I Play Rocky
Showcase Bristol Avonmeads · BS2
11 November 2026 – 15 November 2026
Theatre
A struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment writes a script that a big movie studio wants to buy, but he refuses to sell it unless he gets to play the lead. Turning down an offer of life-changing money, he instead works for pennies to get the movie made with himself in the starring role.
The movie becomes the biggest box office hit of 1976, notching ten Oscar nominations and winning Best Picture. The true story of the making of the iconic movie Rocky.
Certificate: 12A
Runtime: 128 min
Genre: Biopic
Director: Peter Farrelly
Starring: Anthony Ippolito, Matt Dillon, AnnaSophia Robb