Rocky Meets Bobby Fischer

I hear they’re working on the next Rocky script, and word has it that it’s actually more of a mind game, but with some of the old fisticuffs thrown in. The premise of the next movie is quite simple. Rocky Balboa has reached old age and is worn, torn, and tired. His body is bent and broken, but his spirit still blazes. Together with his good friend Paulie, they travel the world searching for Bobby Fischer. With a determination unsurpassed in movie history, they decide to track him down, confront him and challenge him to a game of chess. One game - winner take all.

They search throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle and Far East but to no avail. They circle back and they finally hunt him down in the United States. They find that he’s been hiding all these years under a bridge in Brooklyn New York. Rocky and Paulie approach him cautiously and Rocky challenges Bobby to a game of chess. Rocky is determined that he is going to beat Bobby Fischer at his own game and go out feeling like a champion. But Bobby declines his offer with the shake of his head (not one word is spoken by him) thereby denying Rocky his chance to become the chess champion. The two men stand toe to toe and look each other squarely in the eye. Rocky feels rejected. He feels the anger that rises within him and he becomes furious. He cries out for Adrian! Paulie rushes to his side and steps between the two men. “Look!” he cries, and he thrust his fist straight up into the air, his forefinger protruding and pointing toward heaven. “There goes Elvis!” he shouts. Bobby drops his hands by his side and looks skyward. Rocky sees an opportunity (this would later become known as Bobby’s blunder) and throws his best punch hitting Bobby square on the chin. Bobby spins around and crashes to the ground hitting it with a solid thud. Paulie looks down at the fallen man. “Nice gambit,” he says. He reaches for Rocky’s arm and raises it high over his head. “For Adrian!” he cries out. Rocky turns and faces the camera and we notice that he has a wry little smile on his old withered face. “Fuckin’ woodpusher,” he says, and the picture fades. The End

Tommy D_____

Sylvester Stallone Meets Rocky
>> video >>