Editing Rocky (section)

===Filming===
Principal photography for ''Rocky'' began on January&nbsp;9, 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stallone starts filming Rocky |url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stallone-starts-filming-rocky |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202182201/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stallone-starts-filming-rocky |archive-date=December 2, 2015 |access-date=December 2, 2015 |website=[[History (U.S. TV channel)|History]] |publisher=[[A&E Networks]]}}</ref> Filming took place primarily throughout Philadelphia, with a few scenes being shot in Los Angeles. Rocky's house was in E Tusculum St 1818 in Philadelphia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rocky film locations |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/r/rocky.html#.Vl84HcpP0uI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906102019/http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/r/rocky.html |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |access-date=December 2, 2015 |website=The Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations}}</ref> Inventor [[Garrett Brown]]'s new [[Steadicam]] was used to accomplish smooth photography while running alongside Rocky during the film's Philadelphia street training sequences and the run up the Art Museum's flight of stairs, now colloquially known as the [[Rocky Steps]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stairway to Heaven |url=http://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1201-Winter-2012/Shot-to-Remember-Rocky.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024091441/http://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1201-Winter-2012/Shot-to-Remember-Rocky.aspx |archive-date=October 24, 2013 |access-date=June 20, 2013 |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America|DGA]]}}</ref> It was also used for some shots in the fight scenes and can be seen at the ringside during some wide shots of the final fight. ''Rocky'' is often erroneously cited as the first film to use the Steadicam, although it was actually the third, after ''[[Bound for Glory (1976 film)|Bound for Glory]]'' and ''[[Marathon Man (film)|Marathon Man]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steadicam 30th anniversary press release |url=http://lserv2.dtopinc.com/tiffen/staging_html/tiffen_news_Steadicam30th_Anniv.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430033456/http://lserv2.dtopinc.com/tiffen/staging_html/tiffen_news_Steadicam30th_Anniv.html |archive-date=April 30, 2014}}</ref>

Certain elements of the story were altered during filming. The original script had a darker tone: Mickey was portrayed as [[Racism|racist]], and the script ended with Rocky throwing the fight after realizing he did not want to be part of the [[professional boxing]] world after all.<ref name="Nashawaty" />

Both Stallone and Weathers suffered injuries during the shooting of the final fight; Stallone suffered bruised ribs and Weathers suffered a damaged nose, the opposite injuries of what their characters had.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Neuwirth |first=Aaron |date=November 26, 2015 |title=Movie Trivia Thursday (Nov. 26): 5 Cool Facts About 5 Classic Boxing Films |url=http://www.ranthollywood.com/2015/11/26/movie-trivia-thursday-nov-26-5-cool-facts-about-these-classic-boxing-films/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620070011/http://www.ranthollywood.com/2015/11/26/movie-trivia-thursday-nov-26-5-cool-facts-about-these-classic-boxing-films/ |archive-date=June 20, 2016 |access-date=July 4, 2016 |website=RantHollywood}}</ref>

The first date between Rocky and Adrian, in which Rocky bribes a janitor to allow them to skate after closing hours on a deserted ice skating rink, was shot that way due to budgetary {{nowrap|concerns{{tsp}}{{mdash}}{{hsp}}}}the scene was originally scheduled to be shot in a public skating rink during regular business hours, but the producers decided they could not afford the hundreds of extras that would have been required.<ref name="ReelLife">{{Cite web |last=Merron |first=Jeff |title=Reel Life: 'Rocky' |url=https://www.espn.com/page2/s/closer/020529.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202171945/http://espn.go.com/page2/s/closer/020529.html |archive-date=December 2, 2015 |access-date=December 2, 2015 |website=[[ESPN]]}}</ref>

The poster seen above the ring before Rocky fights Apollo Creed shows Rocky wearing red shorts with a white stripe when he actually wears white shorts with a red stripe. When Rocky points this out, promoter George Jergens tells him that it "doesn't really matter, does it?".<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2015 |title=72 Hard-Hitting Facts About the 'Rocky' Movies |url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/72-hard-hitting-facts-about-the-rocky-movies-131837786.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127143601/https://www.yahoo.com/movies/72-hard-hitting-facts-about-the-rocky-movies-131837786.html |archive-date=November 27, 2016 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |website=Yahoo.com}}</ref> Avildsen said this was an actual mistake made by the props department that they could not afford to rectify, so the brief scene was written to ensure the audience did not see it as a goof.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiorillo |first=Victor |date=2016-12-04 |title=Rocky: An Oral History |url=https://www.phillymag.com/things-to-do/2016/12/03/rocky-oral-history/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=[[Philadelphia (magazine)|Philadelphia]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Conversely, Stallone has said he was indeed supposed to wear red shorts with a white stripe as Rocky, but changed to the opposite colors "at the last moment".<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 16, 2018 |title=Stallone Corrects ROCKY's Most Famous 'Mistake' |url=https://screenrant.com/rocky-movie-mistakes-shorts-color/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204174433/https://screenrant.com/rocky-movie-mistakes-shorts-color/ |archive-date=February 4, 2019 |access-date=February 4, 2019 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> Similarly, when Rocky's robe arrived far too baggy on the day it was needed for filming, Stallone wrote in dialogue where Rocky points this out.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 23, 2015 |title=Don't Be a Bum, Check Out These 10 'Rocky' Facts |url=http://screencrush.com/rocky-trivia-facts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129014657/http://screencrush.com/rocky-trivia-facts/ |archive-date=January 29, 2017 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |website=[[Screencrush.com]]}}</ref>