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Production constraints; fight choreography; poster error; number-one song
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- Duke reportedly received his name only in Rocky II; Bound for Glory and Marathon Man preceded Rocky’s Steadicam use.
- The ice rink was empty because the production could not afford extras.
- Meredith used a fake cauliflower ear and a nostril tube to alter his appearance.
- Young reportedly applied vermouth and wore excess clothing to feel uncomfortable and angry; the meat-locker drinking is recalled.
- The final fight reportedly began without choreography and had to stop so it could be planned.
- The wrong trunks on the arena poster were reportedly an actual error incorporated into the scene.
- A Philadelphia union issue reportedly moved much of the fight filming to Los Angeles.
- Gonna Fly Now reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, above the guesses of top ten or seven.