

ROCKY BALBOA SPEECH JACKET MOVIE
According to Heritage Auctions, there are 4 days of bidding left on the item, and an opening bid has been lodged of $60,000! This iconic piece of movie memorabilia comes with the studio tag, and Stallone talked about the leather jacket, and how it was owned by him personally before the movies.

Related: Rocky True Story Explained: Who Was Chuck Wepner?Īs a throwback to the original movie, and the place where it all began, the leather jacket worn by Balboa in the film is now up for auction. Through the decades, Stallone has revisited the character, and the franchise, with great success, and Rocky continues to be an American cultural icon. Following the success of Rocky, Stallone enjoyed a successful career as a Hollywood star in the '80s and '90s, starring in box office hits such as Rambo: First Blood Part II and Cobra. It won Best Picture and Best Director at the 49th Academy Awards, as well as a Best Actor nomination for Stallone, who shot to fame after the film’s release. Released in winter 1976, Rocky became a sleeper-hit, grossing $225 million against a budget of a little under $1 million. After watching the fight Stallone wrote the screenplay for Rocky in 3 days, which he successfully shopped to producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff. In March 1975, struggling Italian-American actor Stallone watched a heavyweight boxing bout between little-known club boxer Chuck Wepner, and world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali.

The famous leather jacket worn by Sylvester Stallone in Rocky has been put up for auction.
