52,510
Yeah. Nice to meet you.
1391
01:12:52,600 --> 01:12:54,717
You can call me Chuck or Champ.
1392
01:12:54,800 --> 01:12:56,029
You follow boxing?
1393
01:12:56,800 --> 01:12:57,916
No, I don't.
1394
01:12:58,000 --> 01:12:58,990
No?
1395
01:12:59,080 --> 01:13:00,070
You see Rocky?
1396
01:13:00,160 --> 01:13:01,514
- Chuck.
- What?
1397
01:13:02,560 --> 01:13:03,789
Is that the report card?
1398
01:13:04,600 --> 01:13:05,875
All right. Look at this.
1399
01:13:05,960 --> 01:13:07,679
It's upside down, Daddy.
1400
01:13:08,160 --> 01:13:09,640
She doesn't miss a beat, this one.
1401
01:13:09,720 --> 01:13:11,916
- I'm so sorry. It's...
- Hey, you don't have to apologize.
1402
01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:13,753
- I made a mistake.
- Chuck, stop it.
1403
01:13:13,840 --> 01:13:14,990
It's a mistake. For...
1404
01:13:15,080 --> 01:13:16,480
- Stop it.
- Okay.
1405
01:13:17,240 --> 01:13:19,391
So, uh, what are we doin' here?
1406
01:13:19,760 --> 01:13:21,831
Actually, I was just saying that
1407
01:13:21,920 --> 01:13:24,515
she's one of my brightest students in class.
1408
01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:26,319
- Of course.
- She's been doing really great.
1409
01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:28,995
- Very proud of her. Yeah.
- Good. Good.
1410
01:13:29,320 --> 01:13:30,993
Hey. Hey, I wanna show you something.
1411
01:13:31,640 --> 01:13:33,233
I... I wrote you a poem.
1412
01:13:33,320 --> 01:13:34,674
You're gonna like this.
1413
01:13:34,760 --> 01:13:36,877
It's... It's called "My Little Girl."
That's the title.
1414
01:13:36,960 --> 01:13:39,236
I wrote it 'cause I miss you.
Miss you so much, it hurts.
1415
01:13:39,320 --> 01:13:40,913
Look at this.
1416
01:13:41,000 --> 01:13:43,231
"You are big now, not so small
1417
01:13:43,480 --> 01:13:44,914
"But still my baby, after all
1418
01:13:45,040 --> 01:13:46,156
"From time to time, as you grew..."
1419
01:13:46,240 --> 01:13:48,038
Let's go, baby. Come on. I'm so sorry.
1420
01:13:48,120 --> 01:13:50,157
What? Come on, honey.
I'm just a few minutes late. What's...
1421
01:13:50,240 --> 01:13:51,356
Let her go, Chuck.
1422
01:13:52,760 --> 01:13:54,319
Come on, Phyll!
1423
01:13:54,680 --> 01:13:56,592
I'm sorry! I had...
1424
01:13:58,200 --> 01:14:01,320
- Stay away from me.
- Will you stop, please, just two minutes?
1425
01:14:01,400 --> 01:14:02,629
- Kim...
- No, don't you fuckin' move!
1426
01:14:02,720 --> 01:14:03,710
All right. All right.
1427
01:14:03,800 --> 01:14:05,439
You can do whatever you want
with your own life, Chuck,
1428
01:14:05,520 --> 01:14:07,034
but I will not let you ruin hers.
1429
01:14:07,120 --> 01:14:08,759
- I'm sorry, okay?
- I am scared for you!
1430
01:14:08,880 --> 01:14:10,553
I am scared for what's gonna happen to you!
1431
01:14:10,640 --> 01:14:11,835
Nothing's gonna happen.
1432
01:14:11,920 --> 01:14:13,877
I... I'm just a little
fucked up right now, okay?
1433
01:14:13,960 --> 01:14:15,155
I'm gonna pray for you, Chuck.
1434
01:14:15,240 --> 01:14:17,197
I haven't said a prayer since grammar school,
1435
01:14:17,280 --> 01:14:18,999
but I'm gonna pray that you find the strength
1436
01:14:19,080 --> 01:14:20,275
to be a father to your daughter!
1437
01:14:22,920 --> 01:14:24,320
Hey, Kim, honey.
1438
01:14:24,400 --> 01:14:26,471
I'm gonna call you, all right? All right?
1439
01:14:26,560 --> 01:14:27,676
Roll the window down.
1440
01:14:27,760 --> 01:14:29,513
Hey, Kimberly, roll the window down!
1441
01:14:29,600 --> 01:14:32,752
Your poem! Honey, roll...
1442
01:15:30,400 --> 01:15:32,278
- Jesus Christ.
- LINDA: Chuck!
1443
01:15:33,080 --> 01:15:34,560
How you doin'?
1444
01:15:34,840 --> 01:15:35,910
It's you!
1445
01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:37,514
Last I checked.
1446
01:15:37,600 --> 01:15:39,398
The one that got away.
1447
01:15:39,480 --> 01:15:41,949
Don't flatter yourself.
1448
01:15:42,040 --> 01:15:43,838
You never had me.
1449
01:15:43,920 --> 01:15:44,990
I know your reputation.
1450
01:15:45,080 --> 01:15:47,675
You got a line of 23-year-old cupcakes
down at the shore.
1451
01:15:47,760 --> 01:15:50,673
And if you're tryin' to sell me somethin',
I got all the liquor I need.
1452
01:15:50,760 --> 01:15:52,353
I'm not tryin' to sell you nothin'.
1453
01:15:52,440 --> 01:15:54,636
What are you doin' here then?
1454
01:15:55,200 --> 01:15:57,635
I gotta meet a guy about somethin'.
1455
01:16:04,560 --> 01:16:06,040
Bad day, huh?
1456
01:16:06,640 --> 01:16:08,438
Worst fuckin' day in my life.
1457
01:16:08,520 --> 01:16:10,989
I oughta be strung up by my balls
and horsewhipped.
1458
01:16:12,560 --> 01:16:13,960
I fucked up.
1459
01:16:14,040 --> 01:16:15,520
What'd you do?
1460
01:16:24,160 --> 01:16:28,200
I went to my little...
My little girl's school, you know,
1461
01:16:28,280 --> 01:16:30,954
for one of them parent-teacher things?
1462
01:16:31,680 --> 01:16:35,594
You know, I... I ain't seen her in a while,
so, you know, I wrote her...
1463
01:16:44,200 --> 01:16:45,316
Oh, Chuck.
1464
01:16:47,480 --> 01:16:48,596
(SNIFFLING)
1465
01:16:49,720 --> 01:16:51,120
I'm sorry.
1466
01:16:55,160 --> 01:16:56,640
You all right?
1467
01:17:12,480 --> 01:17:13,994
What are the odds of me runnin' into you?
1468
01:17:14,080 --> 01:17:16,720
It's the worst fuckin' day in my life,
1469
01:17:17,560 --> 01:17:19,711
and there you are,
like some angel out of the blue.
1470
01:17:19,800 --> 01:17:20,950
(CHUCKLES)
1471
01:17:28,760 --> 01:17:31,195
If that ain't a sign,
I don't know what, Linda.
1472
01:17:33,400 --> 01:17:34,390
You and me.
1473
01:17:35,560 --> 01:17:38,075
We're connected. You don't see that?
1474
01:17:38,360 --> 01:17:39,635
I tell you what.
1475
01:17:40,440 --> 01:17:43,831
There's more to you
than meets the eye, Chuck Wepner.
1476
01:17:44,200 --> 01:17:46,715
Not much, just enough.
1477
01:17:49,480 --> 01:17:51,790
You wanna know what I think?
1478
01:17:51,880 --> 01:17:52,950
What?
1479
01:17:55,480 --> 01:17:57,199
I think you like me.
1480
01:17:57,280 --> 01:17:59,670
- (CHUCKLING) Yeah?
- Yeah.
1481
01:17:59,880 --> 01:18:01,917
Well, you've been hit in the head
a few times.
1482
01:18:03,960 --> 01:18:05,758
Yeah, that's true.
1483
01:18:08,000 --> 01:18:09,275
(CAR HORN HONKING)
1484
01:18:10,880 --> 01:18:11,916
Oh, shit.
1485
01:18:12,040 --> 01:18:13,679
Don't move. Please.
1486
01:18:13,760 --> 01:18:15,319
Don't go nowhere, all right? I...
1487
01:18:15,400 --> 01:18:19,155
Stay right where you are.
I gotta... Gotta go talk to somebody.
1488
01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:28,992
- Hey, Devon.
- Hey, Champ.
1489
01:18:29,240 --> 01:18:30,356
Everything good?
1490
01:18:30,440 --> 01:18:31,476
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1491
01:18:31,600 --> 01:18:33,034
There you go.
1492
01:18:33,800 --> 01:18:34,756
Sorry, Champ.
1493
01:18:34,840 --> 01:18:36,513
(SIREN WAILING)
1494
01:18:40,120 --> 01:18:41,110
CHUCK: Hey, Jimmy.
1495
01:18:41,200 --> 01:18:42,600
Hey, Chuck.
1496
01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:11,198
CHUCK: When it rains, it pours, right?
It was a setup.
1497
01:19:11,280 --> 01:19:13,476
They said they'd let me go
if I gave 'em a name.
1498
01:19:13,600 --> 01:19:15,557
It's two ounces, Chuck.
1499
01:19:15,920 --> 01:19:18,310
We're talking serious time here.
1500
01:19:19,600 --> 01:19:22,832
Just didn't seem right, someone else
paying for my stupid mistake.
1501
01:19:25,520 --> 01:19:27,000
Okay, Champ.
1502
01:19:28,080 --> 01:19:29,434
One call.
1503
01:19:30,360 --> 01:19:31,840
Pick a winner.
1504
01:19:34,920 --> 01:19:36,320
(PHONE RINGING)
1505
01:19:39,120 --> 01:19:40,110
Hello?
1506
01:19:40,360 --> 01:19:41,430
Hey.
1507
01:19:41,680 --> 01:19:42,750
Chuck.
1508
01:19:42,880 --> 01:19:43,950
How's it goin'?
1509
01:19:44,040 --> 01:19:45,520
Where are you?
1510
01:19:46,480 --> 01:19:49,712
Over here on 38th, at the police station.
1511
01:19:49,840 --> 01:19:50,796
Oh, Chuck.
1512
01:19:50,880 --> 01:19:52,599
You're my call.
1513
01:19:53,920 --> 01:19:55,752
I got one call, I called you.
1514
01:19:55,840 --> 01:19:57,957
What, you don't have a lawyer or someone
1515
01:19:58,040 --> 01:20:00,600
who helps you with things like this?
1516
01:20:01,320 --> 01:20:02,993
Not at the moment.
1517
01:20:03,720 --> 01:20:05,632
You need to make bail.
1518
01:20:07,200 --> 01:20:09,760
It doesn't matter.
You know, I'm going to prison anyway.
1519
01:20:09,840 --> 01:20:12,958
At least this way,
I get to talk to you, you know?
1520
01:20:13,040 --> 01:20:14,872
What about family?
1521
01:20:16,080 --> 01:20:19,756
I... I had a brother,
but he didn't give a fuck about me.
1522
01:20:21,920 --> 01:20:26,597
Linda, I know you don't see it,
but we're connected.
1523
01:20:28,080 --> 01:20:29,958
You're crazy, you know that?
1524
01:20:30,040 --> 01:20:32,509
Come on, same birthday.
1525
01:20:33,040 --> 01:20:37,319
Fats Domino. Jackie Gleason. William Frawley.
1526
01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:39,119
All February 26th.
1527
01:20:39,200 --> 01:20:40,998
Who's William Frawley?
1528
01:20:41,080 --> 01:20:42,673
What do you mean, "Who's William Frawley"?
1529
01:20:42,760 --> 01:20:44,752
He's Fred from I Love Lucy.
1530
01:20:44,840 --> 01:20:46,354
That's special, Chuck.
1531
01:20:46,440 --> 01:20:48,636
Three fat guys and a club fighter.
1532
01:20:48,720 --> 01:20:50,518
You talkin' about "club fighter"?
1533
01:20:50,600 --> 01:20:52,956
Hey, I'm Rocky Balboa.
1534
01:20:53,560 --> 01:20:56,473
You never heard of
the Bayonne Bleeder? (CHUCKLES)
1535
01:20:58,440 --> 01:20:59,556
Huh?
1536
01:21:01,040 --> 01:21:02,520
Listen, Chuck.
1537
01:21:02,600 --> 01:21:04,193
I can't do this.
1538
01:21:04,280 --> 01:21:05,760
I gotta go.
1539
01:21:05,880 --> 01:21:07,280
I'm sorry.
1540
01:21:27,440 --> 01:21:29,033
Let's go, Champ.
1541
01:21:30,640 --> 01:21:32,757
Looks like you made bail.
1542
01:21:34,800 --> 01:21:35,870
CHUCK: What?
1543
01:21:35,960 --> 01:21:37,997
Yep. You still got a fan out there.
1544
01:21:45,400 --> 01:21:46,390
Don.
1545
01:21:46,480 --> 01:21:48,631
Get in the fuckin' car, Chuck.
1546
01:22:01,600 --> 01:22:03,831
Possession with intent to sell?
1547
01:22:03,920 --> 01:22:05,115
What, are you stupid?
1548
01:22:05,200 --> 01:22:06,554
I was doin' a guy a favor.
1549
01:22:06,640 --> 01:22:07,915
Oh, yeah?
1550
01:22:08,000 --> 01:22:10,231
This is why you bailed
on Phyllis and Kimberly?
1551
01:22:10,360 --> 01:22:11,714
To become some drug mule?
1552
01:22:11,800 --> 01:22:14,031
You know I had to mortgage my house
to bail you out?
1553
01:22:14,760 --> 01:22:15,989
What'd you do that for?
1554
01:22:16,480 --> 01:22:17,550
What?
1555
01:22:17,680 --> 01:22:19,672
I'm sorry. I appreciate it.
1556
01:22:19,760 --> 01:22:22,036
No, you don't appreciate shit!
1557
01:22:22,120 --> 01:22:25,158
You never have, you never will, right, Champ?
1558
01:22:25,240 --> 01:22:26,230
CHUCK: Hi, Flo.
1559
01:22:26,320 --> 01:22:27,310
Hi, Chuck.
1560
01:22:28,480 --> 01:22:30,472
DON: Yeah, Champ. Get in the car!
1561
01:22:30,560 --> 01:22:32,119
Fuckin' champ!
1562
01:22:34,520 --> 01:22:35,715
(ENGINE STARTS)
1563
01:22:38,200 --> 01:22:39,350
(TURNS OFF ENGINE)
1564
01:22:39,920 --> 01:22:41,957
Just don't think I'm doing this
because I like you,
1565
01:22:42,040 --> 01:22:44,271
because I don't, you selfish prick.
1566
01:22:44,640 --> 01:22:47,519
I'm doing this because our mother,
may she rest in peace,
1567
01:22:47,600 --> 01:22:50,957
made me promise on her
goddamn deathbed to take care of you.
1568
01:22:51,040 --> 01:22:52,315
You know why?
1569
01:22:52,400 --> 01:22:53,993
'Cause she knew you're a fuck-up!
1570
01:22:54,640 --> 01:22:56,074
Your own mother!
1571
01:22:56,200 --> 01:22:58,635
With your fancy clothes,
and that bullshit with your whores
1572
01:22:58,720 --> 01:23:00,234
and now drugs?
1573
01:23:00,560 --> 01:23:02,756
You ain't foolin' anyone, Chuck!
You know that, right?
1574
01:23:05,360 --> 01:23:08,194
- You're right. I'm a fuck-up.
- You're lucky she called, instead of you.
1575
01:23:08,280 --> 01:23:09,634
I would have fuckin' hung up on you!
1576
01:23:09,720 --> 01:23:11,154
All right, I get it.
1577
01:23:11,240 --> 01:23:12,276
I'm sorry.
1578
01:23:12,360 --> 01:23:13,635
He cares about you, Chuck.
1579
01:23:13,720 --> 01:23:14,915
Don't say anything to him!
1580
01:23:15,000 --> 01:23:16,354
Do not coddle him!
1581
01:23:18,240 --> 01:23:19,720
I appreciate the coconuts, Don.
1582
01:23:19,800 --> 01:23:20,950
DON: Hey, yeah, right.
1583
01:23:21,040 --> 01:23:22,360
I'm still waiting for a "thank you" note.
1584
01:23:25,240 --> 01:23:27,072
He still follows your career, you know?
1585
01:23:27,760 --> 01:23:29,114
He always has.
1586
01:23:29,200 --> 01:23:31,396
He's got a fuckin' scrapbook
with every magazine article.
1587
01:23:31,480 --> 01:23:34,757
Every mention in the paper,
no matter how small.
1588
01:23:36,800 --> 01:23:39,554
You know he made us go to
the Ali fight, right?
1589
01:23:40,160 --> 01:23:42,038
He was so proud of you.
1590
01:23:42,680 --> 01:23:45,516
Every time you threw a punch,
he jumped three feet in the air,
1591
01:23:45,600 --> 01:23:48,957
telling anybody who would listen
that was his brother.
1592
01:23:50,360 --> 01:23:51,953
I didn't know.
1593
01:23:53,920 --> 01:23:55,832
I don't know what to say, Don.
1594
01:23:55,920 --> 01:23:58,958
Learn to not say something
every now and then.
1595
01:24:00,280 --> 01:24:02,351
Maybe you'll live longer.
1596
01:24:26,800 --> 01:24:28,154
CHUCK: I got plans, you know? I mean...
1597
01:24:28,240 --> 01:24:30,038
I got some things going on.
1598
01:24:30,120 --> 01:24:32,316
What do you got going on, Chuck, hmm?
1599
01:24:33,120 --> 01:24:34,952
You got people who love you, Chuck.
1600
01:24:35,040 --> 01:24:38,238
Real people. Not 'cause you fight,
not 'cause you're famous,
1601
01:24:38,320 --> 01:24:40,960
not 'cause you show 'em a good time,
just because.
1602
01:24:41,040 --> 01:24:42,554
It's that simple.
1603
01:24:42,680 --> 01:24:45,434
The only thing they want from you is you.
1604
01:24:45,520 --> 01:24:46,954
CHUCK: That was a real low point for me
1605
01:24:47,040 --> 01:24:49,236
when Linda told me
she didn't wanna see me anymore.
1606
01:24:49,320 --> 01:24:50,993
Take care of yourself, Chuck.
1607
01:24:51,080 --> 01:24:53,276
CHUCK: I stopped thinkin' about the future,
1608
01:24:53,400 --> 01:24:55,710
but she was right. The hell was I thinkin'?
1609
01:24:56,480 --> 01:24:58,711
Why would she wanna have
anything to do with me?
1610
01:24:59,040 --> 01:25:00,872
I mean, I was going to prison,
for Christ sake.
1611
01:25:01,800 --> 01:25:05,430
To tell you the truth,
that's exactly where I belonged.
1612
01:25:12,280 --> 01:25:13,509
INMATE 1: Chuck!
1613
01:25:14,080 --> 01:25:15,594
INMATE 2: Hey, Champ!
1614
01:25:15,680 --> 01:25:17,114
INMATE 3: Chuck fuckin' Wepner.
1615
01:25:17,200 --> 01:25:18,236
INMATE 4: The champ.
1616
01:25:18,320 --> 01:25:20,551
- INMATE 5: Big fan, Wepner.
- INMATE 6: What's up, Chuck?
1617
01:25:20,640 --> 01:25:21,915
- (INMATES CLAPPING)
- INMATE 7: Good to see you, Champ.
1618
01:25:25,720 --> 01:25:28,155
CHUCK: I guess it took bein' thrown
in a box by myself
1619
01:25:28,240 --> 01:25:31,278
for me to realize
what a selfish prick I'd been.
1620
01:25:35,800 --> 01:25:37,632
It wasn't all bad, though.
1621
01:25:37,720 --> 01:25:40,394
I stayed in shape. Got to read a lot.
1622
01:25:40,480 --> 01:25:42,711
Life went on, inside and out.
1623
01:25:48,240 --> 01:25:50,550
Phyllis and me called it quits,
made it official.
1624
01:25:51,080 --> 01:25:52,355
No hard feelings.
1625
01:25:52,440 --> 01:25:55,911
To be honest,
I was surprised she didn't do it sooner.
1626
01:25:57,240 --> 01:25:58,435
GUARD: All good.
1627
01:26:05,280 --> 01:26:06,919
Hey, Champ.
1628
01:26:07,000 --> 01:26:08,400
How are you?
1629
01:26:08,480 --> 01:26:10,358
All right, Warden. What's goin' on?
1630
01:26:10,440 --> 01:26:11,874
Well, someone wants to see you.
1631
01:26:12,400 --> 01:26:13,754
Yeah? Who?
1632
01:26:14,160 --> 01:26:15,833
(CHUCKLES) You'll find out.
1633
01:26:24,000 --> 01:26:25,514
Where we goin'?
1634
01:26:25,600 --> 01:26:26,795
(WARDEN CHUCKLES)
1635
01:26:31,360 --> 01:26:35,036
CHUCK: Then, one day, one fuckin' day,
1636
01:26:35,120 --> 01:26:37,430
all the pieces started to come together.
1637
01:26:42,600 --> 01:26:44,432
You're shittin' me.
1638
01:26:45,080 --> 01:26:46,958
It's called Lock Up.
1639
01:26:49,680 --> 01:26:51,399
Rocky goes to jail.
1640
01:26:52,120 --> 01:26:54,794
Why the hell was I trying so hard
to be this guy?
1641
01:26:55,240 --> 01:26:57,197
He's a character in a movie.
1642
01:26:57,280 --> 01:27:00,398
Come on. I'll take you over.
You can say hello.
1643
01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:03,798
No, I don't think so.
1644
01:27:04,040 --> 01:27:06,874
He knows you're here. He wants to see you.
1645
01:27:08,600 --> 01:27:09,829
I'm good.
1646
01:27:11,880 --> 01:27:14,998
Linda was right,
I had people who loved me, real people.
1647
01:27:15,080 --> 01:27:17,549
My brother, Phyllis,
my little girl, Kimberly.
1648
01:27:17,640 --> 01:27:19,120
I started writing Kimberly letters,
1649
01:27:19,200 --> 01:27:21,556
telling her how much I missed her
and how sorry I was.
1650
01:27:21,640 --> 01:27:22,756
It was nice.
1651
01:27:22,880 --> 01:27:24,599
Things got better between us.
1652
01:27:24,680 --> 01:27:28,151
I wrote to Linda, too,
but she never wrote me back.
1653
01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:41,552
In the end, I did 26 months
down from five years for good behavior.
1654
01:27:41,640 --> 01:27:43,677
Could've been worse.
1655
01:27:44,360 --> 01:27:47,114
But, hey, listen,
miracles don't happen overnight.
1656
01:27:47,240 --> 01:27:49,914
You don't climb out of a shithole
and suddenly sprout wings,
1657
01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:51,673
like in some movie.
1658
01:27:51,760 --> 01:27:53,592
I still had to make a living.
1659
01:27:53,680 --> 01:27:56,798
My old friend Arty Stock
had this charity event for a good cause.
1660
01:27:56,880 --> 01:27:57,870
To legends.
1661
01:27:58,000 --> 01:27:59,434
Make a few bucks.
1662
01:27:59,520 --> 01:28:01,273
- So, I did it.
- (CHEERING)
1663
01:28:05,360 --> 01:28:06,840
What am I supposed to do?
1664
01:28:06,920 --> 01:28:08,274
MAN: Hit it!
1665
01:28:14,800 --> 01:28:15,995
(CROWD LAUGHING)
1666
01:28:16,760 --> 01:28:20,117
MAN: Get up...
1667
01:28:20,520 --> 01:28:21,874
(GROWLING)
1668
01:28:24,280 --> 01:28:25,714
CHUCK: And now, watch this.
1669
01:28:25,800 --> 01:28:27,792
This part really is like a movie,
1670
01:28:27,880 --> 01:28:30,714
because out of this embarrassing,
humiliating, disgraceful,
1671
01:28:30,800 --> 01:28:35,317
and completely mortifying clown show
that I once again got myself into,
1672
01:28:35,400 --> 01:28:38,154
out of this, all of a sudden...
1673
01:28:38,240 --> 01:28:39,799
Hey, Champ.
1674
01:28:40,760 --> 01:28:42,035
Oh, Jesus.
1675
01:28:43,440 --> 01:28:44,556
(SIGHS)
1676
01:28:45,240 --> 01:28:46,390
What are you doin' here?
1677
01:28:47,240 --> 01:28:49,880
Saturday night. I got nothing better to do.
1678
01:28:49,960 --> 01:28:53,431
Thought I'd come out and see you
get mangled by a bear.
1679
01:28:54,080 --> 01:28:55,833
It's not just any bear, it's Victor the Bear.
1680
01:28:55,920 --> 01:28:57,957
- He's in a movie with Clint Eastwood.
- Good for him.
1681
01:28:58,040 --> 01:29:00,077
- Cover of Sports Illustrated.
- Amazing.
1682
01:29:00,160 --> 01:29:02,117
- Undefeated.
- Including tonight.
1683
01:29:07,760 --> 01:29:09,672
My point is he's famous, Linda.
1684
01:29:09,760 --> 01:29:12,594
Yeah, and look where it got him.
1685
01:29:13,640 --> 01:29:16,917
I'm sorry. I didn't come here
to break your balls.
1686
01:29:23,360 --> 01:29:24,589
So?
1687
01:29:26,840 --> 01:29:28,832
I heard you got divorced.
1688
01:29:32,760 --> 01:29:33,876
Yeah?
1689
01:29:33,960 --> 01:29:34,996
Yeah.
1690
01:29:37,320 --> 01:29:38,470
Where'd you hear that?
1691
01:29:39,440 --> 01:29:41,079
Got your letters.
1692
01:29:46,120 --> 01:29:47,759
- Got my letters, huh?
- Hmm.
1693
01:29:48,600 --> 01:29:50,956
And you couldn't even write me back?
1694
01:29:51,040 --> 01:29:52,872
Timing's everything.
1695
01:30:10,440 --> 01:30:11,635
Oh, yeah?
1696
01:30:12,160 --> 01:30:13,594
A little bit.
1697
01:30:16,240 --> 01:30:18,118
Oh, it's just beautiful.
1698
01:30:23,640 --> 01:30:25,438
Oh! Oh, Jesus, God.
1699
01:30:28,520 --> 01:30:30,512
Okay, can we go home now?
1700
01:30:31,160 --> 01:30:33,277
What you talkin' about?
I wanna take a picture.
1701
01:30:33,360 --> 01:30:35,636
- You're kiddin'. I'm gonna throw up.
- Stop.
1702
01:30:37,080 --> 01:30:39,390
Come on. Don't cut my head off.
1703
01:30:39,480 --> 01:30:41,153
I'd be doin' you a favor.
1704
01:30:44,400 --> 01:30:46,631
Look at you, like he's your girlfriend.
1705
01:30:46,720 --> 01:30:47,790
Come on, just push the button.
1706
01:30:51,360 --> 01:30:54,080
Seriously, Chuck, what'd it get you?
1707
01:30:54,160 --> 01:30:55,435
It got me you.
1708
01:30:55,520 --> 01:30:56,476
Lucky man.
1709
01:30:56,560 --> 01:30:57,914
Let me see that.
1710
01:30:58,720 --> 01:30:59,756
Come on.
1711
01:30:59,840 --> 01:31:02,719
That is one handsome son of a bitch there.
1712
01:31:03,040 --> 01:31:05,271
You don't look so bad, either.
1713
01:31:06,920 --> 01:31:09,913
- You know what I'm gonna do right now?
- What?
1714
01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:11,116
I'm gonna kiss you.
1715
01:31:11,200 --> 01:31:12,429
What, is that a warning?
1716
01:31:12,520 --> 01:31:13,636
Yeah, right now I'm gonna kiss you.
1717
01:31:13,720 --> 01:31:17,475
First I'm gonna weave to the left,
1718
01:31:17,560 --> 01:31:19,313
bob to the right...
1719
01:31:19,400 --> 01:31:20,629
- Boom!
- (LAUGHS)
1720
01:31:29,600 --> 01:31:31,000
I love you, baby.
1721
01:31:31,080 --> 01:31:32,912
- I love you.
- Yeah?
1722
01:31:34,720 --> 01:31:35,915
Good.
1723
01:31:37,200 --> 01:31:38,759
Come on. Let's get out of here.
1724
01:31:40,040 --> 01:31:41,190
CHUCK: Nice, huh?
1725
01:31:41,720 --> 01:31:43,996
This is what they call a happy ending.
1726
01:31:44,080 --> 01:31:45,594
Who would've thought it?
1727
01:31:45,680 --> 01:31:47,637
Not me. Nope.
1728
01:31:48,240 --> 01:31:49,276
See?
1729
01:31:49,360 --> 01:31:52,512
Sometimes, life really is like a movie.
1730
01:31:53,400 --> 01:31:55,278
Sometimes it's better.